From Boston to Yerevan: the road leading back home 9 February 2020 By Nane Vardanyan, Photos: from personal archive 3 min read Hi, I am Nane, a new COAF family member. Though we haven’t met yet, I have been working behind the scenes of COAF’s content creation on our blog and social media since 2020.…
Watercolors, glue and parents’ workshop 11 October 2019 By Tatevik Oganessian, Photos by Knar Babayan 2 min read Recently, a parent said after a session at the COAF SMART Center, “My kid behaved badly, and I wanted to hit him… And then I remembered what miss Armine said and held back…” Armine Galstyan is a…
How Nerses applied his first aid skills to save a human Life 23 August 2019 By Tatevik Oganessian 3 min read How can COAF Healthy Lifestyle Club have impact on a young man’s military service? It has actually happened with Nerses Khachatryan, a bright young man from COAF-supported Lernagog community. A couple of years ago…
Washing հands and giving up chips 13 May 2019 By Tatevik Oganessian, Photos by: Knar Babayan 4 min read “I didn’t like to wash my hands here… I was scared but Narine has helped me overcome my fear,” says a 4-year-old girl from Dsegh community in Lori. The little girl is just one of the…
No longer a tourist in my own country 29 January 2019 By Tatevik Oganessian, Photos by Knar Babayan 2 min read Coming to Armenia wasn’t something new to me. I usually visited in the summers, lived as a tourist for a few weeks in my motherland, and went back to Lebanon. This year, I no…
Korioun Khatchadourian appointed as head of COAF 16 January 2019 By Tatevik Oganessian 2 min read Yerevan, 15․01․2019 – Mr. Korioun Khatchadourian appointed as the new Managing Director of The Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) to lead the organization through its next phase of innovation and growth. Effective 8 January, 2019 Mr. Korioun Khatchadourian leads…
I can’t stop admiring the dedication of COAF people 8 August 2018 By Tatevik Oganessian 2 min read Meet Arpine Mazhinyan, a Yerevan State University graduate and an expert in sociology and conflict studies. In 2017 she was awarded with a Fulbright Foreign Student Program grant. Currently she is pursuing a master’s degree in Public…
Loretsi Brian and his life with the kindest people in the world 9 March 2018 By Tatevik Oganessian 3 min read When 3 years ago Michigan State University graduate Brian Leopold joined the Peace Corps as a volunteer and selected Eastern Europe as his destination, he didn’t know he would be placed in Armenia. In…
