You will be astounded by the hundreds of games and toys you see when you first find yourself at the SMART Center’s Child Development Corner. The important thing is that you can play with all of them! Every week 140 children aged 3-6 from 10 villages of Lori province learn and discover the world through these games. They “climb mountains”, “build roads”, overcome their own fears and difficulties, help each other and have lots of fun in the process.
2022 in review: COAF’s major infrastructure projects in Armenia 18 November 2022 By Nane Vardanyan 5 min read 2022 was a prosperous and exciting year for COAF—a slew of new initiatives, groundbreakings, and collaborations. Looking back, let us present COAF’s most large-scale infrastructure investments in education, healthcare, child and family services, and economic sectors in…
The faces of COAF SMART Center in Lori 13 November 2022 By Nane Vardanyan Photos by: Knar Babayan 4 min read If you have managed to tour the COAF SMART Center in the Lori region, you will probably have noticed the rooms and corners for various education programs, full of students’ works. If while tours,…
7 COAF beneficiary teachers pass voluntary certification 14 October 2022 By Nane Vardanyan Photos by: Knar Babayan 3 min read Voluntary certification of public school teachers has come into force in Armenia since January 2021. As a result, those who prove compliance with modern requirements in the certification process can receive a pay increase of…
The future foley artists of the Sound Design program 30 September 2022 By Nane Vardanyan Photos by: Knar Babayan 2 min read COAF SMART Center is a non-formal education hub tackling the holistic development of a child. Upon entering the Center students ages 6-18 are offered 18 programs in engineering, arts, music, entrepreneurship, foreign languages,…
Hayk’s life lessons from his village, education, and army years 24 September 2022 By Nane Vardanyan 3 min read Eighty-five percent of COAF scholarship holders are female students from rural Armenia. Though empowering young women as active members of societies is a principal approach to our education initiatives, engaging young men and providing them opportunities…
Tumanyan’s “The Dog and the Cat” in Chinese 22 July 2022 By Nane Vardanyan 3 min read Do you know an Armenian author whose literary work heroes and themes are simple villagers and their ordinary life? If you’re at least slightly familiar with Armenian literature, you have probably admired Hovhannes Tumanyan, a celebrated Armenian poet,…
The Romanian chapter of my life | Ani Ghulinyan 15 July 2022 By Nane Vardanyan Photo courtesy of Ani Ghulinyan 4 min read They say once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before. We believe once in a lifetime studying somewhere you’ve never been before should be a challenging yet rewarding experience as well. …
From idea to product: 5 startup projects by COAFians 29 June 2022 By Nane Vardanyan Photos by: Knar Babayan 3 min read Young minds are the most abstract ones. Many successful business ideas of the world were born in them. Such concepts circle in the minds of many COAFians taking COAF’s Aflatoun social-financial education program…
Virtual exhibition of COAF’s young artists 1 June 2022 By Nane Vardanyan 3 min read June 1st is International Child Protection Day, but at COAF, every day is children’s day. To celebrate this day with the positivity and purity typical of children, we decided to virtually showcase the unique artworks of the students enrolled in…
Enhancing language skills of English school teachers in Lori 27 May 2022 By Nane Vardanyan Photos by: Knar Babayan 3 min read The English language teachers of the Lori region feel the joy of being a student once again. The English language enhancement course organized within the “English-speaking rural schools” program, implemented jointly by the…
Hayk’s art of self-awareness: the theater 23 May 2022 By Nane Vardanyan, Photos by: Knar Babayan 2 min read “I was the stone… but what if there is a beautiful flower hidden under that stone, which you can only see by raising it,” questions 13-year-old Hayk Galstyan when telling about one of his roles in…
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