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Finding Purpose in Armenia: Two Norwegian Students at the Mardigian Child Protection Center
The children gather in the courtyard of the Mardigian Child Protection Center of the FAR to say goodbye to two people who have shared their everyday lives for the past six months. As the children offer heartfelt words of gratitude and wish them success, it is the volunteers who struggle to hold back their tears. For 25-year-old Jarand Reime and 29-year-old Bjorn Olee, this farewell is far more emotional than they expected. Jarand and Bjorn are social work students from the Un
Jul 53 min read
How FAR Helped Me Fall in Love with My Profession: Valya’s Journey with FAR
“FAR Introduced me to my profession. I studied at university for six years, but it was at FAR’s Berd office that I truly discovered my profession—and most importantly, learned to love it,” says 36-year-old social worker Valya Apresyan. Valya had enrolled in the Faculty of Sociology at Yerevan State University almost by chance—her exam scores simply matched the department’s requirements. At the time, she had only a vague idea of what her future career might look like. She reca
Apr 272 min read
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