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Apr 29, 20202 min read

FAR Delivers Food to Children Currently Missing Out on Nutritious School Meals

Fund for Armenian Relief typically supports about 1,300 children who attend kindergartens in Armenia's impoverished Tavush and Aragatsotn...

FAR's Sunday School Program Sparks Spiritual Awareness in Rural Armenia

Mar 11, 20202 min read

BCPP

FAR's Sunday School Program Sparks Spiritual Awareness in Rural Armenia

More than 150 children ages of 7 to 17 attend Sunday School once a week, to learn about Christian values and to participate in Bible...

Jan 20, 20201 min read

BCPP

Hundreds of Students Impacted by BCPP’s Recent School Renovations

Recent classroom renovations made possible through FAR’s Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Program (BCPP) are making school safer and more...

As part of One Village, FAR Helps to Bring Big Changes to Rural Armenia

Dec 12, 20192 min read

FAR Partnerships

As part of One Village, FAR Helps to Bring Big Changes to Rural Armenia

It was less than one year ago that the 11 members of the “One Village” initiative came together and chose Navur Village (pop. 1,100) in...

FAR Recognized for its Project to Fight Childhood Malnutrition in Armenia

Dec 4, 20192 min read

BCPP

FAR Recognized for its Project to Fight Childhood Malnutrition in Armenia

Over the past decade, Fund for Armenian Relief has been a pioneer in battling malnutrition in Armenia. FAR has focused activities to...

Teens Find Refuge in Local Weightlifting Club

Nov 26, 20192 min read

BCPP

Teens Find Refuge in Local Weightlifting Club

The Norashen Village Weightlifting Club in the Berd Region has become a sports hub for its community children, some of whom attend...

FAR Re-Opens Another Kindergarten in Armenia’s Impoverished Tavush Province

Nov 12, 20192 min read

BCPP

FAR Re-Opens Another Kindergarten in Armenia’s Impoverished Tavush Province

The opening of a newly-renovated kindergarten marked one of the most recent achievements of FAR’s Breaking the Cycle of Poverty Program...

Summer Retreat Helps Kids from Mardigian Child Protection Center

Oct 29, 20192 min read

BCPP

Summer Retreat Helps Kids from Mardigian Child Protection Center

For 19-year-old Anahit Abrahamyan, a FAR Mardigian Scholarship student from Berd, volunteering to help out during a three-day summer...

New Mardigian Center Initiative Encourages Interaction Between Youth and the Elderly

Aug 22, 20191 min read

BCPP

New Mardigian Center Initiative Encourages Interaction Between Youth and the Elderly

Hasmik, 72, Aregnas, 85, Lesing, 80, Roza, 76, and 92-year-old war veteran Mekhak are people who battle loneliness on a daily basis and...

Art Show Helps Youth to Showcase Their Talent

Aug 15, 20191 min read

BCPP

Art Show Helps Youth to Showcase Their Talent

Fifteen-year-old Meline Grigoryan loves to paint. Recently, some of her works depicting village life and the monuments of her home town...

FAR’s Support Enables One Woman to Support Her Family Through Her Pastry Business

Aug 6, 20192 min read

BCPP

FAR’s Support Enables One Woman to Support Her Family Through Her Pastry Business

Lilit Melkumyan, 30, juggles multiples responsibilities at one time. A mother to Sirusho, 8, and Alen, 6, Lilit is a school cafeteria...

FAR Partner AAHPO Conducts Medical Mission to Armenia’s Berd

Aug 1, 20192 min read

BCPP

FAR Partner AAHPO Conducts Medical Mission to Armenia’s Berd

The Armenian American Health Professionals Organization’s (AAHPO) recent medical mission to the Berd Region has led to a new...

FAR Supports the Strengthening of Science Education in Berd Schools

Jul 29, 20192 min read

BCPP

FAR Supports the Strengthening of Science Education in Berd Schools

When Ruzanna Tumanyan, 62, was a student she thought constantly about the sky. She wanted to be an aviator, specifically a flight tester,...

FAR Program Helps One Man to Launch His Own Agribusiness

Jul 18, 20192 min read

FAR Economic Program

FAR Program Helps One Man to Launch His Own Agribusiness

A radio technician by trade, Manvel Brutyan also builds furniture and produces his own wine. Last year, the 48-year-old delved further...

FAR Program Helps One Single Mother to Launch Her Own Business

Jul 8, 20192 min read

BCPP

FAR Program Helps One Single Mother to Launch Her Own Business

After eight years of selling anything from flowers to clothing to food in various stores, 33-year-old Shushan Voskanyan decided to become...

Berd Woman Builds Her Business with Help from FAR

Jun 25, 20192 min read

BCPP

Berd Woman Builds Her Business with Help from FAR

Nare Melkumyan has always enjoyed manicures. As a child, she played manicurist using the petals of flowers as her special “polish.” Now,...

Through Its New Project FAR Encourages Business Growth in Impoverished Tavush Province

May 27, 20192 min read

BCPP

Through Its New Project FAR Encourages Business Growth in Impoverished Tavush Province

When Tatevik Gevorgyan, 40, first learned about FAR’s Start Your Own Business Project, she immediately began discussing with her family...

Improved Dining Facilities Benefit Children in Tavush

Dec 20, 20181 min read

BCPP

Improved Dining Facilities Benefit Children in Tavush

The result of a collaboration between CARD Agrocredit, the UN World Food Program (UNWFP) and FAR is a newly re-vamped and well-equipped...