An Armenian student’s journey of starting university in Yerevan
September 3, 2021
Aghunik Shambaryan, a COAF SMART student from the town of Alaverdi, is one of them.
Aghunik Shambaryan, a COAF SMART student from the town of Alaverdi, is one of them.
The COAF car gradually reaches the village school, and as soon as it stops, the kids hurry up to open the door from the outside and greet their coach.
Childhood memories may be varied. “I was overjoyed when my parents took me to the farm to either sow potatoes or to uproot them.
Air rich in oxygen, clean food, and breathtaking nature all around are some of the luxuries of Koti village of Armenia’s alpine Tavush region.
“SMART has been the school of my dreams” – Rudik, the first SMART Citizen, who finished the SMART Citizenship curriculum this week, summarizes his two-year journey.
Arriving at the office a bit earlier, taking a cup of warm tea, and getting mentally prepared to rock the day is COAF Alumna Lusvard Arakelyan’s “first self-given task” of an ordinary workday.
The 45-day war in Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) was an everyday battle of survival and a journey towards precious peace in every Armenian’s mind. Unfortunately, the price of peace is often high.
Here we are at the auditorium of Aragatsavan village School #2, which was in the process of renovation back in 2016.
“We are used to hearing the sound of shelling,” calmly says the 17-year-old Laura Yesyan who lives in the borderline Aygehovit village of the Tavush region.
“You are a girl, you cannot do that,” an expression Nareh was told too many times and had to prove them wrong.
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