Author: Serena Hajjar
March 22, 2024 December 2020. Cold winter. Ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The AFA team delivered aid on Christmas night in the border villages, braving the snowy weather just as our Operations Lead Hovhannes did this past weekend while delivering aid in Syunik. That night, Christmas 2020, the last house we visited was home to the Sahakyan
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March 21, 2024 This past weekend, our operations lead, Hovhannes, drove down to Syunik to deliver aid to a total of 40 families in Tegh village near the border. The beneficiaries were a mix of locals as well as those forcibly displaced from Artsakh. Through collaboration with P&T NGO and the Tegh municipality, we were
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March 13, 2024 On International Women’s Day, March 8, All For Armenia organized a community dinner for the brave, hardworking, and resilient women of the border village of Kornidzor. The khorovatz meal was shared in AFA’s KorniTun community home and prepared with the help of local villagers. In attendance were AFA Vice President Alec Ohanian
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February 19, 2024 What does it look like to spend one month volunteering in Kornidzor with All For Armenia? What does it look like to live in a border village, in AFA’s KorniTun community home? Our French-Armenian volunteer Matthias Hekimyan spent all of January in Kornidzor village, hosting martial arts and language classes for local
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February 4, 2024 Despite the cold weather conditions and snowstorm on the road, All For Armenia delivered 120 cubic meters of much-needed firewood to 40 families in the Tegh rural border community in February. The freezing temperatures in the region mean that heating homes is a top priority. The beneficiary families included locals as well
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January 30, 2024 “Train with both heart and soul without worrying about theory.” – Gichin Funakoshi, master and father of modern karate French-Armenian All For Armenia volunteer Matthias Hekimyan, who spent the month of January living and volunteering in KorniTun, hosted Kyokushin-style karate classes for village youth on KorniTun’s balcony.
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January 28, 2024 Today, Armenia observes Armenian Army Day. All For Armenia stands by our soldiers and, taking inspiration from their remarkable bravery, supports our compatriots in need in our border communities. We celebrate the strength, resilience, and courageous spirit of our people, both on and off the battlefield.
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January 21, 2024 Thanks to a generous matching campaign in collaboration with Abaven Foundation, our All For Armenia volunteers, led by Operations Team Lead Hovhannes Verdyan, visited 50 families currently residing in the border village of Kornidzor to deliver festive Christmas and New Year baskets in January. The families had been identified as high-needs by
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At All For Armenia, we are preserving the spirit of giving that is a major part of the Christmas holiday period. Razmela Sahakyan, mother of six, proudly shows her electric heater to the camera. All For Armenia delivered this heater to her in the village of Dahrav in the Martakert region of Artsakh during the
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January 8, 2024 With the new year upon us, we pay tribute to our amazing All For Armenia volunteers, who made our third annual Armenian Christmas event at the border such a resounding success for the youth of Kornidzor village! The presence of these volunteers — who hail from all corners of the world and
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