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Nurses are Community Lifelines
Throughout Armenia’s rural areas, communities often depend on their nurses for their healthcare needs. With a shortage of doctors in...
Dec 14, 20222 min read


FAR Helps Me to Survive
Sixty-one-year-old Anjela Mkrtchyan lives alone. Sometimes she hosts her beloved granddaughter who lives just a few blocks away. The...
Dec 7, 20222 min read


Give to FAR this Tuesday
The holiday season has officially begun. Black Friday has passed and today is Cyber Monday. Thankfully, another day was added to this...
Nov 28, 20221 min read


This #GivingTuesday, Help Armenia and Artsakh
In September, Azerbaijan's army launched a brutal attack along the eastern border of Armenia. Their aggression was unprovoked and they...
Nov 27, 20221 min read


Please Take Care of my Son
Svetlana Avanesyan lost her husband, Onik, in the Four-Day-April War of 2016. Onik, a lieutenant colonel, was killed while trying to save...
Nov 14, 20221 min read


Better Practitioners, Better Healthcare
For Armine Saribekyan lifelong learning is a prerogative for a rural physician who wishes to truly serve her patients and her community. ...
Nov 14, 20221 min read


Harry and Suzanne Toufayan Visit the College they Revitalized
When Harry and Suzanne Toufayan set foot on the campus of the State Art College of Dilijan they were greeted with a drumroll. After...
Nov 8, 20221 min read


Let's Provide Hope to Sisian
Two years ago following the devastating 44-day war in Artsakh, FAR launched Support for Artsakh's Displaced, a project in support of the...
Nov 1, 20221 min read


A Life-Changing Opportunity
For the past six months, Dr. Garik Yeganyan, a neurologist from the Vanadzor Medical Center has been studying acute and inpatient stroke...
Oct 30, 20221 min read


Tomorrow He Will Be Able to Earn a Living
In the culinary classroom at the Parakar School, 16-year-old Vagharsahk Harutyunyan puts on his beloved blue-and-yellow-flowered apron...
Oct 30, 20222 min read


Making a Difference Through a Military Career
Davit Hovhannisyan, 27, a recent graduate of the Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture, overcame a tough past to earn his...
Oct 25, 20221 min read


Goran Bregovic To Give Concert in Yerevan.
Bosnian musician Goran Bregovic will join Joe Cocker in a few days. Via News.am On November 15, famous Bosnian musician Goran...
Oct 23, 20221 min read


Arzruni Inspires Students at FAR-Supported Schools
FAR’s beloved friend, the renowned pianist, philanthropist, and humanitarian Sahan Arzruni spent most of October conducting a tour with a...
Oct 20, 20221 min read


FAR Helps to Build Local NGO's Capacity
The 22 professionals working for the Yerevan-based Prkutyun NGO recently attended a capacity-building training program as part of the...
Oct 19, 20222 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...
Oct 13, 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...
Oct 11, 20221 min read


A Dispatch from Mher Kalantaryan
Just off of the Berd city road in the province of Tavush, sits the Kalantaryan farm. It boasts lush green leaves and crops of ripe...
Oct 4, 20222 min read


Historic Event at Boston University School of Medicine
We are proud to share with you that two FAR Family members, Dr. Aram Chobanian, a former member of the FAR Board of Directors, and Dr....
Oct 3, 20221 min read


We Are Thrilled for our Students
We are thrilled to announce that about 60 bright young Armenians join our FAR family this fall as scholarship students, benefiting from...
Sep 27, 20222 min read


FAR gave us hope to build our future
When he fled the violence in Artsakh in 2020, Edik Mnatsakanyan believed that he would be back home again in a few days after the...
Sep 23, 20222 min read


A Dispatch from Hrayr Mkrtchyan
When opening the door of Armenia Wellness and Spa Hotel in Jermuk, you’ll immediately be greeted by the smiling face of Hrayr Mkrtchyan,...
Sep 20, 20222 min read


Aragats Summer Helps More Than 250 Kids
“I love it here at the camp. It’s my sixth summer. I’ve made friends and I feel I can better face challenges,” said Gyumri native Elena...
Sep 19, 20221 min read


Heartbreakingly Familiar
We find ourselves anxiously trying to comprehend the disturbing and devastating events that have taken place on Armenia’s border. We are...
Sep 18, 20222 min read


His Last Words
“Sasha came home on September 29th. We had set a table for him. It was around 10 pm and the kids were sleeping but when they heard his...
Sep 9, 20221 min read
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