Slowly and carefully, Izolda grandma places her right foot, her stronger leg, on the next step. Then, with gentle precision, she lifts her left and moves her cane in rhythm.  “Being old is not a happiness,” she says with a smile, continuing her way to her bedroom on the second floor of the Vanadzor Old Age Home (VOAH). 84-year-old Izolda Martirosyan, called Zoya tatik by everyone, was once full of energy. She used to start every morning with exercises and daily routines that

The bus engine roared to life just as the sun peeked over the horizon on a crisp autumn morning. The air was filled with excitement, the kind that always accompanies FAR’s Board of Directors’ visits to Armenia. But this visit was unlike any other. It marked a new chapter - one that could be divided into two parts: before  and after  COVID-19 and the Second Artsakh War. “A lot has changed. I have probably been to Armenia 35–40 times, and there is nothing more pleasant than se