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Ian Gillan and Tony Iommi Donate Music Instruments to Gyumri “Octet” School.
World famous rock musicians Ian Gillan of Deep Purple and Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath and Heaven and Hell, generously donated several...
Mar 17, 20101 min read
USAID's CAPS is supporting “Training of Trainees” Program.
Supported by USAID's Competitive Armenian Private Sector Program (CAPS) a new project of “Training of Trainees/TOT/” is being realized at...
Mar 16, 20101 min read


Children of “Mer Dun” (Our Home).
“Mer Dun” is a social non-governmental organization that has been operating in Armenia since 2005. The aim of the organization is to...
Mar 15, 20101 min read


The outstanding women from Gyumri.
"Eve" stands for "living one" or "source of life." Gyumri dialect is the only one in the Armenian language that has the word man in the...
Mar 14, 20101 min read
Jason Paul Kazarian will speak on Armenian Information Technology
Jason Paul Kazarian, former Executive Director for FAR's Gyumri Information Technologies Center project, will be giving a lecture...
Mar 14, 20101 min read
The Spring 2010 Semester has started…
The first day of Spring was not only a warm start into nicer weather for the GTech students but also heralds the 2010 Spring semester. A...
Mar 11, 20101 min read


Beneficiaries Portraits - Tomorrow starts today - Narine Margaryan.
Though Narine Margaryan is not even 18 years old, she has passed a long way full of sufferings and hardships. She was born in 1992 in...
Mar 11, 20102 min read
2010 Young Professional Trip will take place between July 7th and July 21st
The price for the land package is set at $1550. That includes all hotel accommodation (double-occupancy), air port transfers, all taxes,...
Mar 11, 20101 min read


Construction of Ounjian School extension has started
Translated from an Armenian article written by Levon Lachikyan Dr. Hovhannes (John) Ounjian is one of the old friends and benefactors of...
Mar 10, 20101 min read
Gyumri School started its "Musical Spring" tour.
Flowers are mainly associated with women, beauty, happiness, appreciation and love. Gyumri Octet School of Music started its musical...
Mar 10, 20101 min read
Three Weeks in Haiti
Excerpt: The numerous Haitians I met told me they are looking to America and God to help them. They have no faith in their own government...
Mar 10, 20101 min read


Gohar Karginyan
Gohar Karginyan has been working at the FAR Children Support Center since its inception ten years ago. She graduated from Yerevan...
Mar 9, 20101 min read
Cultural Tidbits — Armenian Navy Band.Founded in 1998 by Turkish-born Armenian musician Arto Tuncboy
Founded in 1998 by Turkish-born Armenian musician Arto Tuncboyaciyan, the Armenian Navy Band is comprised of twelve of Armenia’s most...
Mar 8, 20101 min read
March 8th - The history of the International Women's Day
International Women’s Day is celebrated in many countries around the world. It is a day when women are recognized for their achievements...
Mar 7, 20101 min read
March 8th is celebrated as International Women’s Day
Over 40 % of the staff at FARs Yerevan Office and even over 90% of FAR employees working in the Children Support Center and the Vanadzor...
Mar 7, 20101 min read
Knights & Daughters of Vartan to honor Anoush Mathevosian, a longtime benefactor of FAR
The Mid-Atlantic Knights & Daughters of Vartan will hold their Third Annual Awards Dinner on Sunday, The Mid-Atlantic Knights & Daughters...
Mar 7, 20101 min read


Congressional Resolution Passed 23-22.
A congressional panel has approved a resolution declaring the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I was...
Mar 4, 20101 min read


The Khohanotz - A Vegan Guide to Armenian Lent.
For some, the 40 days of Lent, in which Christians abstain from any and all animal products is a time of spiritual reflection and...
Mar 4, 20101 min read


Round table addresses problem of teenager trafficking in Armenia.
Recently, a Round Table entitled “Trafficking of Teenagers” was organized at FARs Children Support Center in Yerevan. This second of...
Mar 3, 20101 min read
Full list of 2010 Armen Avanessians ANSEF Awards released.
The ANSEF Review Board - with the help of 36 referees - has finished a three month long review of a total of 192 submitted proposals. The...
Mar 3, 20101 min read
Homage - Great Short Film by Edmond Terakopian.
Edmond Terakopian started as a news photographer in 1989. Having worked up through the regional papers, he now supplies the national and...
Mar 2, 20101 min read


Beneficiary Portraits - FAR visited Gulamerian Scholarship Program beneficiaries.
On March 1st, FAR Project Manager Eduard Karapetyan visited the Vanadzor Orphanage and summarized the 2009-2010 academic year’s winter...
Mar 2, 20101 min read


Preparatory courses for underprivileged children.
When, after the 1988 earthquake, businessman and FAR benefactor Arman Bedikian from the USA visited Armenia, he searched for relief and...
Mar 1, 20101 min read
Meeting with Beneficiary YSMU Students
Within the framework of the Mathevosian Scholarship Program, FAR sponsors six medical residents who pursue their post-graduate education...
Feb 28, 20101 min read
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