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Children at the kindergarten in Khndzoresk.

Description

More than 2,000 residents call the ancient village of Khndzoresk their home. This large village on the border with Azerbaijan has a rich history and is known for its beautiful canyon and cave dwellings.

The village’s large kindergarten currently is operating with three groups of children (75 in total) and has a waiting list of an additional 30 children who would like to attend, but cannot do to the conditions within parts of the building.

Over the years, parts of the kindergarten have been renovated and operating. However, the roof over two parts of the kindergarten needs to be replaced and the entire facility does not have proper heating and is currently heated in the cold winter months with ineffective electric heaters. In addition, one complete wing of the kindergarten encompassing a classroom, sleeping room and bathroom needs to be renovated to expand the number of children attending. The balance of the kindergarten needs to have a cosmetic renovation throughout.

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Syunik

Start Date

March 2024

City / Village

Khndzoresk

End Date

Four months from start

$122,400 of $133,000 raised

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Some of the Khndzoresk kindergarten's windows are replaced, and others need to be replaced.

Years of water damage from the leaky roof have scarred many of the kindergarten's walls and has created unsanitary conditions.

This large classroom needs to be renovated to help expand the kindergarten in Khndzoresk.

This is the current bathroom in the wing that needs to be renovated to help expand the kindergarten in Khndzoresk.

The kitchen storage room needs to be renovated as part of the entire kindergarten's renovation and expansion.

The kitchen at the kindergarten in Khndzoresk needs to be renovated and equipped with proper ventilation.

The Need

The large village of Khndzoresk has children that cannot attend kindergarten because of the current conditions within the building. This negatively effects both the children and their families. In addition, the current facility does not have proper heating and is not protected against rainy weather.

Short Term Impact

Work at the kindergarten in Khdzoresk will begin as soon as funding is available with the roof and balance of windows that need to be replaced. Once the exterior of the building is sealed, work will begin on the inside of the facility. This will immediately create several part time jobs and have a boost for the local economy as all materials will be purchased locally.

Long Term Impact

In the long term, once construction is completed, three new full time jobs will be created with the expansion of the kindergarten. In addition, 25 new children and their families will benefit from the fact that they will be able to attend kindergarten in a safe and comfortable surroundings.

Sponsors Benefits

All sponsors of this important project will be listed on The Paros Foundation’s website and in all press related to this project. Visits to the kindergarten in Khndzoresk can be arranged for sponsors visiting Armenia.

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March 3, 2024

Today, renovations on the Khndzoresk Kindergarten began. The crew removed old roofing and is ready to continue renovations.

April 3, 2024

Work on the interior of the Khndzoresk Kindergarten has started with the crew removing old walls and flooring.

May 15, 2024

The crew has made great progress! So far, they have installed new flooring, windows, doors, supports and paneling for the walls and ceilings, as well as painted several rooms, and so much more.

July 11, 2024

Today, the SERVICE Armenia 2024 group had a work day at the Khndzoresk Kindergarten. Our team sanded and painted walls, cleaned the various spaces, and laid down laminate flooring.

March 15, 2023

Armenia Honey Project

The Paros Foundation's existing hives are located in a secure and ecologically serine area of Verin Tsakhavan

Description

Economic opportunities for rural Armenian communities are scarce. To help address this important issue, The Paros Foundation has launched several initiatives aimed at job creation in rural communities. This includes planting more than 800 fruit-bearing trees, establishing a pig farm, fertilizer production, small animal feed production and honey production. These economic development opportunities are all administered under the auspices of the Aygepar Business Incubator, which provides rent-free space, sanitary conditions and marketing and technical expertise to local businesses.

The Paros Foundation successfully launched a high quality honey production just outside of the village of Verin Tsakhavan and later, in the village of Nerkin Karmir Aghbyur in the Berd area of Armenia’s Tavush Region with 200 bee hives. This was all done with the generous support of Dr. & Mrs. Gary and Linda Assarian (MI-USA).

Now the goal is to expand this production adding 50 more bee hives into a new community. This will both add to the commercially viable quantities of high-altitude, raw honey, and will lead to expanded job creation and opportunities in the market place. All components of this important project are manufactured locally in the Armenian market including the hives, bee families, wax starter sheets and concrete block stands. Even the glass jars for sale are manufactured in Armenia!

In addition to this projects job creating and economic benefits, as with the hives in Nerkin Karmir Aghbyur, these new hives will serve as an educational curriculum for students at the school in the new village that is ultimately selected. This living classroom approach has proved very successful to date.

One complete hive and bee colony costs $300. New hives and colonies will be added to expand the total number in the spring. Individuals that sponsor a complete hive will receive one jar of honey from this year’s harvest.

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Various

City / Village

Various

Start Date

October 2023

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$24,620 of $25,000 raised

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2021 honey production amounted to almost 800 lbs of high quality honey.

Honey produced at the Aygepar Incubator is for sale at various supermarkets throughout Yerevan.

Students at the school in Nerkin Karmir Aghybur work in the field as part of their education.

The Need

To help combat limited economic opportunities in rural communities, The Paros Foundation is working to create job opportunities and collective marketing opportunities via its Aygepar Business Incubator. Expanding honey production will not only create new jobs and help educate rural village children in the process of beekeeping, but encourage other local residents to expand their beehives as new markets will benefit the entire area.

Short Term Impact

In the short term, an immediate economic impact will be felt through the purchase and expansion of 50 new beehives in the spring. This will effect the hive producers, bee colony farmers, block producers and create addition jobs for bee keepers and teachers at the local school.

Long Term Impact

In the long term, expanded honey production will create commercially viable quantities of honey both for local consumption and export. As children at the school take interest in and gain beekeeping skills, they too will consider establishing hives for their own family’s use. Once export markets are established, other local honey producers will have opportunities to export their harvests as well.

Sponsors Benefits

Sponsors that donate at least $300 to “sponsor a hive” will receive a jar of honey from the 2022 harvest. In addition, all sponsors are listed on The Paros Foundation website. Visits to the honey field can be arranged for sponsors visiting Armenia.

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June 2, 2024

A new field of 50 bee hives has been set up in the village of Gusanagyugh. First, the bee boxes were delivered. After the bees were delivered, The Paros team carefully placed the bees in their new bee boxes.

January 11, 2023

Komitas Conservatory Student Scholarships

Shahen Kavafian 1933-2019

Description

The Cultural Society of Armenians from Istanbul has created a scholarship fund in memory of one if its founding members, Mr. Shahen Kavafian.

Mr. Kavafian was born on August 24, 1933 in Istanbul, Turkey, where he received his primary education. He graduated from Robert College in Istanbul and then moved to the United States to further his education. He received a master’s degree in engineering at the University of Michigan and settled in metro Detroit. He worked at Detroit Edison for the entirety of his professional career.

In 1964, he became one of the founding members of the Cultural Society of Armenians from Istanbul, an organization which helps promote Armenian cultural and educational programs. Mr. Kavafian shared a love of music and the arts with his mother, who was an accomplished pianist.

When Mr. Kavafian passed away on April 20, 2019, he left a generous contribution to the Cultural Society of Armenians from Istanbul. To honor his memory, a music scholarship fund has been created to support student’s attending the Komitas Conservatory in Yerevan, Armenia.

Students wishing to apply for this scholarship may do so through the APPLICATION HERE.

Region

Yerevan

City / Village

Yerevan

Start Date

2023

End Date

2024

Komitas Conservatory Student Scholarships

Thank you to all our donors, we have met our fundraising goal.

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The Need

Students who wish to pursue studies at the Komitas Conservatory often have financial difficulties meeting their tuition requirements. The government of Armenia does offer some tuition assistance to students in need, however they cannot meet the needs of all of the students.

Short Term Impact

In the short term, students who are in financial need will be able to continue their musical education with the support of these scholarships.

Long Term Impact

In the long term, Armenia’s rich cultural and heritage will be promoted through these students pursuit of the arts.

Sponsors Benefits

All sponsors of this important project will be listed on The Paros Foundation’s website and in all press related to this project. Visits to the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan can be arranged for sponsors visiting Armenia.

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June 7, 2023

At the Komitas Conservatory, six scholarships have been awarded to bright young musicians that were in need of financial aid to continue their academic studies in 2023.

January 11, 2023

Support the Nor Hachen Clinic

Dr. Deramerian, leader of the MedAid Medical mission views the poor images from the Nor Hachen x-ray machine.

Description

The town of Nor Hachen is located in Armenia’s Kotayk Region. Approximately 8,400 people call this community home. Nor Hachen has a fully staffed polyclinic with three pediatricians and five family medicine doctors that serve the medical needs of the Nor Hachen community, schools, and outlying villages. The total service area of the Clinic is almost 13,000 people. Nor Hachen Polyclinic provides primary care, ambulance service and some specialty services. Many of the doctors at the center also work in Yerevan as Nor Hachen’s proximity to the city is about 30 minutes away. The medical center lacks some basic equipment that prevents it from successfully serving its patients.

Nor Hachen Polyclinic with Med Aid Armenia aims to achieve their mission of bringing western standards of medical care to the community. This will be done with evidence-based medicine, screening programs and preventive care practices. This will achieve improved health outcomes coupled with efficient use of resources to provide a sustainable model of care delivery.

The Nor Hachen Polyclinic operates on sparse resources, and mostly in the form of outdated and decrepit equipment carry-over from the Soviet-era. Care delivery at Nor Hachen is also mostly Soviet-era style, unlike some newer clinics in the capital, Yerevan. The clinic operates on a single payer system with the option of fee-for-service.

Specialty services available include cardiology, HNS, ophthalmology, neurology, gastroenterology, OB/GYN and minor surgical procedures. Some of these specialists are available several times a week. Limited laboratory and imaging services available hamper the clinic staff ability to provide quality and complete care, necessitating referral out for the services at cost to the patient for significantly more, and often preventing the patient from getting the care needed. The clinic is eager for basic resources and developing improved knowledge in delivering care.

Over the last 3 years, Med Aid Armenia has developed a working relationship with the staff at the Polyclinic. Spending more time at the clinic, we are able to see firsthand the struggles of care delivery and an inefficient system. The remainder of Armenia is also struggling with its health care, especially primary care, notably those areas outside of Yerevan.

What makes Nor Hachen unique is its location, the size of population it serves, and the open-minded eager staff committed to learn and improve. The clinic’s 30-minute drive distance from Yerevan gives relatively ease of access: Diasporan physicians and clinic resources would not need to travel far. The population is large enough to implement significant programs and study its effectiveness. This can be done without overwhelming resources typically required for national level programs.

Med Aid Armenia set out to create a program at the Nor Hachen Polyclinic with the ultimate goal of improving health outcomes of the population with grounded and sustainable use of resources and improving the wellness of the clinic staff.

Region

Kotayk

City / Village

Nor Hachen, Nor Keghi and surrounding areas.

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End Date

Two months after start

$136,183 of $180,000 raised

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The Paros Foundation's MedAid Medical Mission to Armenia visited and worked at the Nor Hachen Medical Center in the summer of 2022 and learned of the Center's needs.

Needed Equipment

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The Need

Currently, the Armenian Government is renovating the building and last year we were able to raise enough funds to purchase an x-ray machine for the polyclinic. However, the Nor Hachen Polyclinic is still in need of numerous pieces of medical equipment to give the best safe medical care.

Short Term Impact

In the short term, as funding is available, needed quality equipment will be purchased and delivered to the medical center. This will allow the polyclinic’s doctors to give quality care all in one place without having to send patients elsewhere for necessary medical services.

Long Term Impact

In the long term, 13,000 patients will receive better health care as the Nor Hachen Clinic receives better equipment and staff is trained upon this new equipment.

Sponsors Benefits

All sponsors of this important project will be listed on The Paros Foundation’s website and in all press related to this project. Visits to the Nor Hachen community can be arranged for sponsors visiting Armenia.

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January 5, 2024

The Armenian Government has confirmed their intent on renovating the physical clinic. We hope to start renovations by the end of this year.

January 20, 2024

Today, Peter Abajian delivered four vital sign monitors and four otoscopes. Dr. Deramerian explained proper usage of the vital sign monitors to the clinic staff.

July 3, 2024

Med-Aid Armenia 2024 participants visited the Nor Hachen Clinic to teach a training to the staff and provide check-ups for locals. This also included a visit to Getamej, a town close to the Nor Hachen Clinic, providing check-ups. The goal is to deliver emergency care, but also ensure that these villages are receiving ongoing preventative care.

January 11, 2023

Musical Armenia

Guitar lessons funded through the Musical Armenia project.

Description

Musical Armenia was founded in 2017, to support youth music education in Armenia. They believe that every child in Armenia should have access to music education, regardless of financial means. Musical Armenia has partnered with The Paros Foundation to help provide tuition scholarships and instruments for underprivileged children. Musical Armenia is solely supported by individual donors.

This project aims to provide full, ongoing music scholarships to children from socially vulnerable families in Vanadzor who attend the Orran Center andchildren in need from Nork Marash who attend the Andreasyan School of Music. The budget includes funds allocated for securing instruments, transportation costs and other related expenses whenever needed.

Your contribution of $20 per month ($240 per year) will sponsor one child for the duration of one year. Sponsorship in any amount is welcomed.

Region

Lori, Yerevan

City / Village

Vanadzor, Nork Marash

Start Date

January 2023

End Date

December 2024

$9,617 of $14,000 raised

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Dhol group during City Day celebrations in Vanadzor.

The Need

Children who attend the Orran Center in Vanadzor and the Andreasyan School of Music in Nork Marash have been identified who would like to study music, but are unable to pay for tuition due to their family’s economic condition.

Short Term Impact

Children will study music in a warm and nurturing environment. This includes learning an instrument, studying music theory, and having the opportunity to sing in the school choir (optional). In addition, the project increases teacher salaries, since teachers are paid per student and the project increases the number of students.

Long Term Impact

Musical education teaches discipline, helps develop good work ethic, increases self-esteem and empowers children. This project will sponsor children for the duration of their studies (maximum 8 years), making a lasting investment in the child’s development. The goal is to inspire and allow the children to explore their talents and reach their full potential. Furthermore, this project has the potential to promote Armenia’s rich culture.

Sponsors Benefits

All sponsors will be recognized on The Paros Foundation and Musical Armenia websites. In addition, donors will be recognized on all relevant press regarding this project.

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February 22, 2024

With consistent funding, the children are continuing their music education. At the Orran Center, the children are improving on their dhol and guitar skills. The children attending classes at the Andreasyan School of Music are continuing to learning new skills in their private lessons.

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November 29, 2022

Ghoghanj Nor Nork – 2023-2024 Funding

Ghoghanj Nor Nork - 2023-2024 Funding

Description

The Ghoghanj Children’s Center located in the Kentron of Yerevan provides afterschool and summer school programs for approximately 85 children every month. Children who attend the Center are loosely defined as “at risk.” These children typically come from very poor households, often times with a single head of household, who cannot pay for such assistance. The goal of the Ghoghanj Children’s Center is to provide the necessary academic, psychological and social support to ensure that the children attending mature to well adjusted, successful, young adults.

In order to further impact more “at-risk” children, the Center has identified a need for this model to be replicated and offered to other communities in Armenia. Through the generous support of the Dadourian Foundation, a second center for “at-risk” children was opened in 2014 in the Nor Nork neighborhood of Yerevan to provide support to 85 additional children annually. The new center has provided students the same core classes daily (English, Russian, Computer, Design, Painting, Theater and Dance) as the Ghoghanj Children’s Center – Kentron. The goal of this project is to broaden the services offered to socially vulnerable children and families in other communities and provide them with the proper support and guidance needed to excel in school and become self-confident and respectful young adults.

Amount will include rent, utilities, teacher salaries, maintenance and additional improvements, and supplies.

Region

Yerevan / Երևան

City / Village

Nor Nork / Նոր Նորք

Start Date

September 2023

End Date

August 2024

Ghoghanj Nor Nork – 2023-2024 Funding

Thank you to all our donors, we have met our fundraising goal.

The Need

Children living in the community of Nor Nork in Yerevan are in need of additional guidance through social, psychological and academic support. A second center for these kids has been opened and needs financial support in order to cover operational costs for the following school year 2023-2024.

Short Term Impact

In the short term, sponsorship of this project will help continue to employ teachers, and provide 85 children in the Nor Nork neighborhood of Yerevan with their needed tutoring and guidance.

Long Term Impact

In the long term, this project has the potential of impacting the lives of 85-100 at-risk students by helping them gain the guidance and support they need in order to create greater future opportunities, and become successful individuals and good citizens.

Sponsors Benefits

Your donation to fund the operational costs for the 2023-2024 school year for Ghoghanj-Nor Nork will be recognized with a plaque at the Center and on the Center’s website and in their printed materials. Your name will also be listed as a sponsor on The Paros Foundation website and in appropriate press related to this important project. The Paros Foundation will happily arrange a visit to the center when you are in Armenia.

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January 26, 2023

Children from both the Kentron and the Nor Nork locations of the Ghoghanj Children's Center attended the Armath Engineering Event in Yerevan.

June 20, 2023

Med-Aid 2023 visits the Ghoghanj Nor Nork Children's Center to give free medical exams to the children.

December 27, 2023

The Ghoghanj Nor Nork Children's Center celebrate Christas with performances, awards, and Christmas snacks.

January 19, 2024

Children of displaced Artsakh families are welcomed to Ghoghanj Nor Nork Children's Center for the launch of the We are the guardians of Artsakh's culture program. The program includes classes on folk dance, history, excursions, embroidery, and choir lessons.

November 29, 2022

High-Tech Education for Children

Students from the Debi Arach Children's Center in Gyumri working on their entry into a regional competition for robotics.

Description

Educators around the globe are aggressively promoting STEM education (science, technology, engineering and math) for children in schools. These important subjects help secure student’s futures in a world filled with high tech advances in nearly every aspect of live.

This project aims to augment existing high tech classes including robotics, computer programming and 3-d printing at schools and children centers across Armenia with additional hardware and educational materials aimed at familiarizing students with drone and photography technology. Support this effort and help arm our future generations with the skills they need to succeed in our ever changing world.

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All

City / Village

All

Start Date

October 2023

End Date

One Year From Start

$86,022 of $90,000 raised

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Student designed and manufactured robot is demonstrated at a robotics competition.

The Need

Students need to be armed with STEM education to compete in an every increasing high tech society. Current STEM classes offered in most of Armenia’s schools do not include drone and photography education. This project will help familiarize students with this technology.

Short Term Impact

In the short term, schools and children centers will receive both hardware and appropriate instruction on drone usage, repairs and maintenance.

Long Term Impact

In the long run, as these students are exposed to and master drone usage, they will be more confident in their abilities to utilize drones. In addition, having this technology and classes available in schools will encourage them to pursue related tech careers and higher education.

Sponsors Benefits

All sponsors of this important project will be listed on The Paros Foundation’s website and in all press related to this project. Visits to these programs can be arranged for sponsors visiting Armenia.

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February 4, 2023

Our Paros team visited the Armat Odum Lab at a school in Vardenis where students take STEM courses. With appropriate funds raised, we hope to give them a drone to increase their STEM knowledge.

March 2, 2023

About a month later the Armat Odum Lab at a school in Vardenis was given a drone. With the help of our donors, we are excited to donate many more drones to schools in Armenia.

March 23, 2023

As part of the High-Tech Education program a guest speaker and a drone operator visited the Nerkin Karmir Aghbyur School to show the children more about the abilities and usage of drones.

June 10, 2022

School Improvements for Students in Paruyr Sevak

The school in Paruyr Sevak has two unfinished wings that are not used. Students hope for an outdoor sports court that would allow them to play basketball, soccer and volleyball.

Description

The village of Paruyr Sevak was founded in 1978 and named after the famous poet Paruyr Sevak. The village is located in the Ararat Region and is near the border of Nakhchivan and occasionally receives cross border sniper fire. Almost 600 people live in the village of Paruyr Sevak. There is no gas infrastructure in the area, so families burn wood or use electricity to heat their homes and public buildings. Improvements were recently made to the drinking water infrastructure for homes in Paruyr Sevak. Irrigation water continues to be a problem for the village and dramatically effects their ability to farm.

The village’s school, is in overall poor condition. The campus was originally designed in the 80s to encompass three large buildings, but only one of them was actually completed. The 80+ students that attend this school, do so in substandard conditions. The school does not have heating so it is cold in the winter. Students do not have any appropriate inside or outside space for gym class, or physical activities. There is a shortage of space within the existing building for extra curricular activities such as dance classes, choir practices and community gatherings.

Improvements to the school will be made in phases as funding permits with the most important first step being the installation of a heating system into the school. This will cost approximately $40,000. In addition, an outside sports court will be built allowing children an appropriate space to play basketball, soccer and volleyball. This will cost approximately $9,000. Finally, one large multipurpose room will be renovated with bathrooms and locker rooms to allow children to have dance class and other enrichment activities for the school. This will cost approximately $36,000.

Work will commence as funding is raised for this project.

City / Village

Paruyr Sevak

Region

Ararat

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Immediately

End Date

Six months after start

$82,905 of $94,000 raised

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Children at Parury Sevak's school currently play in the dirt field outside of the school.

The current rooms that the school in Paruyr Sevak hopes to reconstruct into a multipurpose dance, recitle and gathering space.

Despite poor classroom conditions, students at the village school in Paruyr Sevak take pride in their school.

Students at the school in the village of Paruyr Sevak.

The Need

The school in the village of Paruyr Sevak does not have a functioning heating system for the cold winter months. In addition, the school overall is in poor condition and does not have appropriate space for assemblies, dance classes and/or other gatherings including gym class.

Short Term Impact

In the short term, as work begins on the school, several temporary employment positions will be created and a modest economic benefit will be realized as all materials and will be purchased locally.

Long Term Impact

In the long run, children and staff will dramatically benefit from these improvements to the school including proper heating and appropriate physical activity space, both which will keep them healthier and contribute to an overall more positive environment at the school and in the village.

Sponsors Benefits

All sponsors of this important project will be listed on The Paros Foundation’s website and in all press related to this project. Visits to Paruyr Sevak can be arranged for sponsors visiting Armenia.

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September 26, 2022

A heating system has been installed at the school to keep the students warm in the winters.

April 2, 2023

A brand new sports court has been built for the Paruyr Sevak School. This space will serve as a safe and fun environment that students can play in for years to come. Thank you to Hoops4Hayastan for making this project a reality.

April 25, 2024

The renovations on a bathroom at the Paruyr Sevak School are now complete!

April 27, 2022

Wrestling Programs in Tavush