Blog – FAR

[BCPP]: Art Show Helps Youth to Showcase Their Talent image

BCPP’s extracurricular groups not only help the children of the Berd Region to better occupy their spare time efficiently, but also teaches them to empower themselves through creativity.

[Ayo!]: Ayo!‘s Latest Campaign to Help Underserved Children Access Eye Care image

If fully funded, this project will provide eye-screening exams to 11,000 children. About 700 vouchers will be distributed to those in need of follow up care and basic treatment.

[FAR Education; Partnerships]: Sahan Arzruni Spreads Message About the Importance of Musical Education and Cultural Preservation During his Latest Tour in Armenia image

On June 22 he wrapped up with one final performance at the Aram Khachaturian House-Museum. The best students from his master classes got the chance to perform alongside Arzruni at the gala concert in Yerevan.

[BCPP]: FAR’s Support Enables One Woman to Support Her Family Through Her Pastry Business image

To build her entrepreneurial skills, last year Lilit applied for the preliminary training called “Start Your Own Business,” FAR’s brand-new project, and a part of BCPP, which is aimed to help new and early age businesses thrive and succeed.

1st of August, 2019
In: BCPP, FAR Health Programs, FAR Partnerships
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[Health Programs; BCPP; Partnerships]: FAR Partner AAHPO Conducts Medical Mission to Armenia’s Berd Region image

The mission trip—the first of its kind by AAHPO—was part of FAR’s Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Program (BCPP ) and had the goals of exchanging ideas and experience with local healthcare professionals and identifying the local needs for long-term, effective and strategic collaboration in the future.

[FAR Partnerships; BCPP]: FAR Supports the Strengthening of Science Education in Berd Schools image

When Ruzanna Tumanyan, 62, was a student she thought constantly about the sky. She wanted to be an aviator, specifically a flight tester, but her parents convinced her to become a mathematician. Today, she is Director of the Berd #3 School in Tavush Province.

23rd of July, 2019
In: FAR Social Programs, Vanadzor Old Age Home
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[VOAH]: VOAH Helps One Woman Find a Place to Nurture Her Love of Singing image

Originally from Yerevan, Anahit had a rather tough childhood. Prior to VOAH, she was widowed and alone; her stepchildren used to only visit about once a year.

18th of July, 2019
In: BCPP, Economic Development, FAR Economic Programs
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[FAR Economic Programs; BCPP]: FAR Program Helps One Man to Launch His Own Agribusiness image

Now fully complete, the greenhouse has drip irrigation and alternative underground heating system, which enable Manvel to cultivate four different kinds of strawberries and raspberries.

16th of July, 2019
In: Child Protection, FAR Children's Center
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[Child Protection]: FAR Children’s Center Aims to Improve the Resilience of Refugee Children image

When asked what motivated them to move forward when the rocky path seemed impassable, one participant* said, “I thought about my friends who are refugees, who have crossed difficult roads and passed hundreds or thousands of miles through formidable challenges.”

[CASP]: CASP Helps a Young Man Start His Own Small Business image

Artyom Paytyan decided to turn his passion for cars into a career. The seventeen-year-old is on the path to becoming a certified mechanic at Abovyan Vocational Training College in Kotayk Province.