Each Christmas since 2008, Harout Harboyan has donned his Santa Claus costume to entertain kids in his hometown of Beirut with his “Santa Show.” This year, however, Harout, who with his naturally white moustache, sparkling eyes and beaming smile actually resembles Santa Claus, decided to organize such shows for kids in the country of his roots.
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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.
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A few months ago Nyura Manusajyan moved into Vanadzor Old Age Home (VOAH) after her husband, Rudolf, died suddenly. Nyura is 67, and her face and the wrinkles under her blue eyes clearly reveal a deep and profound sadness that has clouded much of her life.
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The group, which was headed by FAR Board Member Father Yeprem Kelegian, learned quite a bit about VOAH’s residents, their routines and even their hobbies during the eye-opening visit, which also enabled them to directly see how gifts and donations help to relieve the burdens of VOAH residents as they age.
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"Grandma” Olenik Sahakyan, 82, is a bright and exceptionally kind woman. Lively and diligent, she is always ready to help every beneficiary at FAR’s Vanadzor Old Age Home (VOAH), where she, too, is a resident.
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For the third year in a row, Aram Pambukhchyan, a student at the National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia and a FAR Nishanian Scholarship recipient, spent a day cleaning and tidying up the garden at FAR’s Vanadzor Old Age Home (VOAH).
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Aleksandr Nersesyan, 67, is known as “Roman” to everyone at FAR’s Vanadzor Old Age Home* (VOAH). He moved to VOAH six years ago following a trying foot amputation.
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Sahan Arzruni, talented pianist, composer, and dedicated supporter of Vanadzor Old Age Home (VOAH), performed yet another concert for an appreciative audience at the Nichols Concert Hall in Evanston, Illinois on October 28th.
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These days, 70-year-old FAR Vanadzor Old Age Home (VOAH) resident Rita Dallakyan is known as "Lightning Grandma." In early September, she took second place in checkers at Armenia’s National Sports Tournament for the Elderly, held by the Ministry of Social Affairs. Just before that she placed first for the Lori Region in the first round of the tournament.
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It was Silva Migirdeyan’s first visit to FAR’s Vanadzor Old Age Home (VOAH), a retirement community for 55 low-income seniors. A great supporter of VOAH, Silva was used to getting updates about VOAH’s tatiks and papiks (grandmas and grandpas) via photos and second-hand stories from her uncle Sahan Arzruni, VOAH’s long-time advocate and donor. This was the first time she was finally able to see the project with her own eyes.
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