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Levon Lachikyan at Club Urbat
Last week, FAR's Press Secretary Levon Lachikyan was invited to Yerevan's Club Urbat to participate in a press conference. Levon was an...
Nov 16, 20091 min read


Beneficiary Ani Kalashyan
Ani is a second-year student in the Statistics and Informatics Department at the Armenian State University of Economics. She is...
Nov 15, 20092 min read


Dr. Edgar Housepian To Be Honored on January 15th
The Fund for Armenian Relief (FAR) will honor one of its founding members, Dr. Edgar M. Housepian, at a gala banquet in Manhattan on...
Nov 11, 20091 min read


Beneficiary Potraits - Sergey Gasparyan
Dr. Sergey Gasparyan is one of the many physicians who was able to make a difference in his community after participating in FAR’s...
Nov 10, 20092 min read


Beneficiary Haykaram Avetisyan
Haykaram Avetisyan finished Yerevan secondary school #161 and in 2006, he was accepted to the Armenian State University of Economics....
Nov 9, 20092 min read


Providing Educational Opportunities
As a result of FAR’s “Mathevosian”, “Gulamerian”, “Ounjian”, and “Sayan” scholarships, as well as other FAR education programs, nearly...
Nov 8, 20091 min read


Lenten Drive netted $7,500 for Project Smile
The annual Sunday School Lenten Drive of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America netted more than $15,000 in 2009, to be shared...
Nov 5, 20091 min read


Emil Vartapetyan, CME Trainer
Trainer physicians play a critical role in the CME program, and are instrumental to its success. With patience and devotion, the training...
Nov 3, 20092 min read


Australian Psychotherapist Visits Children Center
Earlier this month, CROC hosted Mrs. Shushann Movsessian, the Australian psychotherapist and author of Puberty Girl.Mrs. Movsessian...
Nov 2, 20091 min read


206 Beneficiaries Receive Financial Stipends
In early October, FAR was proud to send its own Margarit Piliposyan along with CASP Program Coordinator Eduard Karapetyan to visit the...
Nov 1, 20091 min read


ACYOA and FAR Partner for 2010 Armenia Service Program
On Tuesday, October 27, members of the Fund for Armenian Relief staff met with Diocesan Vicar Very Rev. Fr. Haigazoun Najarian and ACYOA...
Oct 29, 20091 min read


FAR Board Member Michael Haratounian Visits Armenia
This September, FAR’s Armenia office was proud to welcome FAR Board member Michael Haratounian, who visited Armenia with his wife Mrs....
Oct 27, 20091 min read


Happy Birthday, Yerevan!
Yerevan, with towering Ararat watching over it, turns 2791 years old this year. On October 11th, this ancient city burst forth in a...
Oct 26, 20091 min read


Generous Donation To GTech
GTech’s group of friends and supports is continuously growing, as more members of the Diaspora become aware of FAR’s unique technology...
Oct 25, 20091 min read


Beneficiary Potraits - Gor Muradyans
As a nation in transition, many Armenians still feel the effects of the 1988 earthquake. FAR was happy to come to the aid of one...
Oct 22, 20092 min read


Successful Distribution of 2009 Scholarships
FAR’s Shirak department recently conducted the Children of Armenia Sponsorship Program (CASP) and Khandjian Program fall distribution for...
Oct 21, 20091 min read
Beneficiary Potraits - The Karapetyan's
Due to the difficult socio-economic situation in Armenia, many families leave for Russia during the summer in search of seasonal...
Oct 20, 20091 min read
Beneficiary Stories - Two Fugitives at FAR’s Nor Natch Soup Kitchen
About a year ago, the staff from the Nor Natch Soup Kitchen became extremely worried about the sudden disappearance of two of their...
Oct 18, 20091 min read


Securing Gohar's Future
In a novel by Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist, the King of Salem says: "Everyone, when they are young, knows what their Personal Legend...
Oct 13, 20092 min read


Success in Future Artistic Endeavors
When I entered the Gyumri Aslamazyan Sisters Art Gallery and saw the paintings hanging on the walls, I could not believe that these works...
Oct 12, 20092 min read


100th Anniversary of School Founded by Hovhannes Hintlian
September 7th marked a special day for FAR’s education initiatives: the 100-year anniversary of the Hovhaness Hintlian School. The...
Oct 11, 20092 min read


Hayastani Kidak Society Met at St. Leon’s Church
While summer just ended, it doesn’t feel too early to start thinking about traveling to Armenia next summer! At St. Leon’s Church in Fair...
Oct 7, 20091 min read
Gomidas on 57th Street
I hadn’t been back long from FAR’s 2009 trip to Armenia when one of my traveling companions, Ara, called me up and asked if I’d like to...
Oct 6, 20092 min read


Beneficary Portraits - Hovhannes Kajoyan
17 year-old Hovhannes Kajoyan is one of the 10 successful applicants to the 2009-2010 Mathevosian Scholarship Program. He was born in...
Oct 4, 20091 min read
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