CASP – FAR

[CASP]: CASP Support Enables One Single Mom to Afford Medical Treatment for her Son image

With help from CASP Taguhi said she will now be able to cover Narek’s treatment for strabismus, or cross-eyes, for which he has to undergo treatment once every four months. “I take him to Yerevan for 10 days for specific vision therapy,” she said, noting that they have to commute every day the roughly two hours from Gyumri because they can’t afford accommodation in the capital, which is expensive and time-consuming.

[CASP]: FAR Distributes Annual Stipends to Help More than 500 Orphans and Children of Single Mothers image

This year, CASP will help 534 children and their families to cover the costs of basic needs, like food, clothing, and heat, as well as additional expenses like extracurricular activities or school supplies.

[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.

[CASP]: CASP Stipends Assist Javakhk Siblings and their Struggling Family image

CASP currently helps a total of 539 children and their families. This year, 86 of those children are from Javakhk.

[CASP]: FAR Distributes Spring CASP Stipends to More than 500 Children in Need image

Nearly 539 children who, like Emma, are either being raised by single mothers or who are orphans, receive CASP stipends until they turn 18.

[CASP]: After Tragedy, CASP Helps a Single Mother to Get By image

Tigran and Hamlet live with their mother Zarine in Syunik Province. Hamlet is eight years old and Tigran is 13. Hamlet loves sports; his favorite is boxing. He also likes to paint in his free time. Tigran loves math, playing chess, and wants to become an economist.

[CASP]: CASP Support Helps One Child to Better Cope with his Grief image

After his father was killed by sniper fire in the Four-Day War of April 2016, 10-year-old Rafayel Danielyan could not cope. “Rafayel was traumatized. He isolated himself from family and peers, and wouldn’t talk to anyone for a while,” said his grandma, Nona, who spent six months in the hospital for heart issues after her son was killed.

[CASP]: CASP Support Helps Five Talented Children image

Karine, Syuzanna, Lyova, Suren and Nare live with their mother Lusine Kustuzyan in Gyumri. Unemployed, she has to manage to keep the family afloat on $300 per month—the total of her state poverty allowance and the children’s benefits. Karine, 14, is in the 9th grade. She likes to read; her favorite book is the novel “The Grandmother” by Czech writer Bozena Nemcova. Karine also loves to paint. Susanne, 13, is in the 8th grade. Karine and Syuzanna attend dance classes. This year, they took first place in an international dance competition in Georgia. They have also won prizes during their participation in various dance competitions in Armenia. Ten-year-old Lyova is a very active 4th grader. Along with school, he ...

[CASP]: On its 20th Anniversary, CASP Distributes Stipends to Nearly 550 Children in Need image

This year, Astghik was welcomed into the Children of Armenia Sponsorship Program (CASP) as one of its 83 new beneficiaries thanks to the enormous efforts of the Women’s Guild Central Council of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church. CASP helps orphans and children of single mothers with their living expenses through annual stipends.

[CASP]: CASP Helps the Family of a Fallen Soldier image

After twenty years of being happily married Nelly Hayrapetyan, 40, lost her beloved husband, Rudik, in the Four-Days War of April 2016. Since then, to relieve her grief, she has engrossed herself in her work as a stylist at a local salon.

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