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Soup Kitchen Takes a Huge Weight off Our Shoulders
For 70-year-old Sveta Zaryan, the FAR Soup Kitchen initially seemed like a place where the underprivileged stood in line for a warm,...
Jul 12 min read


Stand Together—Empower the Women of Armenia!
Happy Motherhood and Beauty Day! On this special and meaningful day, we celebrate the strength, care, and dedication of incredible...
Apr 61 min read


Soup, Solace, and the Warmth of Community
Ashot Hayrapetyan, 66, doesn’t think his life is particularly remarkable. He describes it as ordinary, even monotonous. But there was a...
Mar 262 min read


I love the Meat Soup and Kompot at the Soup Kitchen
When Sveta first walked into FAR’s Gyumri Atinizian Senior Center, she didn’t know what to expect. Her friend Ruzanna had encouraged her...
Aug 26, 20242 min read


Hope Amidst Hardship
It’s more than a decade, Tamara has been attending the Yeghsapet Jambazian/ Mangoian Soup Kitchen in Nor Hajn , which has become a...
Apr 30, 20241 min read


FAR gives a lifeline for Anna and her family
The first time Anna stepped into FAR’s Byureghavan soup kitchen , she was carrying her unborn son Hrayr, now a lively 7-year-old. She...
Feb 16, 20242 min read
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