09Oct

Mrs.Katya Pijoyan Devastating Consequences of the Devastating Earthquake

setREVStartSize({c: 'rev_slider_14_1',rl:[1240,1024,778,480],el:[],gw:[600],gh:[400],type:'carousel',justify:'',layout:'fullwidth',mh:"0"});if (window.RS_MODULES!==undefined && window.RS_MODULES.modules!==undefined && window.RS_MODULES.modules["revslider141"]!==undefined) {window.RS_MODULES.modules["revslider141"].once = false;window.revapi14 = undefined;if (window.RS_MODULES.checkMinimal!==undefined) window.RS_MODULES.checkMinimal()} A lot of people lost their houses, the others lost their relatives and there are some who survived and keep struggling with the earthquake of 1988. A woman who was affected by the earthquake too is 66 years old Katya Pijoyan from Gyumri. She attended Gyumri school # 9 up to the VIII grade. Then she worked at Gyumri’s Stock factory for two years as a trainee, and only in 1970 she became a worker. During her employment years she got married and had 3 children.
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05Oct

Seda Arshakuni, the Exiled Refugee

setREVStartSize({c: 'rev_slider_13_2',rl:[1240,1024,778,480],el:[],gw:[600],gh:[400],type:'carousel',justify:'',layout:'fullwidth',mh:"0"});if (window.RS_MODULES!==undefined && window.RS_MODULES.modules!==undefined && window.RS_MODULES.modules["revslider132"]!==undefined) {window.RS_MODULES.modules["revslider132"].once = false;window.revapi13 = undefined;if (window.RS_MODULES.checkMinimal!==undefined) window.RS_MODULES.checkMinimal()} Seda Arshakuni was born in Gyumri on January 24, 1927. Her father, craftsman, was from Kars and her mother, housewife, from Gyumri. In 1918 with his entire family Seda’s father fled to Armenia, came to Gyumri, so much resembling Gyumri, and had met her future wife, Seda’s mother. “It was very painful for my father to leave his native home Kars, his only dream was to return and leave there. He even told me that after his death I take ground from his grave and take it to Kars,” told Seda.
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29May

Advocacy, Lobbying and Network collaboration

Advocacy, Lobbying and Network collaboration “Armenian Caritas” acts as the voice of the voiceless when they are unable to speak for themselves and does so by “observing, analyzing and acting” to contribute to more just and cohesive society. Advocacy is an organized attempt to change policy, practice and/or attitudes by presenting evidence and arguments for how and why change should happen. At the heart of advocacy is the assumption that change can happen through building awareness, presenting evidence and arguments for why change should happen, and engaging people who have the power to make those changes.
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12May

Proverbs 14:21 …blessed is he who is generous to the poor.

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