Supporters of the ARS Javakhk Fund gathered in Los Angeles, California at Kavar Restaurant on Thursday, March 1 to benefit the new addition and rebuilding of the Akhaltskha Youth Center
Haigoush Keghinian Kohler Donates $100,000 for Akhaltskha Youth Center
During a gathering of the Armenian Relief Society Javakhk Fund on Thursday, Haigoush Keghinian Kohler, a veteran ARS member donated $100,000 to the Akhaltskh Youth Center in Javakhk.
March is Javakhk Awareness Month
As in every year, the ARS Javakhk Fund has declared the month of March as “Javakhk Awareness Month,” during which the committee will place substantial focus on ARS projects in Javakhk.
Anivard Mosoyan Becomes Ninotsminda’s First Woman Mayor
Georgian Armenian Anivard Mosoyan has become Ninotsminda’s first woman mayor following the October 21 local elections.
Installment of Khachkar in Javakhk’s Gumburdo Village Halted
On September 30, locals from the Armenian populated village of Gumburdo (called Kumudo by Georgian) in Georgia’s southern province of Javakhk (called Samtskhe-Javakheti by Georgians) clashed with the police after they were stopped from placing a Khachkar (Armenian cross stone) in the yard of the local church, reported Akhalkalak based JNews.ge.
ARS Javakhk Fund’s Student Coin Bank Drive Raises Over $17,000
The ARS Javakhk Fund’s 2017 coin bank drive raised over $17,000 in support of programs and youth centers in Javakhk.
Hundreds Attend Armenian Church Opening in Akhalkalak
The newly built Holy Cross Armenian Apostolic Church opened its doors today to hundreds of the faithful at a consecration ceremony in Gumburdo, a village in Georgia’s Akhalkalak region.
ARS Javakhk Fund Gathers Community Aboard the Queen Mary
After a month-long undertaking through March for Javakhk Awareness Month, the ARS Javakhk Fund Committee capped off its 2017 campaign with a fundraising event held on April 2 aboard the historic Queen Mary.
ARS Javakhk Fund to Honor Harout Madenian, Emma Salmassian
Alongside its humanitarian programs and activities, the Armenian Relief Society has placed particular attention on the strengthening of Javakhk and the preservation of the Armenian identity in the region.
76 Javakhk Armenians Join ABMDR as Bone Marrow Donors
In the course of March 3-4, the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR) held unprecedented community-outreach and donor-recruitment events throughout Javakhk, in Western Georgia, led by an ABMDR team from Yerevan.