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It is My Duty to be Useful to My People
Tatevik Khachatryan is one of the first recipients of FAR’s newest scholarships, the Zabel Yesayan Scholarship Program, which aims to...
Jul 28, 20211 min read
Supporting Innovation in Armenia is Our Tradition
Continuing in our tradition to encourage research in innovation meant to push Armenia forward, FAR’s Yervant Terzian Armenian National...
Jun 20, 20211 min read
Meet Ani, FAR Scholarship Alumnus with Strong Roots
Ani Avalyan never wanted to permanently leave her home in Armenia’s Berd Region. “I used to get upset when our lecturer would ask the...
Jun 9, 20211 min read
FAR Scholarship Alumnus Now Chief Accountant at Leading Firm
Lilit Makyan’s journey to becoming Chief Accountant for KPMG Armenia, one of the country’s leading accounting firms, started while she...
May 22, 20211 min read
FAR Scholarship Alumnus Now Employs More than 55 People in Armenia
Gari Akhoyan, 36, started his accounting company to give young people an opportunity to change their lives, just as Anush Mathevosian did...
Apr 20, 20212 min read
FAR's Annette Choolfaian Scholarship to Strengthen Healthcare
In 2020, FAR launched a new scholarship program in honor of our late board member and dear friend, Annette Choolfaian, a visionary in the...
Mar 31, 20212 min read
FAR Helps Syrian Refugee to Succeed in His Studies
From an early age Lion Karapet, now 21, used to take apart computers and re-assemble them alongside his father. “I’ve become interested...
Mar 19, 20212 min read
FAR Empowers the Scientists of Tomorrow
The newly renovated physics and chemistry lab at the Azatamut school in Armenia’s Tavush region has especially encouraged one of its...
Mar 10, 20212 min read
Children Benefit from School Renovation
In January, the Verin Tsaghkavan Village School in Armenia’s TavushProvince celebrated the opening of its newly renovated and refurbished...
Mar 3, 20211 min read
FAR Student Makes a Difference in Rural Education
Ani Avalyan always wanted to go to college in Yerevan. A native of the Berd Region, an impoverished and rural area near Azerbaijan, Ani...
Feb 18, 20212 min read
FAR Welcomes 101 New Scholarship Recipients
This fall, 101 bright, young Armenians join the hundreds of students who are already supported by FAR’s Scholarship Program as they...
Sep 21, 20201 min read
ANSEF Restructures to Expand its Work
NEW YORK—Twenty years ago, a group of luminaries in the Armenian diaspora lead by Professor Yervant Terzian joined forces to create...
Sep 2, 20203 min read
ANSEF Alumni Combat Armenia’s COVID Testing Shortage
Recently, a group of 20 ANSEF (Armenian National Science and Education Fund) alumni collaborated to produce a large supply of COVID-19...
Jul 22, 20201 min read
FAR Provides 81 Emergency Scholarships to University Students
As part of its emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic, FAR has provided additional scholarships to students who are struggling with...
May 27, 20202 min read
ANSEF Grants for 2020 to Support Greater Innovation in Armenia
Twenty-four research groups have been awarded grants from FAR’s Armenian National Science and Education Fund (ANSEF) for 2020. Grants...
Apr 28, 20201 min read
Bishop Daniel Visits FAR’s Parakar School and Children’s Center
During a visit to Armenia last month, Bishop Daniel spent a day visiting two very special project sites of the Fund for Armenian Relief....
Mar 24, 20202 min read
FAR's Sunday School Program Sparks Spiritual Awareness in Rural Armenia
More than 150 children ages of 7 to 17 attend Sunday School once a week, to learn about Christian values and to participate in Bible...
Mar 11, 20202 min read
FAR Invests in Quality Science Education for Impoverished Schoolchildren
Improving the means through which Armenian children can access quality education has always been a priority for FAR. This not only...
Mar 10, 20202 min read
FAR Revitalizes Dilijan Music School
Renovations funded by a generous Fund for Armenian Relief benefactor have transformed a decrepit Soviet-era building into a revitalized...
Feb 19, 20201 min read
Hundreds of Students Impacted by BCPP’s Recent School Renovations
Recent classroom renovations made possible through FAR’s Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Program (BCPP) are making school safer and more...
Jan 20, 20201 min read
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