Gavar Special School

The proprietor of Envoy Hostel, Erik Carapetian, Mr. Carapetian’s Father, Envoy Hostel employee, Emma, and friend of Envoy Hostel, Joe Levonian visited Gavar Special School to visit the children and view the conditions of the school. They brought with them small gifts for the children from Australia.
Envoy Hostel has been a long term supporter […]

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From June 11 to 14, Gavar Special School and the Lots of Sun Foundation were able to put on an excellent Green Camp for Gavar area students. What is green Camp you may ask? Well, Green Camp is an environmental awareness camp focusing on teaching children about the world of earth, trees, and […]

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Gavar Special School is very luck to have friends that understand the basic needs of the children must be met in order for them to learn. Focus on Children Now, Inc (FCN) has undertaken a very large project by collecting clothes from around the greater Los Angeles area to help people in Armenia. […]

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Over the winter break a few small improvements were made to Gavar Special School. One of the projects was to improve the conditions for the teenage girls by replacing the windows in their dormitory. Seven girls sleep in a room that had 30 year old windows that made no attempt to stop the […]

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Gavar Special School is blessed to have a community of people who wish to see the situation improve for special education. The Community is growing with each person’s effort to educate friends and family members about the issues facing special needs students in Armenia. The Staff, Students and Volunteers are very thankful for […]

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Gavar Special School wrapped up the Fall semester with its annual holiday party. Most all of the children participated as they preformed skits, recited poetry and sang traditional Armenian holiday songs. For a few of the children, this was the first time that they spoke in front of a group which was a […]

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The new courtyard wall was dedicated in a short ceremony with Vice Marzpet (governor), the Regional Director of Education, representatives from Save the Children and USAID. Gavar Special School won the grant through the Community Self Help Fund that is sponsored by USAID. The project totaled roughly $26,000 and required two and a […]

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Saint Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church of New York held a raffle in support of Gavar Special School. Congregation member, Mr. Jiri Dersarkisian donated the Persian carpet for the raffle and it was held in conjunction with the Ladies Guild bazaar. Mr. Krikor Marcarian was the winner of the carpet and also donated additional […]

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Gavar Special School for a week during October, was visited by a United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) mission group from Western Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church. The group, lead by Dr. Richard Funt, had the purpose of remodeling the Կարմիր Անկյուն (translation: Red Corner) and make it much more comfortable […]

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The Lots of Sun Foundation for Special Needs Children in Support of Gavar Special School has been founded by Lavrik Arevshatyan, Dr. Varazdat Karapetyan, Jason Sprague and Kayte Williams. The purpose of this foundation is twofold. The first is to provide tax advantages, in Armenia, for donations received by Gavar Special School. […]

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To better show interested people the challenges faced by Gavar Special School, a DVD was made by a donation by Saint James Catholic Church of Cazenovia, New York. The film highlights the success and challenges of Gavar Special School in a 24 minute English or Armenian film. To goal of the film is […]

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