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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
Gulamerian Scholarship Helps Young Woman to Attend Medical School
Maria Sargsyan is currently in her first year at Haybusak Medical University. “I have goals and my priority now is to study to become a...
Dec 18, 20191 min read
Scholarship Helps to Further One Woman’s Dream in Education
Alvard Karapetyan is an ambitious young woman who wants to make a difference in Armenia’s education system. She is one of this year’s new...
Dec 16, 20191 min read
Renovations for the Parakar School Already Making an Impact
FAR launched its five-year project to revitalize the Parakar School in 2018. Just two years in, changes are already making a huge impact...
Dec 11, 20192 min read
Zambak Students and Alumni Inspired as They Meet Their Patron
FAR Zambak Scholarship Program recipients and alumni recently gathered for a heartwarming and inspirational meeting with FAR Board...
Nov 18, 20193 min read
Music School Receives Visit from One Supporter and Vice Chair of FAR’s Board of Directors
In just a few months, the more than 250 talented students and teachers at the State Art College of Dilijan will be able to enjoy a...
Nov 18, 20192 min read
The Parakar School’s Vocational Training Wing Officially Opens to Students
In the midst of FAR’s recent celebrations commemorating 30 years of work in Armenia, the Parakar School also officially opened its...
Oct 18, 20193 min read
Former FAR Beneficiary Volunteers to Help Beautify Parakar School
FAR project managers often encourage our beneficiaries to give back when they can as it is a great way for them to honor the support they...
Aug 20, 20191 min read
Art Show Helps Youth to Showcase Their Talent
Fifteen-year-old Meline Grigoryan loves to paint. Recently, some of her works depicting village life and the monuments of her home town...
Aug 15, 20191 min read
Sahan Arzruni Spreads Message About the Importance of Musical Education
Beloved FAR friend, master pianist, philanthropist and humanitarian Sahan Arzruni spent most of June conducting a tour with a mission as...
Aug 8, 20192 min read
FAR Supports the Strengthening of Science Education in Berd Schools
When Ruzanna Tumanyan, 62, was a student she thought constantly about the sky. She wanted to be an aviator, specifically a flight tester,...
Jul 29, 20192 min read
GTech Web Programming Courses Empowers Young Veterans to Pursue a Better Future
After two years in the military, 20-year-old Harutyun Pakhanyan found new inspiration in the field of information technology and...
Jul 2, 20192 min read
Continuing Medical Education’s Mentors Want to Enable More Rural Doctors to Participate in CM
Following the annual meeting of mentors for our Continuing Medical Education Program (CME), FAR is considering the possibility of...
Jun 27, 20191 min read
Renovations at the Parakar School to be Finished by September
Intense renovations are in full swing at the Parakar School for Children with Disabilities , with September the deadline for all work to...
Jun 21, 20191 min read
Music School’s Year-End Concert Celebrates Student Success
Twelve-year-old Milena Hovhannisyan is a fourth-grade piano student at the Argavand Music School After Arsen Sayan, which is named after...
Jun 19, 20191 min read
Musicians Ian Gillan and Tommy Iommi, Supporters of Octet Music School’s Renovation
Three decades after holding their legendary concert to support relief efforts in Armenia, Rock Aid Armenia’s initiator Jon Dee and two...
Jun 17, 20192 min read
ANSEF Grants Enable 88 Scientists to Pursue Innovative Work During 2019
April 17th marked the start of another year of FAR’s Armenian National Science and Education Fund (ANSEF). The awards ceremony, which...
Jun 4, 20191 min read
FAR Programs Assist Ambitious Syrian-Armenian Architectural Student
Meet Noura Toubrakji, one of our Nishanian Foundation Scholarship Students. An architecture and design student at the National...
Mar 19, 20191 min read
Experts Weigh in on the Parakar School Project
As FAR continues its work to develop a vocational training center at the Parakar School for Children with Disabilities, staff continue to...
Dec 12, 20182 min read
Ahnert Scholarship Student Talks About her Female Role Models
“Nothing happens by chance or luck,” said Ani Minasyan with a glimmer in her eyes. “Those who cross our path have a message for us. When...
May 25, 20172 min read
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