On Sundays, Vernissage is the place to be in Yerevan. This open-air flea market offers anything and everything you might be looking for -...

In a van leaving Noravank Monastery, we seven Young Professionals traveled in an hour from the 13th Century into the 21st. Greeting us...

Thanks to the support of Washington resident Jerair Nishanian, more than 40 children from socially vulnerable families have an...

Two weeks ago, 15 Armenian-American professionals and students convened at Saint Leon Church Hall in Fair Lawn NJ for a high-level...

For those in the Diaspora, living in multiple cultures is something many Armenian-Americans know well. Despite growing up in America,...

The submission of the 25 ANSEF grantees’ midterm reports has been completed. The leaders of each of the scientific groups have submitted...

More Armenians doctors are offering better care to more people. More Armenian orphans have the chance get an education. More Armenian...

With temperatures now reaching 105°F in Yerevan, I welcomed Vardavar Day with open arms. On Sunday July 18th, buckets of waters were...

This summer, twenty-six children from FARs Homeless Children Center had the chance to leave Yerevan for the first time for a two-week...

With grace and professionalism, several students at the FAR-sponsored Azad Shishian Octet Music School gave an afternoon recital...

On a recent Saturday evening, I fled the sizzling heat of Yerevan for the countryside near Aparan. I had decided to go camping near the...

July 3rd was a special day at the Ounjian School in Gyumri. That day, thirteen proud graduates were able to celebrate their special day...

Janik, 69 years old, visits FAR’s Nor Nchaj Soup Kitchen every day. The story of his difficult life is written on his wrinkled face. At...

A few summer ago, Tarra Kalian traveled to Armenia with the Armenian Service Program (ASP). She spent a few weeks traveling around...

Nairi was just a child when she started attending FAR’s Nor Njar Soup Kitchen fifteen years ago. At that time, Armenia was going through...

Last week marked the conclusion of the second stage of Project Smile in Armenia. As part of Project Smile, visiting health specialists...

Last Spring, the Holy Cross College Armenian Students Association raised $7,500 for a FAR / CASP sponsored summer camp in Gyumri! With...

Ella Baroyan had visited Armenia briefly in 1998, but a few years later one of her friends approached her with the idea of volunteering...

So many Armenian-Americans travel to their motherland during early adulthood. I think we do this not only because we want to learn more...

(left to right) Dr. Edgar Housepian; Dr. Aram Chobanian; Prof. Harutyun Kushkyan; and Dr. A. Babloyan Archbishop Khajag Barsamian,...

At FAR’s Nor Hajn Soup Kitchen, children receive more than just hot meals. FAR, in cooperation with the “Manana” NGO, has arranged...

So many Armenian-Americans travel to their motherland during early adulthood. I think we do this not only because we want to learn more...

FAR’s very own Health Programs Coordinator, Hambardzum Simonyan, was published in the May issue of Yerevan State Medical University’s...

While Americans celebrated a holiday, some Armenians were hard at work. Specifically, second year students at the Gyumri Information...