Archive for the ‘Tufenkian Foundation’ Category

Our Duty to Live, Vanadzor

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

Our Duty To Live, Vanadzor, Lori Region, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Tufenkian Foundation 2006
Today saw a visit to the Tufenkian Foundation’s Our Duty To Live project in Vanadzor. I previously posted some photos from the Our Duty To Live Center in Yerevan here and here. Anyway, with a sizeable number of families […]

Duty To Live #1

Friday, July 7th, 2006

Yerord Mas, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Tufenkian Foundation 2006

Yerord Mas, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Tufenkian Foundation 2006

Duty To Live #2

Friday, July 7th, 2006

Yerord Mas, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Tufenkian Foundation 2006

Yerord Mas, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Tufenkian Foundation 2006

Armenian Forests, Aparan

Monday, June 26th, 2006

Aparan, Aragatsotn Region, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Tufenkian Foundation 2006
Yesterday saw a third trip out into the field with Armenian Forests as part of continuing work for the Tufenkian Foundation in Armenia. After visiting Kotayk and the Botanical Gardens for the environmental organization, this time it was to coppicing being used to […]

Zinvori Mayr, Yerevan

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

Zinvori Mayr, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Tufenkian Foundation 2006
Once again, more work for the Tufenkian Foundation in Armenia, but this time the Zinvori Mayr NGO and the handing out of certificates and gifts to the now teenage children of soldiers killed during the Karabakh conflict. The NGO has a web site […]

Manana, Yerevan

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

Manana, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Tufenkian Foundation 2006
Yesterday saw more work for the Tufenkian Foundation in Armenia, and a return visit to the Manana Youth Educational-Cultural NGO in Yerevan. It was kind of refreshing to have the opportunity to accompany kids from the Manana photography class as they walked to document […]

Armenian Forests, Kotayk

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

Kotayk, Kotayk Region, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Tufenkian Foundation 2006
As part of work for the Tufenkian Foundation in Armenia, today took me to Kotayk Region of Armenia where the Armenian Forests NGO have a project to replant trees in a village of the same name. As concerns are raised regarding deforestation and […]

Replenishing Armenia’s Forests

Monday, June 19th, 2006

Botanical Gardens, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / Tufenkian Foundation 2006
Today, as part of work commissioned by the Tufenkian Foundation, I visited a nursery operating under the umbrella of the Armenian Forests NGO situated in the Botanical Gardens in Yerevan. According to the NGO’s web site, Armenian Forests was established by Armenian-American philanthropist […]