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Tufenkian Foundation Values Close Collaboration with Our Office
Office
Our Office’s Diaspora Philanthropy Coordinator Ailin Melkomians, held a meeting with Greg Bedian, Tufenkian Foundation’s Operations Director from Chicago. Mr. Bedian recently visited Artsakh to open a new medical center and town hall in Herher, a village in Martuni region.
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19 Aug 2021
The Armenian tricolor has found a home in our office
Office
Our Office welcomed three, young Diaspora Armenians from Fresno, California. During the Second Artsakh War, Hovig Ohanian, Ani Zhamkochyan and Simon Zhamkochyan were determined to empower their communities during the difficult period with the Armenian flag. But not just any flag.
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17 Aug 2021
Another info session about professional repatriation was held
Office
Our Office held a “Professional Repatriation” workshop at the Armenians Forward Together/ Առաջ Միասին in Yerevan on August 14th. The first portion of the workshop covered repatriation and professional repatriation programs, while the second portion was a group session where attendees had to come up with an idea to help ease the conditions necessary for Diaspora repatriation.
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16 Aug 2021
Diaspora Armenian doctors continue to support their Homeland
Office
The "Armenian Digital Health Initiative" workshop took place on August 14th as part of the Armenians Forward Together Forum. The initiative is by the Armenian Association of Telemedicine, organized by Prof. Georgi Chaltikyan, head of the international postgraduate Master of Digital Health (MDH) program at Deggendorf Institute of Technology in Bavaria, Germany, and Dr. Lernik Essayei, Senior Digital Health Product Manager at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
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16 Aug 2021
The Office maintains active communication with entrepreneurs
Commissioner
Today, High Commissioner Zareh Sinanyan visited orchards set up by American-Armenian businessman Razmik Grigorian in the village of Proshyan in the Kotayk Province. The 40 hectares of grape, apple, peach, and apricot orchards yield abundant crops which are exported. Mr. Grigorian already has plans for another 10 hectares.
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13 Aug 2021
Teach for Armenia and iGorts participants cooperate
Office
“No teachers and no discipline in school.” These are the problems often encountered in rural schools in Armenia. Representatives from the Teach For Armenia organization spoke about various issues in the education field during a meeting with participants of the iGorts program which places Diaspora Armenian professionals in the RA Government.
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13 Aug 2021
