Nelli Asatryan, 33, left Aragatsotn Province to return to her home village of Mets Masrik in Gegharqunik Province about a year ago after her husband died from cancer. She decided to move back with her parents since she was unemployed and unable to support her three children on her own.
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Syusanna, 13, can be very convincing. “When I learned about soccer, I thought, ‘I have to try this!’ But my daddy was against it. So, I had to sit and talk to him. I said, ‘Look, Dad, I have to try everything to figure out what is really my thing.’ He agreed. Now, I play soccer.”
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Our Ayo! platform has decided to collaborate with two teachers in rural areas to help them achieve their shared goal: installing science labs in each of their schools. Ayo!’s recently-launched Fill the Gap. Build a Lab. project will ensure that students in regional schools have better access to higher-quality education.
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On the eve of International Women’s Day, March 7th, Ayo! opened an exciting exhibition surrounding its current project, GameChanger.
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Our Ayo! platform just launched another ambitious project that will aim to raise the crowdfunding platform to a higher level of engagement in Armenia’s social issues. GameChanger will help the Girls of Armenia Leadership Soccer (GOALS) initiative to build a girls soccer league in Kotayk Province, which will be used as a tool to empower a new generation of independent and self-confident young women.
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There are children in Armenia who do not get to experience the joy of Christmas and, sadly, that often means no visit from Santa. We are trying to change that. For the third year now, FAR and Ayo! are reaching out to children in some of Armenia’s poorest regions through our Chocolate Bank project.
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Just before Thanksgiving, during the height of Ayo!’s campaign to raise money for its A Gift of Warmth project, some very magnanimous parishioners from St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church of Charlotte, NC, came through with a generous gift.
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A busy circle of people gathered at FAR's Gyumri Atinizian Senior Center on November 15th, where Hripsime Meliqyan, 59, Manvel Vardevanyan, 51, along with 44 others, waited to receive their new pair of glasses as part of Ayo!’s Care for Eye Care! project.
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We would like to share with you some good news about Ayo!’s Gift of Warmth project. From now until #GivingTuesday , all donations will be matched thanks to our generous donors Gregory and Meline Toufayan! If fully funded, this project will ensure the day care center in the tiny village of Mets Masrik is warmer year-round.
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In August, the U.S.-based NGO Rebirth Armenia organized a fundraising campaign to support Ayo!’s recently completed Backpacks for Berd project. The history of the FAR-Rebirth Armenia partnership, however, goes back to 2015 when Rebirth’s mother-daughter team of Araxie and Anahit Cass first visited the Berd Region where FAR implements the Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Program (BCPP).
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