Economic Development
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COAF Social Enterprises
Sustainable Business. Lasting Impact. COAF’s social enterprises are mission-driven ventures that fuel rural transformation. Together, they’re proving that smart, community-rooted business can power a stronger Armenia.
Reinvesting Profits
All revenue goes back into COAF’s programs—supporting education, healthcare, and development across rural Armenia.
Creating Local Jobs
Each enterprise provides employment and career pathways, helping families thrive in their home communities.
Building Rural Capacity
Through training and hands-on experience, COAF enterprises build the skills and confidence needed to activate untapped rural talent.
Turning Rural Potential into National Resilience.
Turning Rural Potential into National Resilience. We invest in people, partnerships, and practical skills to create a resilient rural economy that works for everyone.
Unlocking Economic Potential
Powering national growth by investing in local jobs.
Fostering National Resilience
Building the rural capacity Armenia needs to safeguard its future.
Revitalizing Rural Life
Conserving the ecology and traditions that make rural life wonderful.
Impact Spotlight
CheeseUp Puts 200+ Rural Farmers on the Map
In the mountainous communities of Lori, COAF’s CheeseUP initiative is transforming the dairy sector, creating a sustainable model for rural agribusiness rooted in quality, cooperation, and local ownership.
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Farmers trained in milk production, hygiene, and cheese-making
Hectares of cultivated land for livestock feed
Modernized cheese plants now producing over 67 tons of cheese per year
New jobs created in rural communities
Our Beneficiaries
"The Jack & Zarig Youredjian Scholarship is so important for me and youth like me from rural communities. Beyond access to higher education, it’s given me the opportunity for self-development outside of my community."
"I took part in several training sessions and eventually received some beehives. I thought about how I could help my family after displacement. I realized that a school student living in a village can’t really work in the city, so I decided to go deeper into beekeeping and in that way help my family have an additional source of income."
"If it weren’t for COAF’s beekeeping development program at the very beginning in 2022, I might not have gotten into beekeeping at all. Today, beekeeping is no longer just a hobby for me, but a new profession and a stable source of income. What I value most about bees is their hard work."
“After the opening of the SMART Center, more and more people would visit and discover. Before, when there was no work, the village was being emptied. Today, they are coming back.”
“I liked the environment and the people so much that after the first introductory session, I told my mom, ‘I’m definitely going to keep coming here”