COAF in the News

Cure cancer? Save a generation of Armenians? For Dr. Garo Armen, these are projects, not dreams. (Armenian Reporter, 9/15/07)
Founder and chairman of the Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) Dr. Garo Armen was recently awarded the prestigious “Medal of Honor” by the Prime Minister of Armenia for his unique and extraordinary contributions to the revitalization of rural communities in Armenia. Presented to Dr. Armen during the opening of a newly built COAF school in Lernagog village …(more)

$2.35 Million Raised to Aid Children of Armenia at COAF Gala (Armenian Reporter, 10/28/06)
The Children of Armenia Fund raised $2.35 million during its annual “Save a Generation” awards dinner – an elegant affair held at Manhattan’s Cipriani Restaurant on Friday, October 20, 2006. (more)

Building hope in Armenia (New York Daily News, 9/18/06)
On a visit to his homeland of Armenia in 1991, Garo Armen witnessed a scene of abject poverty caused by the collapse of the Soviet Union. What he saw haunted him, and he later founded the Children of Armenia Fund, whose work has begun to significantly rebuild and revitalize impoverished rural Armenian towns like Karakert. (more)

Antigenics CEO Receives Humanitarian Award From the Sabin Vaccine Institute (Antigenics Inc., 6/29/06)
Antigenics announced that the Sabin Vaccine Institute has awarded the 2006 Sabin Humanitarian Award to the company’s chairman and CEO, Garo H. Armen, PhD, who is also COAF’s founder and chairman. The Albert B. Sabin Annual Awards recognize extraordinary figures in biotechnology, medical research and medical reporting. (more)

Garo Armen, turnaround whiz, finds next target: Armenia’s poor (Mosaicx magazine, 10/24/05)
It was the villages of Armenia however that grabbed Armen’s attention the most because the disparity between village life and Yerevan was so enormous. “While the capital was prospering, the villages were a deteriorating.” (more)

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Recent Press Releases

The New Community Center of Karakert (02/15/08)
On January 7, 2008 the Community Center of Karakert opened its doors to the local residents as well as to the neighboring communities of the Model Cluster.  The complete renovation of the building was made possible through COAF’s partnership with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID). (more)

A Year of Remarkable Achievements (02/15/08)
The Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) closed 2007 with an unprecedented record of achievements and results.  Projects completed in 2007 constitute infrastructure, 5 renovation / construction projects, an internal water network restoration project, establishment of Internet in 2 villages, and expansion of municipal services in all 6 villages and servicing a population of 17, 285;(more)

Square One Restaurants and the Children of Armenia Fund Join Hands to Bring Holiday Baskets to Underprivileged Families (12/24/07)
As part of the social component of its Participatory Integrated Rural Development Program, the Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) has partnered with Square One Restaurants to distribute holiday food baskets to 368 vulnerable families in the Model Cluster including elderly and low-income families.(more)

Karakert and Shenik Celebrate the Completion of their Community Center and School & Sports Complex Respectively (12/14/07)
On December 14, 2007 the Children of Armenia Fund (COAF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) joined the people of Karakert and Shenik to celebrate the completion of two very important reconstruction projects.  The Karakert Community Center and Shenik School & Sports Complex were completely renovated under a COAF, UNDP and USAID Global Development Alliance implemented by UNDP.(more)

The Continuing Partnership between Children of Armenia Fund & Armenia Tree Project Benefits 2,907 Rural Families (12/10/07)
The Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) is implementing a Participatory Rural Development Program in Armenia.  With the fundamental purpose of reducing poverty primarily by creating new income generating opportunities, COAF, Armenia Tree Project (ATP) and Armenian-American entrepreneur Bryan Bedrosian joined forces to reach out to 2,907 families in the Model Cluster of six villages in Armavir.(more)