Monthly Newsletters February 2014

CURRENT EVENTS

This month our founder Seta Ghazarian was honored at the Knights of Vartan of Pasadena for her charitable work in Armenia.

She and her husband Zuhrab whole heartedly Love and serve the Armenian people in Armenia.

On the 12^th of February our director Naira Muradyan was invited to RA Ministry of Diaspora where she gave a report about the charitable work we have done for Syrian people. Here are some details from her presentation

From 2012 up to 2014 our foundation gave:

• Consultancy and advise to 1736 people
• bags of clothes, shoes, blankets, food, toys, stationary, walkers, wheelchairs and other items of necessity to 141 families including Kashatagh community(533 people)
• A family with her 4 children found a shelter with us.
• We arranged surgeries for 2 children with no charge to the family
• We gave aid to many Syrian families in Ptghunk village and the women still take part in our manicure/pedicure classes.
• Two families entered our Sponsor a family program where they receive monetary aid monthly.

RA Ministry of Diaspora deeply praised our work, thanked for the support that we have given to refugee families and expressed willingness for further cooperation.

LIGHT OF HOPE

We are proud to continue our “FEED THE ELDERS” Program which has become very popular. One of our elders Sueda dadig did not show for lunch 2 weeks, we were worried and decided to visit her. We found her frozen, starving and almost paralyzed in the basement of a building (her home). She had nothing to eat, no one to care for her. We started to take her warm meals daily, cookies, fruit, juice, cans, medicine, clothes and an angel here offered to pay the electric bill to heat her unit. Now a month later she is recovering and soon will be able to come to our lunch.

We have also given wedding gowns to brides-to-be in many different villages, walkers, wheelchair and bedside toilets. 50 individuals who send us letters of requests from all regions of Armenia received all the items that they had requested.

MYRADOON

Our most recent project was a large green house, on the property of our center.  In the green house, our residents learn to grow and maintain vegetable crops.  Because many of our residents come from farming communities, working with the land is essential to their survival when they leave the shelter. We teach our residents new skills and multiple ways to earn a living in order to gain financial independence. We offer daily classes in computers, sewing, manicure/pedicure, cooking, and baking.

This month two new girls came to our shelter. One is pregnant and came through International Red Cross, The other one was abused and homeless with her 3 month old child. Both are sheltered and safe.