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FAR Completes Second Round Food Package Distributions to Students and Teachers
FAR recently distributed the second round of food packages to children who normally benefit from its school nutrition program. This time...
Jun 3, 20202 min read
Update on Ayo!'s COVID-19 Emergency Campaign
Ayo!’s Emergency Campaign to Now Also Provide Protective Medical Equipment to Hospitals Ayo!’s COVID-19 Emergency Campaign is still going...
Jun 3, 20201 min read
Ayo! Helps to Support 1,300 Armenian Families in COVID-19 Emergency
Since the launch of its COVID-19 Emergency Campaign one month ago, the Fund for Armenian Relief’s crowd-funding initiative “ Ayo! ” has...
May 18, 20201 min read
Taking Action Was Our Only Option
At FAR, our four soup kitchens and Gyumri Atinizian Senior Center provide a primary source of food and nutrition to many who would...
Apr 7, 20201 min read
Improvements at FAR’s Gyumri Soup Kitchen Benefit Local Seniors
FAR’s Gyumri Atinizian Senior Center, also known as the Gyumri Soup Kitchen, was completely renovated and refurbished late last year,...
Mar 19, 20202 min read
Ayo! and Holy Martyrs Collaborate to Help Local Yerevan NGO Serving Autistic Children
Thanks to the efforts of FAR’s Ayo!* fundraising platform and generous support from the Sunday School of Holy Martyrs Church of New York,...
Feb 10, 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...
Feb 6, 20201 min read
Ayo! and Holy Martyrs Collaborate to Help Local Yerevan NGO Serving Autistic Children
Thanks to the efforts of FAR’s Ayo! fundraising platform and generous support from the Sunday School of Holy Martyrs Church of New...
Jan 31, 20201 min read
Newly-Renovated Atinizian Senior Center in Gyumri to Better Serve its 200 Low-Income Residents
The Atinizian Senior Center in Gyumri recently reopened after significant renovations. The center’s patrons, Nishan and Margarit...
Nov 7, 20192 min read
Crafting for Equality: Ayo!’s Latest Campaign to Help Those with Disabilities
Ayo! , FAR’s crowdfunding platform, just launched its latest campaign. “ Crafting for Equality” aims to support a local non-governmental...
Nov 5, 20191 min read
FAR Distributes Annual Stipends to Help More than 500 Orphans and Children of Single Mothers
FAR recently carried out its annual distribution of Children of Armenia Sponsorship Program (CASP) stipends, which support orphans and...
Oct 21, 20192 min read
New Mardigian Center Initiative Encourages Interaction Between Youth and the Elderly
Hasmik, 72, Aregnas, 85, Lesing, 80, Roza, 76, and 92-year-old war veteran Mekhak are people who battle loneliness on a daily basis and...
Aug 22, 20191 min read
Ayo!‘s Latest Campaign to Help Underserved Children Access Eye Care
Ayo! has launched another great project. Forged in partnership with the Armenian EyeCare Project (AECP), Vis[Ability] will help bring...
Aug 13, 20191 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,...
Jul 23, 20192 min read
Nor Nork Soup Kitchen Helps One Woman to Live Debt Free
Lyusya Shmavonyan used to buy her food regularly on credit at a local store near her home. She would then pay off her purchases once she...
Jun 11, 20192 min read
New Program Helps Family Improve their Living Situation
Tehmine Araskhanyan, 26, grew up in Vanadzor Orphanage, but made a family of her own when she married her husband, Andranik, six years...
Dec 13, 20182 min read
Lobbying for Housing.
The Child Protection Network (CPN), which consists of 11 child and family protection organizations and was initiated by the FAR...
Jun 15, 20111 min read
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