100 villages in 7 years: the COAF-story of Anahit Hakobyan
August 8, 2021
If you know COAF, you most probably know our Anahit Hakobyan, whose COAF story began no more no less than seven years ago.
If you know COAF, you most probably know our Anahit Hakobyan, whose COAF story began no more no less than seven years ago.
Many might relate that having an Armenian first name and introducing yourself when abroad can be challenging, of course, if your name isn’t Ann, Mary, or David.
Nairi comes from the country of colorful and hottest carnivals. “In Brazil, people say that the year starts with carnivals,” explains the young architect with pure Armenian. Carnivals take place in February, which is almost over.
“The future of the world is in your classroom” is mentioned in Meline Grigoryan’s recently published book about education management.
COAF’s team reflects the geography of Armenia and the diaspora. We have someone from everywhere. Knar is our Artsakh.
Born in Lebanon, Bedo Demirdjian grew up in an Armenian family with a strong connection to its community, culture, and history.
About six months ago, when we were switching to quarantine life, we would hardly imagine it would take us almost 180 days to get the green light of leaving our “home offices.”
‘-Have you seen the Grand Canyon?
-Not really!
-Get in the car, you are going to see it, – says Suren, the Agritech program Instructor at the COAF SMART Center.
He skillfully cuts the salad vegetables and puts them aside, then goes on to make zucchini cutlets. The roasted cauliflower has long been ready.
At 16, Artur-Ter-Simonyan first joined COAF volunteering as a postman. “I was eager to do any type of work just to keep myself busy and gain some experience,” he gets nostalgic.
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