FAR Social Services Program

Aug 262 min read

I love the Meat Soup and Kompot at the Soup Kitchen

When Sveta first walked into FAR’s Gyumri Atinizian Senior Center, she didn’t know what to expect. Her friend Ruzanna had encouraged her...

Dancing through Adversity at the Summer Camp

Aug 223 min read

FAR Social Services Program

Dancing through Adversity at the Summer Camp

While Srbuhi gracefully raises her hand, mirroring a dancer's elegant movements, Nikolay watches intently, trying to mimic her steps....

Aragats Camp Gave Me Strength and Good Friends

Aug 42 min read

FAR Education

Aragats Camp Gave Me Strength and Good Friends

For Arevik, 13, and Edita, 11, the summer camp at Aragats in Hankavan, Kotayk Province, has been a place for recovery and a valuable...

Over 300 FAR-Supported Children Enjoy Summer at Aragats Camp”

Jul 292 min read

CASP

Over 300 FAR-Supported Children Enjoy Summer at Aragats Camp”

This summer more than 300 children supported by our projects, including the children of Artsakh War veterans, displaced Artsakhtsi kids,...

Feb 11, 20231 min read

FAR Social Services Program

Now, the borscht is even more delicious

Life has never been easy for Robert. He was in the 7th grade when he dropped out of school to work to help his parents. He found a job at...

Oct 13, 20221 min read

FAR Social Services Program

Artsakh's first social workers

One year after our project’s launch, Artsakh’s first group of trained paraprofessional social workers is ready to move ahead and make a...

VOAH Memorial Honors Supporters Kevork and Sirvart Karamanouk

Oct 10, 20221 min read

FAR Social Services Program

VOAH Memorial Honors Supporters Kevork and Sirvart Karamanouk

A memorial stone dedicated to Vanadzor Old Age Home’s (VOAH’s) long-term supporters Kevork and Sirvart Karamanouk now stands in the...

May 29, 20221 min read

FAR Social Services Program

Watch How FAR Feeds Them

Imagine not having enough food to eat every day. For Siranush, 62, and her son Arayik, 38, this is their reality. FAR’s soup kitchen,...

Narek, Scholarship Student and Fallen Soldier

Oct 11, 20212 min read

FAR Education

Narek, Scholarship Student and Fallen Soldier

Satik Varzhapetyan can hardly hold back her tears while recollecting her last conversations with her son Narek. "The word 'hero' has...

It's Hard to Survive But I Have an Unbroken Soul

Sep 27, 20211 min read

FAR Social Services Program

It's Hard to Survive But I Have an Unbroken Soul

Raya Hovhannisyan and her son Karapet, 44, shared lunch in the tiny kitchen of their domik. Rice soup, mashed potatoes, borsch with...

Sep 9, 20212 min read

FAR Social Services Program

Dispatch from Berd: Siranush's Story

Sixty-two-year-old Siranush Mardanyan starts her day with a hot cup of coffee on the balcony of her home. Her eyes roam over the...

Baking a Difference for Armenia's Children

Jul 1, 20211 min read

FAR Social Services Program

Baking a Difference for Armenia's Children

The giggling faces of the children holding boxes filled with Toufayan brandcookies in their hands caused the cook at FAR’s Nor Hajn Soup...

Because of You, Alvard and Her Daughters Didn't Go to Sleep Hungry

Jun 14, 20211 min read

FAR Social Services Program

Because of You, Alvard and Her Daughters Didn't Go to Sleep Hungry

When the pandemic shook up life as we knew it in early 2020, Alvard Karapetyan, an underemployed single mother of three, needed FAR's...

Feb 6, 20201 min read

FAR Social Services Program

Children Share a Memorable Day at VOAH

Last week, about twenty fourth-graders from Vanadzor #4 School paid a heartwarming visit to FAR’s Vanadzor Old Age Home (VOAH), sharing...

Jan 28, 20201 min read

FAR Social Services Program

Helping an Orphan to Start a New Life

When Tatevik Hajipoghosyan, 27, and Karlen Ghazarian, 29, met at a fabric store in Vanadzor, Karlen never would have guessed they would...

VOAH Helps One Woman Find a Place to Nurture Her Love of Singing

Jul 23, 20192 min read

FAR Social Services Program

VOAH Helps One Woman Find a Place to Nurture Her Love of Singing

Seventy-year-old Anahit Lalayan has been living at Vanadzor Old Age Home (VOAH) for the last three years. Originally from Yerevan, Anahit...

FAR Programs Assist Ambitious Syrian-Armenian Architectural Student

Mar 19, 20191 min read

FAR Social Services Program

FAR Programs Assist Ambitious Syrian-Armenian Architectural Student

Meet Noura Toubrakji, one of our Nishanian Foundation Scholarship Students. An architecture and design student at the National...

Diocesan Primate Very Reverend Fr. Daniel Findikyan Experiences FAR Projects During a Site Visit

Mar 14, 20192 min read

FAR Social Services Program

Diocesan Primate Very Reverend Fr. Daniel Findikyan Experiences FAR Projects During a Site Visit

The Primate of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, Very Reverend Fr. Daniel Findikyan, this week spent a day of his...

Madagh is Served at Gyumri Atinizian Senior Center.

May 3, 20111 min read

FAR Social Services Program

Madagh is Served at Gyumri Atinizian Senior Center.

According to the Christian tradition, Madagh is a holiday when a traditional meal of lamb stew, pilaf made from bulgur, and lavash or...

FAR Staff Meets with Representatives from the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.

Mar 10, 20111 min read

FAR Social Services Program

FAR Staff Meets with Representatives from the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.

Three representatives from Armenia’s Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs met with FAR staff at our Yerevan office on March 3. Lena...