Stories

Sarkis Izmirlian with children at the Marie Izmirlian Orphanage

StorySeptember 6, 2023

Guykadaran for the comfort of special children

For children with special needs, adapting the environment at home is especially important. and challenging. Acquiring the necessary special equipment, which is expensive, is not easy in Armenia. Moreover, a…

StoryJuly 11, 2023

Overcoming cancer with Faith, Love and Care

The most awaited sound in the Hematology Center named after Professor R. Yolyan is the ringing of the bell that every child rings at the end of their treatment, hanging their own photo on the tree with the…

StoryApril 28, 2023

Dual education in cooking opens new opportunities for Gyumri students

“Cook for others, learn for yourself.”This is the principle Edgar Hovsepyan, 17, from Gyumri, is guided by. In a family of three brothers he is the right hand of his mother. He helps in the kitchen and…

StoryDecember 13, 2022

Life Outside Orphanage: Children with Disabilities Learning to Live Independently

About 90% of children residing in orphanages or other care institutions in Armenia have at least one parent. These children have ended up in institutions because of disability, poverty, or other reasons that…

StoryDecember 1, 2022

Hand in Hand: Great incentive for teenagers diagnosed with autism

Arshak watches closely as the paper cup machine works. It makes 50 paper cups per minute, that is why placing the paper and pressing the button requires accuracy down to the seconds.

StoryMarch 21, 2022

Paper Cups as a Window to Society

Step Forward Social Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) is implementing the “Hand in Hand” project with the financial support of the Izmirlian Foundation. The beneficiaries are 16-year-old young people with…

StoryFebruary 24, 2022

It all started with a dream

The Source Foundation was founded by two mothers of children with disabilities, Marina Parazyan and Lilia Karapetyan, in Yerevan in 2013. In a short while, it became a community of parents of children with…

StorySeptember 30, 2019

The bright room: Gradarak library opens in the remote village of Choratan

It takes nearly four and a half hours to reach Choratan village in Tavush marz by bus. Although the guests from Yerevan are almost an hour late, they are welcomed with warm words and applause in A. Udumyan…