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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
FAR Provides 81 Emergency Scholarships to University Students
As part of its emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic, FAR has provided additional scholarships to students who are struggling with...
May 27, 20202 min read
After Three Months of Confinement, Children’s Center Kids Take Day Trip to Garni Gorge
For three months, the 28 kids currently residing at the FAR Children’s Center in Yerevan have been confined to the Center’s campus...
May 26, 20202 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
FAR-Supported Doctor Provides Essential Assistance During COVID-19 Pandemic
Dr. Arayik Narinyan, 36, has been on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia’s impoverished Tavush Province for the past two...
May 7, 20201 min read
FAR Delivers Food to Children Currently Missing Out on Nutritious School Meals
Fund for Armenian Relief typically supports about 1,300 children who attend kindergartens in Armenia's impoverished Tavush and Aragatsotn...
Apr 29, 20202 min read
FAR Distributes Personal Protection Equipment to Armenia’s Hospitals
In response to Armenia’s urgent medical needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, FAR has completed its first round of distributions of...
Apr 28, 20201 min read
ANSEF Grants for 2020 to Support Greater Innovation in Armenia
Twenty-four research groups have been awarded grants from FAR’s Armenian National Science and Education Fund (ANSEF) for 2020. Grants...
Apr 28, 20201 min read
Children’s Center Celebrates Easter in the Time of Coronavirus
As the leading full-service care facility for vulnerable children in Armenia, the FAR Children’s Center remains vigilant about...
Apr 28, 20202 min read
Our Mission is More Important Than Ever
Improving Armenia’s healthcare system is a major focus of FAR’s work. And over the past decades, we’ve become a trusted name in health....
Apr 8, 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
This is How FAR is Protecting its Staff and Beneficiaries
These are uneasy and uncertain times, indeed. I believe that many of us may share the same feelings of anxiety over these uncharted...
Apr 1, 20202 min read
From FAR's Board of Directors Chairman: Rest Assured That Our Work Continues
I wish to reach out to you today because you are a caring and compassionate friend of Fund for Armenian Relief. Without your support, we...
Mar 26, 20201 min read
Bishop Daniel Visits FAR’s Parakar School and Children’s Center
During a visit to Armenia last month, Bishop Daniel spent a day visiting two very special project sites of the Fund for Armenian Relief....
Mar 24, 20202 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
FAR's Sunday School Program Sparks Spiritual Awareness in Rural Armenia
More than 150 children ages of 7 to 17 attend Sunday School once a week, to learn about Christian values and to participate in Bible...
Mar 11, 20202 min read
FAR Invests in Quality Science Education for Impoverished Schoolchildren
Improving the means through which Armenian children can access quality education has always been a priority for FAR. This not only...
Mar 10, 20202 min read
Trndez Helps FAR Children’s Center Kids Connect with their Culture
The popcorn, gata , halva and aghandz are on the table and dessert is prepared while 17-year-old Michael lights the bonfire. The other...
Mar 4, 20202 min read
FAR Board Honors Legacies, Sets Goals
The Fund for Armenian Relief held a meeting of its Board of Directors on January 29, at the Diocesan Center in New York. Bishop Daniel...
Feb 25, 20201 min read
Sargis Ghumashyan, Foster Child
Sargis Ghumashyan’s mother died when he was an infant. He never knew his father. As a baby, he was taken in by his mother’s friend but...
Feb 21, 20201 min read
Expanding a Business Built with Passion with Help from FAR
For Hadeel Layous baking is not just a vocation but a true art, a conduit through which she can communicate feelings, emotions, thoughts...
Feb 20, 20205 min read
Susanna Mkrtchyan's Story
Susanna Mkrtchyan, Gyumri resident and Director of the Igityan Center for Aesthetics, lost her home in the 1988 earthquake. Fifteen days...
Feb 20, 20201 min read
FAR Revitalizes Dilijan Music School
Renovations funded by a generous Fund for Armenian Relief benefactor have transformed a decrepit Soviet-era building into a revitalized...
Feb 19, 20201 min read
At Annual Board Meeting, FAR Honors Legacies of Past 30 Years, Sets Goals for Future
The Fund for Armenian Relief held a meeting of its Board of Directors on January 29, at the Diocesan Center in New York. Bishop Daniel...
Feb 11, 20202 min read
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