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November 29, 2022

High-Tech Education for Children

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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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Start Date

October 2023

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One Year From Start

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

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.

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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.

October 15, 2024

So happy to support the educational programing at the newly opened Kajaran Training program. More than 200 young people will have access to the latest in high tech education!

By Garik Khachatryan

June 10, 2022

School Improvements for Students in Paruyr Sevak

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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.

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Paruyr Sevak

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Ararat

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Six months after start

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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.

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!

By Garik Khachatryan

April 27, 2022

Wrestling Programs in Tavush

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The ARM HOF (Armenian Hall of Fame) Organization has partnered with The Paros Foundation to implement several wrestling programs at schools in Armenia’s Tavush Region.

Wrestling programs will include installing proper wrestling mats along with other training equipment, providing coaching salary for one year, and organizing wrestling tournaments among participating schools.

During this initial phase, we hope to raise the necessary funds to launch wrestling programs at 10 schools. To successfully launch a wrestling team at a school, the school needs some minimum equipment including mats, a climbing rope, free weights, pull up bar, practice mannequins and uniforms. This equipment can cost up to $5,000 depending on whether or not the school already has any of these items. In addition, salaries of coaching staffs can cost up to a maximum of $1,500 per year. In addition to these per school costs, to successfully sponsor a quarterly tournament, transportation for all the schools must be arranged, along with other expenses. This can cost up to a total of $500 per tournament.

Students at school throughout Armenia take a keen interest in physical fitness and wrestling in particular, but due to a lack of funding for both equipment and coaches students often cannot participate. This effort aims at building interest and the necessary support to help students accelerate in this sport an early age, just preparing them for success at future Olympic games and another international Competitions!

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Tavush

City / Village

Nerkin Karmir Aghbyur, Berd, Tavush

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June 2023

$50,200 of $70,000 raised

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Students at the school in Nerkin Karmir Aghbyur enjoy wrestling during gym class.

The Need

To promote friendly competition between neighboring schools, fitness, and the sport of wrestling, Schools must be equipped with proper equipment and coaching staff salaries. Schools in the isolated Tavush Region do not have the resources to promote wrestling at their schools and competition amongst their schools.

Short Term Impact

In the short term, wrestling materials and equipment will be purchased and installed at schools. Coaches will also be identified at each school. Students will be registered who wish to participate on these teams.

Long Term Impact

In the long term, from the competitions between neighboring schools will lead to a sense of pride in one school, better overall fitness, and add an interesting dimension to village Life. As these programs grow top athletes will be recognized across the country.

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Roman Mitichyan (MMA), Arthur Chivichyan (MMA), Katlyn Chookagian (MMA), Gokor Chivichyan (MMA) Sevak Magakian (MMA) and Karen Darabedyan (MMA)

Melsik Baghdasaryan (MMA), Alecko Eskandarian (Soccer) Yura Movsisyan (Soccer) Edmond Tarverdyan (MMA), Artur Alexsanyan (Olympian)

First Inductees to the ARM Hall of Fame.

February 26, 2022

The first Induction event of athletes to the Armenian Hall of Fame took place today in Glendale, California. Proceeds from this event helped benefit the first of the wrestling projects. An amazing group of athletes attended and supported the event.

October 30, 2023

In the Tavush region, 110 kids from 7 different villages and towns, including participants from Artsakh, competed in a wrestling competition that was held for the first time in five years. This is the culmination of months of intramural wrestling support funded through the generosity of the Armenian Sports Hall of Fame via the Paros Foundation including coaches, equipment and training.

By Peter Abajian

March 9, 2022

Ponics Farming on the Border

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Facing the challenges of limited water, limited access to land and the challenges of weather, an aquaponic growing system for food is a perfect solution for border communities. An Aquaponics has clear benefits over soil-based gardening including lessened, adverse environmental impacts, reduced consumption of resources, faster plant growth, and higher yields.

The Paros Foundation working through its Aygepar Incubator, has won a $53,000 grant from the Austrian Development Agency to install a 1,760 sq. ft. greenhouse along with a control building to house an aquaponic growing system in the village of Nerkin Karmir Aghbyur. Our contribution towards this important project is an additional $15,000. The system will be housed in a 160 square meter controlled environment greenhouse. This fully recirculating system will be used as both a training center and as a plant production business. The system will introduce rabbit waste into a small waste processing station before being pumped into a fully aqueous media environment which converts the waste to usable nitrates. The resulting nitrate fertilizer will be circulated through the bioreactor, into Deep Water Culture beds and Nutrient Film Technique gutters prior to their return to a waste processing station.

Once completed, this system will serve as a model for the entire region. Its training component will serve to instruct the next generation on how to benefit from and properly care for an aquaponics farming system.

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Tavush

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Nerkin Karmir Aghbyur, Aygepar

Start Date

Spring 2022

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$15,020 of $17,500 raised

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Aquaponic systems operate in a complete controlled environment.

Fruits and vegetables can be grown in aquaponic systems.

Aquaponic systems are sustainable and will greatly benefit the community of Nerkin Karmir Aghbyur.

The Need

Because of a shortage of land and lack of water in the community of Nerkin Karmir Aghbyur, it is difficult to farm. The introduction of an aquaponic system and training will greatly benefit this community.

Short Term Impact

In the short term, the preparation and construction of the aquaponic system in Nerkin Karmir Aghbyur will bring a mild economic benefit to the community as local labor and materials will be used whenever possible.

Long Term Impact

In the longer term, the community will benefit economically as any proceeds from the sales of the aquaponic farm will be reinvested directly in the community. In addition, the villagers will benefit from the training they receive in this new cutting edge technology.

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November 15, 2022

Construction on the Nerkin Karmir Aghbyur aquaponics greenhouse begins.

April 27, 2023

Greenhouse construction is finished, officially launching the aquaponics program. We look forward to planting the first batch of plants and presenting this asset to the community!

May 12, 2023

Two greenhouse employees will maintain the greenhouse and teach classes to locals and students. Today they plant strawberries and tomatoes.

June 23, 2023

The Ponics Greenhouse and Education Center is open! A ribbon cutting ceremony was held with donors Patrick & Mary Goshtigian present who generously supported the project. This resource will benefit the community for years to come because the lack of water and land make it difficult to farm in the border village of Nerkin Karmir Aghbyur.

September 10, 2024

Regular classes for students at the school began today.

January 20, 2024

Gas pipelines are added to the greenhouse so that it can fully operate in the winter months.

By Peter Abajian

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January 13, 2022

Purchase a Home 28 – Tonoyan Family

Purchase a Home 28 - Tonoyan Family

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Following the 1988 Spitak Earthquake, tens of thousands of people were left homeless in the City of Gyumri. Many of these families took refuge in the overseas shipping containers (domiks) that were shipped into Armenia loaded with humanitarian relief supplies, or in condemned buildings. An entire generation of children has grown up in deplorable conditions, often times with no running water and little or no heat. The Armenian government has provided most of the families that lost their homes in the Earthquake with new housing units.

As people moved out of those makeshift housing units, others moved in. The 2,500 or so families that remain are Gyumri’s desolate families, who are not in line to receive a government provided apartment. Many of these families are comprised of single mothers, multiple children and/or the disabled.

This project will identify suitable needy families who can be moved into a new apartment and can demonstrate that they can afford their monthly utilities, etc. This is a sustainable model in that families that have been moved into permanent housing in the past have had a high degree of success maintaining their families and their new homes.

Once the move is complete, the make shift housing unit will be destroyed to prevent its future occupancy.

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Shirak

City / Village

Gyumri

Start Date

Immediately

End Date

Two months after start date

Purchase a Home 28 – Tonoyan Family

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

The Need

2,500 families live in the city of Gyumri in temporary, make shift housing. These units are neither safe nor sanitary. These families and their children need a normal apartment in which to live

Short Term Impact

Immediately a family will be identified and an appropriate apartment purchased for them. The make shift housing unit which they currently occupy will be destroyed.

Long Term Impact

In addition to this family and their improved mental state changing through the fact that they will be living in a normal housing situation, the city of Gyumri itself will improve with the removal of these make shift housing units.

Sponsors Benefits

All sponsors will be recognized on all relevant press regarding this project and on The Paros Foundation website.

By Narine

November 29, 2021

Classroom Renovation – The Levon Bosnoyan Chess Room

Classroom Renovation - The Levon Bosnoyan Chess Room

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The Bosnoyan Family has generously decided to give back to Armenia while memorializing their beloved husband, father, brother and uncle, Levon Bosnoyan. In lieu of flowers, they have decided to adopt a very special classroom in Vanadzor (Kirovakan), Levon’s birthplace. One of Levon’s favorite pastimes was playing chess. It is the family’s hope that by renovating a chess classroom in Levon’s name, they will help give children the opportunity to appreciate the game, just as he did.

Sponsorship of this project will help raise the funding needed to renovate a chess classroom in a school in Vanadzor.

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Lori

City / Village

Vanadzor

Start Date

June 2022

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The Need

Many school’s throughout Armenia are in need of renovations. This project will specifically help renovate a classroom dedicated to chess in a school in Vanadzor, Armenia.

Short Term Impact

As funding becomes available, a classroom dedicated to teaching chess will be renovated. Renovations will include new paint and flooring if necessary, new furniture and equipment needed to facilitate chess classes.

Long Term Impact

In the long term, children will have the opportunity to expand their educational experience through chess classes in a new and fully equipped chess classroom.

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June 9, 2022

Construction on The Levon Bosnoyan Chess Room begins by removing the old flooring.

July 11, 2022

Renovations on The Levon Bosnoyan Chess Room are finished! Shortly, chess desks will be added to the classroom for students to learn and play with.

August 2, 2022

Chess desks are added to the classroom.

September 19, 2023

The Levon Bosnoyan Chess Room in Vanadzor was renovated in memory of Levon and his love for chess. Today, the Bosnoyan Family visited the chess room and saw his legacy live on as a new generation learns to play chess. Thank you to the Bosoyan Family for making this project possible.

September 4, 2024

In honor of Levon's birthday, new flooring was recently installed further revitalizing The Levon Bosnoyan Chess Room. Many thanks to the Bosnoyan Family for keeping his memory alive in this meaningful way.

By Narine

July 1, 2021

Purchase a Home 27

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Once the move is complete, the make shift housing unit will be destroyed to prevent its future occupancy.

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Shirak

City / Village

Gyumri

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Immediately

End Date

Two months after start date

$14,995 of $25,000 raised

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The Need

2,500 families live in the city of Gyumri in temporary, make shift housing. These units are neither safe nor sanitary. These families and their children need a normal apartment in which to live

Short Term Impact

Immediately a family will be identified and an appropriate apartment purchased for them. The make shift housing unit which they currently occupy will be destroyed.

Long Term Impact

Sponsors Benefits

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March 5, 2021

Mobile Dental Clinic 2022/2023

Mobile Dental Clinic 2022/23

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The Armenian Dental Society of California has partnered with The Paros Foundation in order to help revive its mobile dental clinic and help bring dental care for poverty stricken communities in Armenia. Dental hygiene is commonly overlooked in many of these communities due to several reasons. Dental supplies and dental care are either very hard to find or too expensive for residents in these villages to afford.

To date, the Mobile Dental Clinic has served over 100,000 patients. Drs. Gary Kevorkian and Jack Bayramyan have taken the lead to help secure funding for the clinic. Sponsorship of this project will help raise the funds needed to keep the mobile clinic in operation. The clinic has two dentists, a nurse, a driver on staff who travel along with the mobile clinic and provide dental care for village residents. Dentists from the US have the opportunity to join the two local dentists on a volunteer basis. $2,700 will help keep the mobile clinic working for one month. Dental care provided by the mobile clinic will include basic child oral care and education, cleanings, fillings and other basic care.

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Throughout Armenia

City / Village

Throughout Armenia

Start Date

January 2022

End Date

December 2023

Mobile Dental Clinic 2022/2023

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Mobile Clinic Dental Staff.

Children also receive new dental hygiene products during their visit.

The Need

Dental supplies and dental clinics are very hard to find or too expensive for residents living in Armenia’s remote and/or poverty stricken villages. This can cause a lifetime of dental problems and oral disease. Residents living in these areas are in need of dental care in order to be able to prevent serious dental issues in the future.

Short Term Impact

Residents of remote and poverty stricken villages will be visited by the mobile dental clinic and receive basic dental care. In addition, two dentists from Armenia will be hired to work alongside volunteer dentists from the United States.

Long Term Impact

Residents of remote and poverty stricken villages will have a decreased chance of tooth decay and serious oral issues in their future.

Sponsors Benefits

Your donation to sponsor the Mobile Dental Clinic will be recognized on The Paros Foundation website and in all appropriate press related to this important project.

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By vespartech

February 17, 2021

Roots in Nerkin Karmir Aghbyur

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Nerkin Karmir Aghbyur (NKA) is a village located on the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan. The population is around 1,000 people and the main source of economic activity revolves around the agriculture sector. Economic opportunities in border villages like NKA are extremely limited due to lack of investment and safety issues. Without these opportunities, families are forced to either find work elsewhere, or move out of the region entirely. The Tavush region sees much of it’s economic activity in the summer months when fruits and vegetables are grown. The products are then either directly sold to consumers or undergo further processing before being sold. Tavush in particular is known for its production of fruits, such as Apples, Pomegranates, Persimmon, and much more. The Paros Foundation seeks to establish a small orchard in the village of Nerkin Karmir Aghbyur (NKA). The orchard will be located on the grounds of the local school; Paros has completed extensive renovations on the campus, and as a result has developed strong, productive relationships with school administrators and community leaders. More than 800 high quality fruit trees will be planted along with a drip irrigation water system. Staff will both oversee the orchard on a regular basis and provide a living classroom experience for students at the school. Within three years, it is expected that the orchard will provide commercially viable quantities of fruit. This project will have the added benefit of encouraging the creation of other local businesses to further process the fruit and creating additional value for the marketplace. Proceeds will be reinvested into the community.

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Tavush

City / Village

Nerkin Karmir Aghbyur

Start Date

August 2020

End Date

August 2025

$24,181 of $50,000 raised

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Students at the school in Nerkin Karmir Aghbyur will be instructed on how to care for their new orchard.

The Need

Economic opportunities in border villages like NKA are extremely limited due to lack of investment and safety issues.

Short Term Impact

In the short term, several employees will benefit from the work in preparing the school grounds for planting 800+ fruit bearing trees. A new full time staff position at the school will be created to support both the orchard and classroom instruction.

Long Term Impact

In the long term, once this pilot project proves successful in helping improve the economics of this village, this project will be replicated in other needy communities.

Sponsors Benefits

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November 26, 2020

With the drip irrigation system installed, staff, students and teachers joined in to plant more than 800 fruit trees.

March 18, 2021

Classroom and field based instruction began for the students at the Nerkin Karmir Aghbyur Primary School. They will learn how to manage the orchard through hands-on activities.

November 16, 2021

Students helped plant 18 new trees in place of those that needed to be replaced.

July 29, 2021

The Paros team visited the school orchard today. We were delighted to find that the trees were giving fruit and in full bloom getting ready for fall.

March 28, 2023

A sign thanking our sponsors is added for providing this school with an orchard.

June 13, 2023

For a second season in a row, the orchard is providing fruit for the Nerkin Karmir Aghbyur Primary School. The cherries are ready to be picked and we are excited to have a full crop in 2024.

By vespartech

January 17, 2021

Aygepar Business Incubator

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Aygepar is a village of 675 people located in Armenia’s Tavush region. The terrain is such that Azerbaijan is surrounding this village on three sides with sniper posts in the hills above. 53 of the village’s men work as contract soldiers guarding this important border and protecting their homes. Few other jobs exist in this village to support the 210 families that call Aygepar their home. The village does not have much land to grow crops and/or care for animals, making agribusinesses difficult to implement. During the Soviet Union, the village of Aygepar was built to sustain workers working at the three (now non-functioning) village factories (tobacco processing, champaign and fruit preserves and compote.)

To address the dire economic situation for Aygepar’s residents, The Paros Foundation will establish a business incubator aimed at establishing conditions to allow the start of several small businesses for local families. With proper oversight, training and guidance villages will be able to launch their businesses in sanitary conditions and take advantage of a larger marketplace. The Paros Foundation has been granted ten year usage of one of three abandoned factories for the project’s use free of charge. The Paros Foundation needs to raise a total of $75,000 to make investments in the facility and to support the launch of this important project.

The Paros Foundation will provide space to locals interested in starting their businesses rent free. In addition, Paros staff is dedicated to investigating and helping secure export opportunities for commodities and/or helping secure distribution to the marketplace.

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Tavush

City / Village

Aygepar

Start Date

August 2020

End Date

Eight Years From Start Date

$211,610 of $245,000 raised

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The Need

The villagers in the border community of Aygepar need opportunities to work and to care for their families. The village does not have much land to grow crops and care for animals. Most survive with the small gardens they have at their homes. One of three abandoned factories in the village needs to be renovated to launch a Business Incubator to help provide rent-free space and technological knowledge for villages to start their businesses.

Short Term Impact

A construction crew will be immediately hired to make the necessary renovations to the building that will house the Aygepar Business Incubator. Local materials and labor will be utilized that will immediately benefit the local economy.

Long Term Impact

In the long term, village families will benefit from the businesses they are able to start through their work and ownership. The village as a whole will benefit through this increase in income from its residents. Based on the improved economic conditions, villagers will feel more secure and stable in Aygepar, and thus be less likely to consider abandoning their homes and moving elsewhere.

Sponsors Benefits

Sponsors of this project will be listed on The Paros Foundation website, in any appropriately related print or electronic promotional materials, and on a plaque at the Aygepar Business Incubator.

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May 1, 2020

After more than a year of researching and planning, our team had made the decision to begin renovation of space and begin the process of job creation by launching the first of the many businesses envisioned at the Aygepar Business Incubator. We decided it would be much more beneficial for the community to have the opportunity to utilize quality, clean and secure space for their business, rather than promote any one specific business. Initial serious consideration was given to open a mushroom farm in the space, but due to the inability to attract technical expertise in the form of a project partner, it was determined that this is a much better path to follow.

August 12, 2020

A new roof was built and installed over one half of the building to allow us to launch the first businesses including a rabbit farm and fertilizer production.

December 23, 2020

Both the rabbit farm and fertilizer projection businesses were launched this month.

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Dr. & Mrs. Greg & Nadine Koobatian

Mr. & Mrs. Jirair & Aline Christianian

Mr. & Dr. Peter & Houry Abajian

Armenian Students Association at UCLA

Mr. Richard Alonso & Mrs. Lori Keurian Alonso

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Armenian Students Association at UCLA

Mr. Richard Alonso & Mrs. Lori Keurian Alonso

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