Paros Match Challenge Increases to $700,000!
We are in awe of the generosity that our community has shown towards our fundraising efforts! So far we have raised $240,968, which will be matched to total $481,936. As 2021 continues Armenians are still being confronted with the overwhelming task of providing assistance and securing housing for more than 100,000 refugees from Artsakh, and repairing damages in both Armenia and Artsakh from these brutal attacks. At the moment we have over 80 applicants as potential resettlement candidates. Our team is currently interviewing the families, and they will continue down the list in the coming days. With your donation we can ease the immense burden for these families.
Funds will be matched dollar for dollar up to $350,000 (by several anonymous donors who are contributing in honor of our brave fallen soldiers), for a total of $700,000. Let’s continue supporting our brothers and sisters in Armenia during this difficult time. Please help us meet this challenge.
Frequently visit the Emergency Relief and Reconstruction Artsakh project on The Paros Foundation website for updates, and follow us on social media. All donations made through this link will be matched up to $350,000 regardless of the amount. Please visit our website to donate or mail checks to the following address with a note saying “challenge grant”:
The Paros Foundation
2217 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
4,000 families who were living in horrible conditions. These families lived in “domiks”: condemned buildings, wagons or old shipping containers. Nine years later, more than 2,000 families are still living in these deplorable conditions.
Despite the global pandemic and the devastating war in Artsakh, on December 4, 2020, The Paros Foundation reached a major milestone with the move of its 25th family from a “domik” into a permanent home of their own.
We are proud to introduce the recipient of this new home, Zaruhi Minasyan and her two sons, who have lived in a domik for the last 15 years. Zaruhi’s husband left for Russia three years ago and never returned, leaving her to raise their sons alone. With the support from her family and social welfare payments, she makes ends meet. Our friends at the Shirak Center NGO in Gyumri worked with us to identify the family. Once the Minasyan family was selected, our team found them a suitable apartment and purchased it. As part of this project’s agreement with the family, this apartment cannot be sold or rented, and the family must live there for at least ten
years. In addition, once the family has been moved into their new place, their old domik will be disassembled. To prevent others from occupying this domik, Shirak Center NGO, with support from The Paros Foundation, tore down the domik and used the scrap materials to support other families living in poverty in Gyumri.
This 25th “Purchase a Home” was made possible with the support and sponsorship of the Employees of Western Drug and the Youredjian Family. 
