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The Positive Changes are Obvious
Handcrafted ceramic bells, plates, and miniature model houses recently adorned the shelves of the Dalan exhibition room and art cafe in...
Feb 7, 20221 min read
FAR Gives Hope to an Aspiring Entrepreneur
For Margarita Alkhasyan, 43, making jingalov hats has become her therapy. Displaced by the Artsakh War, she was looking for a way to...
Feb 3, 20222 min read
GTech Helped Me Choose the Right Direction
Having fought in the Artsakh War, 21-year-old Nver Avagyan is now able to refocus on his career. One of the first things he did after...
Jan 30, 20221 min read
His Dream is to Be a Diplomat. FAR is Helping Him to Make it Happen.
Since childhood, Karen Ghazaryan, now 26, has dreamed of one day becoming a diplomat. He has always looked for ways to increase his...
Jan 27, 20221 min read
Finally, A Place to Call Home
Violeta, 39, her husband, and their nine children consider their new house to be a symbol of their good fortune. Since moving in, their...
Jan 25, 20222 min read
Job Opening at Fund for Armenian Relief
Fund for Armenian Relief (FAR), a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization, registered in the State of New York, with its operations in...
Jan 25, 20221 min read
With FAR, These Two Women Can Grow Their Business
Houry Berberian left her life in Aleppo, Syria when violence engulfed her home. While she didn’t want to go she thought that seeking...
Jan 24, 20222 min read
Healthcare for the Sake of Artsakh's People
Dr. Seda Tadevosyan recently took a two-week break to go to Martakert and join our Doctors for Artsakh Program. The program, which kicked...
Jan 20, 20221 min read
Today, I Proudly Say That We Succeeded
Last month, GTech bid adieu to its 14th graduating class, a group of around 200 young people who completed six months of intensive IT...
Jan 19, 20221 min read
What Better Teachers Mean for Inclusive Eduction
In another step toward our quest to improve the Parakar School for Children with Disabilities, 30 teachers recently completed nine months...
Jan 16, 20221 min read
Artsakh Medical Centers Receive Vital Equipment
For Christmas, we provided lifesaving medical resources to Artsakh. Medical kits consisting of 17 oxygen concentrators, 19 perfusion...
Jan 13, 20221 min read
Families from Artsakh Still Need Our Support
For Noyemzar Mnatsakanyan and her family, the start of December used mean joyful traditions, like the decoration of the family Christmas...
Jan 11, 20222 min read
With FAR's Help She Can Support Her Community
Nvard Kocharyan has landed her dream job. As an emergency charge nurse at Berd Medical Center, the 46-year-old helps COVID patients to...
Jan 6, 20221 min read
The Impact You Made in 2021
As 2021 comes to a close we want to thank you for enabling us to make a big impact in the lives of so many people in Armenia and Artsakh....
Dec 29, 20211 min read
Merry Christmas from FAR
Despite it being another challenging year, we hope that you have been able to find some joy this holiday season. After all Christmas is...
Dec 23, 20211 min read
I Would Like to Stay Here
FAR’s soup kitchen in Berd has brought a sense of connectedness and community to Gayane, 52, and her daughter Nora, 28. Having lost...
Dec 19, 20211 min read
Helping Single Moms One Step at a Time
As the children of a fallen war veteran, Ruben, 15, Davit, 13, Meline, 11, and Karen, 7, from Artsakh have each received a FAR CASP ...
Dec 15, 20211 min read
We Must Empower Scientists and Encourage Youth
When Dr. Hripsime Mkrtchyan was a child she used to hear from outstanding physicians and scholars that the field of science (and physics...
Dec 14, 20212 min read
I Wanted Armen in Our Family
Thirteen-year-old Armen Grigoryan didn’t want to have foster parents. That was before he met Marine and Karo Hakhinyan. “It seemed that...
Dec 12, 20212 min read
WATCH: How FAR Makes a Difference Through School Improvement
We would like to share a great video about one of our most impactful projects, the transformation of the Republican Special Educational...
Dec 1, 20211 min read
Happy Thanksgiving from FAR
This Thanksgiving, we hope that you find yourselves in a better place. Although 2021 has thus far been markedly better than the previous...
Nov 25, 20211 min read
New Medical Equipment for Rural Communities
Healthcare is an extremely important part of FAR’s work. Earlier this month, much-needed medical equipment was distributed to 30 village...
Nov 18, 20211 min read
We Help Kids Learn in Many Different Ways
Our partnerships often pave the way for unique opportunities for our beneficiaries, particularly Armenia’s children, as it's important...
Nov 14, 20211 min read
She Came for Two Weeks, Then Decided to Stay Nine Months
FAR kicked off its new Doctors for Artsakh program earlier this year with the dual objectives of filling the gap in medical personnel...
Nov 7, 20212 min read
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