“Havasar”, which means ‘equal’ in Armenian, is an application which contains the materials of general education textbooks, adapted for children with hearing, vision, and mental impairments. Textbooks will now be available in sign language for children with hearing impairments in the form of adapted video lessons…

Through two-week courses, "Step Towards Home" gave youth the opportunity to get to know their history and learn their mother tongue. The first and most important feature that Teach For Armenia’s educational model offers is that the Armenian language course has been developed on a three-level principle…

Hakob and the students of 14 schools are the best examples of leadership, initiative, and innovation. This was an example that our communities are full of opportunities and our children have the potential to enact positive change…

Education is the only guarantee for a prosperous future for children. Teach For Armenia and AMAA joined around this very idea to provide tablets for 250 students across different communities in Teach For Armenia’s program, providing them with the technology and internet access they needed…

The library will always be open to visitors, but be personally taken care of by the students. The students, with the support of their Armenia language and literature teacher, Hermine, carried out the renovation of the library with their own hands. The students handpicked the colors, painted the walls, chose posters, and furnished the library…

How Teach For Armenia Promotes Positive Youth Development…

Shushan tries to inspire more than just schoolchildren, but also their parents. As a part of a community development program, Shushan, along with some local women, created the social enterprise called “In the Forest”. They knit toy animals based off of the species that live in their local forests.։։

“Teach For Armenia was probably the best opportunity for me to come to my homeland and make an impact,” said Meghry Chorbajian, who came to Armenia from Aleppo, Syria to join our Leadership Development Program. She is currently a Teacher-Leader in Haykavan village in the Armavir region…

Sona’s approach is interesting: she thinks that people get to develop their skills through communication and transfer of knowledge, and this communication should not only include people from the same village. Armenia has a unique environment and flavour. Its traditions and lifestyle vary from village to village, from community to community…

First families and homes identified and purchased…

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"The explosions were loud, but our dreams were even louder…"

A child does not choose where she is born. She does not choose to be born into poverty. She does not choose to be born in a disputed territory. Seldom do children get to choose where they live. Regardless, that child deserves access to an excellent education. For it is through an education, that she can choose peace over hate…

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, educational institutions in Armenia completely switched to distance learning platforms during school closures. This new educational paradigm showcased how fragile our traditional modes of schooling can be in delivering equal access to a quality education…

This year, the “Step Towards Home” educational program was held online for the first time in its history. Over 250 young people participated from 30 countries in the Armenian diaspora. The program included Armenian language and history courses, various guest speakers, educational games, projects, and activities such as carpet weaving, doll making, ceramics, cork recycling, and cooking.

“People are not always born innovators, they can become innovators. Of course, this is challenging, especially when it comes to innovating in the field of education — it’s hard to disrupt entrenched systems with ideas.
Fertile soil is needed to cultivate the curiosity and desire to harness expertise and skills in order to make education better for every child through innovation.”

“The potential of people is like carbon. It is often overlooked and disregarded by many as wasted breath. Carbon is all around us, as common as the air that we expel from our lungs. However, with the right conditions, carbon can transform into diamonds.”