Gateway to the modern world: COAF SMART Rooms
March 21, 2020
If you made it here to read the blog, you most likely have electricity, Internet access, and a computer or a gadget. Hope you are also warm, safe and sound.
If you made it here to read the blog, you most likely have electricity, Internet access, and a computer or a gadget. Hope you are also warm, safe and sound.
Roosters’ “Cuckodoodle doo!” in the morning, fresh air, and the sound of silence – a few luxuries of Armenian village life, yet unfamiliar to many urban citizens.
In all cases, we meet people who inspire us and make an impact on the kind of person we become.
To get to know our very own outstanding women and get inspired by them, we asked 10 female COAF employees about their life formula…
She advises young women not to be afraid to speak up, not to limit their dreams, at least in their minds, and not be apathetic to phenomena in their surroundings.
Digital Drawing is one of the oldest programs at SMART that has been available way before the SMART Citizenship Curriculum. In the curriculum learning format, it is one of the Art programs together with Performing Arts and Drawing.
Together with advanced engineering and entrepreneurship programs, art has a special place in the COAF SMART Citizenship Curriculum.
“I was living alone in Yerevan, so I decided to have a cat. Cats are very independent, and they don’t require much maintenance,” tells Taron.
Unfortunately, rural communities in Armenia are mostly devoid of entertainment places such as movie theaters, theaters, museums, and cafes.
To understand COAF’s impact on the lives of its people, sometimes it’s just enough to talk to COAF Alumni.
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