Do as the locals do. That has been my credo as I have toured and worked in Armenia over the past week and a half. When the group visited...

Sight and Synchronicity: Blindness averted for Armenian “premies”, due to good timing and good medicine Four Armenian babies who might...

Well, that was that. Unfortunately, it was an uninspiring final World Cup match between Spain and Netherlands with neither side scoring...

It's day two in Yerevan and I'm loving this city more and more...I've even managed to avoid sun burn (knock on wood). We went to a jazz...

I’m in Armenia! It still seems surreal. Everyone on FAR’s Young Professional trip seems great so far. We have a diverse group with only...

Erin has been part of the FAR Family for a little over a year. She has written various reports, press releases, and brochures, and now...

Gyumri is known throughout Armenia as a city of artists. Its old city, for example, boasts a unique style of architecture that you'll see...

Members of the ACYOA recently paid a visit to FAR’s Yerevan office. The group was part of the ACYOA’s Armenia Service Program, which...

The 2010 Young Professional Trip of FAR's Hayastani Kidak Society has arrived in Armenia. Samantha McQueen, our Summer Intern in New...

A statue honoring renowned astrophysicist Victor Hambardzumyan is finally being unveiled in Yerevan. The statue had been erected in...

Today we began the service portion of our trip. We've divided ourselves into four groups that will be rotating between FAR's soup kitchen...

Students graduating from Yerevan State Medical University convened in the university’s main conference hall last week to learn about how...

Twenty-year-old Lusine Hunanyan carefully puts on her wedding dress, trying to not spoil the festive hairdressing that has been...

We hit the road Monday morning, and made the 2-hour trip to Gyumri, Armenia’s second largest city. It’s located in northwestern Armenia,...

Margaret Ajemian Ahnert, author of The Knock at the Door who traveled to Armenia in April, recently donated brand new computers to the...

As part of its efforts to promote books and reading, the United Nations names a different world capital each year to be the World Book...

No more Argentina and it’s a sad day for Edik, Hambartsum, and me. Germany played a great game, though, and I have to say that their...

Armenia’s Ministry of Health accepted FAR’s semi-annual health program report, which covers FAR’s work in this area from January through...

Today a warning for those who may tend to over-think sports in general. I think the Germans in this classic Monty Python video may be...

Three days ago I woke up on a flight from Paris to Armenia. As I peered out of my tiny window seat, Mt. Ararat came into view. Its snowy...

A total of 17 young people are taking part in this year’s ACYOA Armenia Service Program, from June 30 to July 20. The three-week trip –...

Several members of the Circle of Friends — a donor support group for FAR’s Children’s Support Foundation Center (CSFC) — recently paid a...

It’s hot (at least here in NYC, where the humidity is a killer and the pavement is starting to boil under our feet), the beaches are...

The World Cup is finally returning with quarterfinal games today and it has been a tough two day draught. I figured I would let the...