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The Peace Corps Experience - Volunteering in Armenia.
By Ashley Killough via ianyan Mag When Danny Lovell, 25, received his country assignment from the Peace Corps, he looked at the word...
Jun 28, 20101 min read
And Now For Something Completely Different – Soccer II.
The World Cup is becoming more intense and tension is mounting around the FAR offices as we move through second round games. With the US...
Jun 27, 20102 min read
Beneficiary Story - Yeghisabet and Karen D.
Yeghisabet and Karen D. live in the suburb of Akhalkalak, their house perched on the edge of a gorge. They live with their mother, who...
Jun 27, 20101 min read
And Now For Something Completely Different - Soccer.
While the entire world has its eyes on South Africa for the next few weeks, we here at FAR have been wasting intelligently redistributing...
Jun 25, 20101 min read
GTech’s Hot Summer Fling Kicked Off the Season.
Last night's event at Helen Mills was a huge success. Almost one hundred supporters of FAR and the Gyumri IT Center (GTECH) enjoyed a...
Jun 24, 20101 min read
Winemaking Finds its Roots in Armenia and Georgia.
By Samantha McQueen Winemaking was a popular practice of the ancients and remains significant in the modern world. We drink wine at...
Jun 24, 20101 min read
Listening to Armenia - Here (The Story Sleeps) – An American Director in Armenia.
Landscape obsession. That’s the name of the game in Here [The Story Sleeps], the first-ever American feature film set in Armenia. An...
Jun 23, 20102 min read
FAR Supporter Lynn Nakashian Pays Visit to Gavar.
FAR supporter Lynn Nakashian recently visited the Gavar Orphanage and Guest House to tour the facilities and spend time with some of the...
Jun 23, 20101 min read
Serj Tankian Concert in Yerevan Confirmed.
Via The Armenian Observer Blog Months and years of speculation, disappointments and longing are over. Serj Tankian, Armenian-American...
Jun 23, 20101 min read
Oil Spill in the Gulf.
The Fund for Armenian Relief wishes to express its concern for the unspeakable tragedy of the Gulf of Mexico BP oil spill. As an...
Jun 22, 20101 min read
FARs Hayastani Kidak Society Mentioned in Wall Street Journal.
By James Fidler via The Wall Street Journal The cracked streets and crumbling buildings of Kars, Turkey, bear feeble witness to better...
Jun 22, 20101 min read
Tomorrow! GTech’s Hot Summer Fling Kicks-Off the Season.
Looking for a night out, a charitable cause, or just a great time with some friends? FAR’s GTech Committee is sponsoring the Hot Summer...
Jun 22, 20101 min read
The Incense and Me: An Armenian (Grand)father’s Day Tribute.
By Liana Aghajanian via ianyan Mag Holidays, except for the trifecta of Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, aren’t major occasions in...
Jun 22, 20101 min read
Cultural Tidbit – Filmmaker Atom Egoyan.
Via Zorab Center's Blog Canadian-Armenian filmmaker Atom Egoyan was born in Egypt and raised in Vancouver, Canada. As a teenager, he...
Jun 21, 20101 min read
A FAR Gulamerian Scholar and an Armenian Wedding.
Twenty-year-old Lusine Hunanyan spent her childhood in the Gavar Orphanage. Through the support of FAR’s Gulamerian Scholarship Program,...
Jun 20, 20101 min read
The Remarkable Duduk.
Dating back more than 3,000 years, the Duduk is one of oldest double reed instruments in the world. It's been called the only true...
Jun 20, 20101 min read
Pomegranates - Another Symbolic Fruit of Armenia.
In Armenian mythology the pomegranate symbolizes fertility and abundance. The fruit is the Armenian symbol of life and tradition tells us...
Jun 17, 20101 min read
Beneficiary - Syuzanna C.
Sixteen-year-old Syuzanna C. was another recent recipient of a Children of Armenia Sponsorship Program (CASP) stipend during the recent...
Jun 16, 20101 min read
Gavar Special School Renovations in Progress.
Gavar #1 Special School renovations have officially started. The school’s Recovery Physical Therapeutic Center, which caters to children...
Jun 15, 20101 min read
Hasmik Manukyan.
Hasmik Manukyan works in FAR Yerevan Office and is involved in all FAR Programs (especially educational) as Administrative Assistant and...
Jun 14, 20102 min read
Armenian Gentlemen.
By Ashley Corinne Killough If you would have told me last year that in a year I would go on a six-hour road trip in Armenia with four men...
Jun 14, 20101 min read
To Donate or Not to Donate? The Way I See It. Part 1.
I’m a poor college student. Actually, I know very few people my age who don’t feel the financial pinch of college. Then why is it that I...
Jun 13, 20102 min read
CASP Reaches More Than 100 Children in Javahkh.
Between May 27 and June 3, FAR distibuted stipends through the Children of Armenia Sponsorship Program (CASP) to 102 children in the...
Jun 13, 20101 min read
Beneficiary - Hasmik Gevorgyan.
Hasmik Gevorgyan lives with her family in the small town of Meghri, near the Iranian border. Plagued with a poor economy and rampant...
Jun 10, 20101 min read
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