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A bright day at VOAH.
As tradition has it, FAR's Mathevosian scholars pay a visit to the Vanadzor Old Age Home (VOAH) at least once a year. The latest visit...
Apr 16, 20101 min read


Listening to Armenia - Lucineh Hovanissian's Eclectic Musical Mastery.
Being a creator today means stacking up against the creativity of so many who've lived before. And if you love everything from 1000 years...
Apr 15, 20102 min read


Provincial hospitals to receive much needed supplies.
With dozens of hospitals around the country lacking the tools they need, many Armenians are denied proper medical coverage year after...
Apr 14, 20101 min read


His Holiness Karekin II meets with representatives of FAR.
On Monday, April 12, His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, received the Fund for Armenian...
Apr 14, 20101 min read


Mathevosian scholars published in leading academic journal.
For more than 12 years, FAR's Mathevosian Scholarships have enabled students raised in poor households to study economics, law,...
Apr 14, 20101 min read


Armenian Church and the WGCC donates gifts to Gyumri’s disadvantaged
FAR, the Armenian Apostolic Church, and the Women’s Guild Central Council (WGCC) of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America...
Apr 13, 20101 min read
Wynnewood, PA - Impacting Armenia through FAR.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 7:00pm - 9:00pm St. Sahag & St. Mesrob Armenian Church, Hayatian Hall 630 Clothier Road Wynnewood, PA Come join...
Apr 13, 20101 min read


An Armenian family's life in Norway
Rhode Island native Christine Varadian grew up immersed in the Armenian culture of her parents and grandparents, forging strong...
Apr 13, 20101 min read
Testimonials to Tragedy - Artifacts, Memoirs and Remembrance
The Zohrab Center, together with Columbia University Armenian Club, the Armenian Students Association and the Armenian Network invite you...
Apr 12, 20101 min read


Old Gyumri in New Drawings
FAR Employee Levon Lachikyan's Response to Tyler Guthrie’s WaPo article about Armenia. The most striking impression from the world...
Apr 12, 20102 min read


Armenia is Calling Me
When I was an awkward 12-year-old, trying to make friends, fit in and figure out my place in the world, I got plucked from a public...
Apr 12, 20101 min read


20 years later, rock returns with a message
After 20 years away, rock artist Ian Gillan of Deep Purple and Black Sabbath, returned to Armenia to once again give back. Gillan, along...
Apr 8, 20102 min read


More Support for FAR's Octet Music School Construction
Proceeds from rockers Tony Iommi and Ian Gillans’ March concert at Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall raised more than 18M AMD (approximately...
Apr 8, 20101 min read
Hope in Hayastan, an inspirational presentation by Ralph Yirikian, General Manager of Vivacell.
Today! The Permanent Mission of Armenia to the United Nations and the Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center invite you to: “Hope in...
Apr 7, 20101 min read


From Jersey to Armenia.
The generosity of New Jersey resident and FAR donor John Thomas reached a church full of children in Armenia on Easter Sunday. Orphans,...
Apr 7, 20101 min read
CME welcomes its latest participants
On April 6, FAR welcomed the newest participants in the Continuing Medical Education (CME) program. Robert Hakobyan, an anesthesiologist...
Apr 7, 20101 min read


Gray Eyeglasses Show Gray Signs of Soul Disaster.
“Every thinking man — and by man I also mean woman — MUST be occupied only by this interest: to develop a soul.” G.I. Gurdjieff (as...
Apr 6, 20103 min read


Beneficiary Portraits - Another Ace.
One of the stellar recipients of FAR’s Philadelphia Armenian Scholarship just finished her first semester at Yeghegnadzor “Gitelik”...
Apr 5, 20101 min read


FAR Staff Surveys School Needs.
Several of FAR’s Armenia-based staff made visits to a few facilities in Gavar, which serve Armenia’s children. Programs Manager Karen...
Apr 4, 20101 min read
Genocide Symposium April 6th in NYC.
Symposium on Preventing Genocide Through Awareness, Insight, Education will be held 6:30 pm on Tuesday April 6 at the Armenian General...
Apr 4, 20101 min read


Easter Message
Dear Friends, On behalf of the Fund for Armenian Relief, I wanted to send you wishes for a most blessed Easter. Once again, we find...
Mar 30, 20101 min read


Safe Connections
About 90 child protection specialists from all over Armenia attended a “Safe Mobile Connection” forum on March 10 about developing ideas...
Mar 29, 20101 min read
Jerair Nishanian scholars complete first semester with success
Grade results for Gavar State University’s first semester of 2009-2010 are in and the majority earned excellent marks. Through the Jerair...
Mar 29, 20101 min read
Imposed begging is trafficking.
Even adults in Syunik region were unaware of child trafficking. Last year, 22 experts in five regions of Armenia tried to find out what...
Mar 29, 20101 min read
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