Talish: Home is where the heart is
by Sevak Hakobyan “You can say we’re now in little Talish,” Vilen Petrosyan says with a smile as he shows a cluster of temporary residences in Alashan. Petrosyan has been the mayor of [...]
Little Jenya has decided to become a doctor
by Sevak Hakobyan Three-year-old Jenya Khojyan has already decided to become a doctor when she grows up. The little girl’s inspiration comes from her mother, Tehmine, who for the past seven years has [...]
Medical Care for Longtime Noyemberyan Hospital Employee
by Sevak Hakobyan “I never got used to transporting wounded or killed soldiers from the border,” confesses Grisha Khachikyan after having worked eight years as an ambulance driver for the Noyemberyan Hospital. “People [...]
Feeling Great After Two Simultaneous Surgeries
by Sevak Hakobyan In his native village of Jujevan, 70-year-old Armenak Chilingaryan is known as Siraj. His wife, Anahit, says jokingly, “I found out his real name only recently, after so many years [...]
American Doctor Finds Wealth of Inspiration in Armenia
by Sevak Hakobyan “We’re all part of the big human family,” says Dr. Chandrika Seneviratne, a native of Sri Lanka who has lived in the United States for many years. “We may speak [...]
“Armenia Fund Is Bringing Color To Our Black-and-white Lives”
by Sevak Hakobyan For a whole year, Gayane Mkhitaryan has wondered how she could express her gratitude to her doctors from Adventist Health Glendale. “Had I written them a note in Armenian, they [...]
Restoring Mrs. Amiraghyan’s Eye Sight – Moments From Our Joint ArmeniaFund-GAMC Medical Mission
by Sevak Hakobyan Svetlana Amiraghyan, a grandmother of 11, feels sad for the fact that her poor eyesight prevents her from helping her school-age grandchildren with their homework. One of her grandkids, Vahe, [...]
To Be Healthy Is What This Future Mathematician Dreams About Most
by Sevak Hakobyan “I was overjoyed when I learned that I was about to bring twin boys into this world,” recalls Anahit Bulghadaryan-Zalinyan. “When my first son, Vahagn, was born, the doctors congratulated [...]
Varduhi Asiryan: “I feel at home here”
by Sevak Hakobyan In 2005, obstetrician and gynecologist Varduhi Asirian was invited to attend a wedding in the United States. The invitation would prove to be life-changing for the young doctor. She went [...]
Sixty-six-year-old Military Veteran Will Never Leave His Native Village
by Sevak Hakobyan “In the 1990s, we fought the Azeris with spades, pitchforks, and hunting rifles,” says former military service member Grisha Harutyunyan, of Barekamavan, a border village in the Tavush Region, as [...]
