Ashot Harutyunyan. From drawing to mixed martial arts. 3 September 2020 By Knar Babayan, Photos by: Knar Babayan 3 min read Paints, brushes, parts of toy cars, engines, ping pong balls, ice-cream sticks, various chargers, and other weird and incredible items lay on Ashot Harutyunyan’s work desk. Ashot, 9, is sure that when he grows…
People, the most powerful resource of Dalarik village 3 September 2020 By Nane Vardanyan, Photos by: Knar Babayan 3 min read “The most powerful resource Dalarik village has is neither its agricultural lands nor its location. Dalarik is unique for its strong individuals,” says Lilith Hakobyan, the COAF Education Programs Manager and a former inhabitant of…
Like father, like son: growing raspberries in the home garden 28 August 2020 By Nane Vardanyan, Photos by: Knar Babayan 3 min read Raspberry has become a unique symbol at COAF apart from being the juicy appetizing fruit that decorates our summer tables. The berry that derives its name from French word raspise, “a sweet…
Quarantine memories: how the remote life worked for us 27 August 2020 By Nane Vardanyan 4 min read About six months ago, when we were switching to quarantine life, we would hardly imagine it would take us almost 180 days to get the green light of leaving our “home offices” – living rooms, bedrooms, and kitchens,…
Mets Ayrum: Lori’s Tower of Babel 26 August 2020 By Knar Babayan, Photos by: Knar Babayan 4 min read On top of one of the mountains of the Lori region, stands a village called Mets (means big) – Mets Ayrum. During the 1980-90s, it became the new home for newcomers from Gandzak, Baku, Getashen, Kushch,…
The COAF story of Aragatsavan village 21 August 2020 By Nane Vardanyan, Photos by: Knar Babayan 3 min read The road to Aragatsavan village school is not an ordinary one. While the majority of roads in Armenia are paved with asphalt, this one is a stone road reconstructed by COAF and the local authorities in…
Theater and more. All the colors of Performing Arts 13 August 2020 By Nane Vardanyan, Photos by: Knar Babayan 4 min read What motivated the 17-year old professional soccer player Rafik Zargaryan, who is interested in programming and economics, to engage in the Performing Arts Program? His answer is more than clear: “The Performing Arts…
Suren Harutyunyan. Busy as a bee. 12 August 2020 By Knar Babayan, Photos by: Knar Babayan 3 min read -Have you seen the Grand Canyon? -Not really! -Get in the car, you are going to see it, – says Suren, the Agritech program Instructor at the COAF SMART Center. Driving across the fields and mountains…
Becoming the better version of myself. Zhak Srapyan 9 August 2020 By Nane Vardanyan, Photos by: Knar Babayan 3 min read Here we are at the auditorium of Aragatsavan village School #2, which was in the process of renovation back in 2016. Zhak Srapyan, a COAF Alumnus, who used to play Oscar Wilde’s “The Birthday…
The story of 14-year-long efforts in Myasnikyan 6 August 2020 By Nane Vardanyan, Photos by: Knar Babayan 3 min read Myasnikyan village school didn’t have a bathroom until almost a decade ago. To “use the bathroom”, children had to leave the building and walk towards a smallish shelter that was built on that purpose. The…
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