From alternative rock to cooking. Davit Galstyan
He skillfully cuts the salad vegetables and puts them aside, then goes on to make zucchini cutlets. The roasted cauliflower has long been ready.
Peace of mind amidst the shelling: life on the borderline
“We are used to hearing the sound of shelling,” calmly says the 17-year-old Laura Yesyan who lives in the borderline Aygehovit village of the Tavush region. Since the Nagorno-Karabakh War, people are used to living with the tension on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
Fighting the pandemic in rural regions of Armenia
In April 2020, we stepped up efforts to combat the COVID-19 crisis in rural Armenia. Considering the rising number of coronavirus cases, the lockdown, and the limited economic activity, we saw an urgent need to lend a helping hand to our beneficiary villagers in need.
The state of emergency in borderline Aygehovit
The first month of the summer brought the state of emergency to the village, shortly after here appeared the first case of coronavirus. The mask became as important in Aygehovit as in other hot areas of the pandemic.
8407 treated teeth: one smile at a time
8704 teeth of rural Armenian children have been treated thanks to COAF’s free dental services.
A village with dignity: the neat and tidy Lernagog
It’s 5 in the morning, and the sun is about to seize the smallish village of Lernagog in the smallest region of Armenia, the Armavir province, that mainly consists of agricultural lands.
Building bridges to Anna’s big dreams
She believes the most efficient education is constant self-learning.
A good workout a day keeps the doctor away!
One of the challenges the people of the world have faced this year is keeping ourselves physically active and fit, with the long-lasting homestay, distance work, online learning, and the most-needed gyms being closed for a while.
Valerik 2*. The lord of anthropomorphs
Vahrad Melikjanyan, 26, an artist from the city of Vanadzor, seems to be a character from his own paintings and robot sculptures.
It takes a village: the ways COAF changed Karakert
In 2003, COAF Founder Garo Armen was driving in Karakert village of the Armavir Province without knowing that place would become his reason for starting COAF.
COAFians master the art of anchoring
Since early spring, we have had multiple occasions to convene with our students, beneficiaries, and online community digitally.
From beneficiaries to partners: making furniture in Karakert
Raising a business is like raising a child. Passing through different chapters in life and investing time, care, knowledge, and hard work to reach the desired goodness level.
