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Aug 26, 20242 min read
I love the Meat Soup and Kompot at the Soup Kitchen
When Sveta first walked into FAR’s Gyumri Atinizian Senior Center, she didn’t know what to expect. Her friend Ruzanna had encouraged her...
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Aug 22, 20243 min read
Dancing through Adversity at the Summer Camp
While Srbuhi gracefully raises her hand, mirroring a dancer's elegant movements, Nikolay watches intently, trying to mimic her steps....
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Aug 4, 20242 min read
Aragats Camp Gave Me Strength and Good Friends
For Arevik, 13, and Edita, 11, the summer camp at Aragats in Hankavan, Kotayk Province, has been a place for recovery and a valuable...
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Jul 29, 20242 min read
Over 300 FAR-Supported Children Enjoy Summer at Aragats Camp”
This summer more than 300 children supported by our projects, including the children of Artsakh War veterans, displaced Artsakhtsi kids,...
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Feb 11, 20231 min read
Now, the borscht is even more delicious
Life has never been easy for Robert. He was in the 7th grade when he dropped out of school to work to help his parents. He found a job at...
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Oct 13, 20221 min read
Artsakh's first social workers
One year after our project’s launch, Artsakh’s first group of trained paraprofessional social workers is ready to move ahead and make a...
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Oct 10, 20221 min read
VOAH Memorial Honors Supporters Kevork and Sirvart Karamanouk
A memorial stone dedicated to Vanadzor Old Age Home’s (VOAH’s) long-term supporters Kevork and Sirvart Karamanouk now stands in the...
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May 29, 20221 min read
Watch How FAR Feeds Them
Imagine not having enough food to eat every day. For Siranush, 62, and her son Arayik, 38, this is their reality. FAR’s soup kitchen,...
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Oct 11, 20212 min read
Narek, Scholarship Student and Fallen Soldier
Satik Varzhapetyan can hardly hold back her tears while recollecting her last conversations with her son Narek. "The word 'hero' has...
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Sep 27, 20211 min read
It's Hard to Survive But I Have an Unbroken Soul
Raya Hovhannisyan and her son Karapet, 44, shared lunch in the tiny kitchen of their domik. Rice soup, mashed potatoes, borsch with...
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Sep 9, 20212 min read
Dispatch from Berd: Siranush's Story
Sixty-two-year-old Siranush Mardanyan starts her day with a hot cup of coffee on the balcony of her home. Her eyes roam over the...
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Jul 1, 20211 min read
Baking a Difference for Armenia's Children
The giggling faces of the children holding boxes filled with Toufayan brandcookies in their hands caused the cook at FAR’s Nor Hajn Soup...
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Jun 14, 20211 min read
Because of You, Alvard and Her Daughters Didn't Go to Sleep Hungry
When the pandemic shook up life as we knew it in early 2020, Alvard Karapetyan, an underemployed single mother of three, needed FAR's...
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Feb 6, 20201 min read
Children Share a Memorable Day at VOAH
Last week, about twenty fourth-graders from Vanadzor #4 School paid a heartwarming visit to FAR’s Vanadzor Old Age Home (VOAH), sharing...
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Jan 28, 20201 min read
Helping an Orphan to Start a New Life
When Tatevik Hajipoghosyan, 27, and Karlen Ghazarian, 29, met at a fabric store in Vanadzor, Karlen never would have guessed they would...
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Jul 23, 20192 min read
VOAH Helps One Woman Find a Place to Nurture Her Love of Singing
Seventy-year-old Anahit Lalayan has been living at Vanadzor Old Age Home (VOAH) for the last three years. Originally from Yerevan, Anahit...
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Mar 19, 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...
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Mar 14, 20192 min read
Diocesan Primate Very Reverend Fr. Daniel Findikyan Experiences FAR Projects During a Site Visit
The Primate of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, Very Reverend Fr. Daniel Findikyan, this week spent a day of his...
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May 3, 20111 min read
Madagh is Served at Gyumri Atinizian Senior Center.
According to the Christian tradition, Madagh is a holiday when a traditional meal of lamb stew, pilaf made from bulgur, and lavash or...
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Mar 10, 20111 min read
FAR Staff Meets with Representatives from the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.
Three representatives from Armenia’s Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs met with FAR staff at our Yerevan office on March 3. Lena...
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