by afupdate | Jul 25, 2020 | Features
by Sevak Hakobyan Before coming to Artsakh, Tola Omilana had never heard of Armenia and the Armenians. Today, he has made a little dictionary for himself: he is learning Armenian. And he has been given an Armenian name, Tsolak, by his new friends in Artsakh. An...
by afupdate | Jul 18, 2020 | Features
301 AD supports Armenia Fund’s COVID-19 relief efforts In early 2020, Alex Boghossian, Arno Avasapian, and Emin Gharibi, all recent college graduates and residents of Glendale, California, were ready to start their own apparel brand, 301 AD. The company’s name was a...
by afupdate | Jul 2, 2020 | Features
Nicole Andonian is a young medical professional who has started her own grassroots initiative this year, to help make a difference in the fight against COVID-19 through Armenia Fund and the CDC Foundation. A California native, Andonian grew up in Los Angeles and San...
by afupdate | Feb 27, 2020 | Features
by Sevak Hakobyan We’re in the village of Krasni, in Artsakh, visiting Mrs. Tsovinar. Her curved back, a result of years of hard work, doesn’t prevent her from being a most gracious host. She hastens to make coffee and serve us fresh walnuts picked from her own tree....
by afupdate | Apr 6, 2019 | Features
As a schoolboy in Artsakh, Armen Khachaturyan dreamed of becoming an attorney. But an injury to his pinky when he was in eighth grade made him aspire for an altogether different calling. After the doctors succeeded in saving his finger, he decided to become a...
by afupdate | Mar 27, 2019 | Features
by Sevak Hakobyan “People are getting by, but work opportunities are scarce; and if our young people don’t work abroad, it would be hard to provide for a family,” says Grandma Arpik as she describes life in her native village, Koghb, in Armenia’s Tavush Region. Yet...
