COAF in the News

Gowned and Costumed (2008 Awards Dinner coverage by The New York Times, 11/2/08)

COAF raises $1.25 million for rural Armenia (Armenian Reporter, 11/1/07)
The Children of Armenia Fund (COAF), which held its 2008 Save a Generation Awards Dinner on Friday, October 24, announced that it had raised $1.25 million for its programs focused on children in rural Armenia, bringing the total raised over its five-year existence to over $9 million.(more)

Giving Back: (201)’s images from local charitable events. (2008 Awards Dinner coverage by 201.net, 10/24/08)

New school buildings jump-start educational potential in COAF cluster villages
In a simply furnished, freshly painted room at the Karakert Health Clinic, the nurses are falling all over themselves in excitement talking about the new medical and health programs they’ve established with the help of the Children of Armenia Fund (COAF). More than 80 percent of children… (more)

New medical clinics, equipment go hand-and-hand with professional, public health training
Students romp through the brightly lit hallways of the Lernagog School, while teachers stroll more leisurely. Artwork covers the freshly painted walls, lit by the many windows designed to direct light into the building. In one classroom, several young boys listen eagerly to their teacher as he points to the drawing of a large cow on the chalkboard. (more)

After-school photo club brings light to villages through the dark room
When Armenian graphic designer Armen Karapetyan was approached by an Italian ceramic company in 1992 looking for new designs, he turned to a group of disabled teens and young adults, who he thought were best able to deliver. “I thought they would have a unique way of looking at a cup, for example,”… (more)

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Recent Press Releases

Children of Armenia Fund Raises $1.25 Million From Its Annual Gala Evening (10/30/08)
Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) is pleased to announce that it raised $1.25 million from the 2008 Save a Generation Awards Dinner, held Friday, October 24, at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York. The money raised will be directed at reversing the ongoing impoverished conditions affecting significant numbers of people in rural Armenia through COAF’s Model Cluster program. (more)

Children of Armenia Fund to Host the Fifth Annual Save A Generation Gala (10/13/08)
The Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) is pleased to announce that Nicholas D. Kristof, a columnist for The New York Times and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner will deliver the keynote address at this year’s Save A Generation awards dinner, to be held Friday, October 24, 2008, at Cipriani 42^nd Street in New York. (more)

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)