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Armenia was a love at first sight20230316110733

Armenia was a love at first sight

taniaMarch 16, 2023
Volunteering in Armenia was one of the most inspiring experiences I have ever had. Volunteering after about 20 years of worki...
Being a retiree shouldn’t restrain you from volunteering20230224120351

Being a retiree shouldn’t restrain you from volunteering

taniaFebruary 24, 2023
My husband and I retired recently and decided to spend a few months in Armenia. As Diasporan Armenians, we have visited Armen...
Joining us was “ճակատագիր” (fate) for this “ABC of AVC”20230215130414

Joining us was “ճակատագիր” (fate) for this “ABC of AVC”

taniaFebruary 15, 2023
Why live in Armenia and learn Armenian, if you are not Armenian  Dr. Stacey Vorster is one of AVC’s newest ABCs (Armenian...
Short but meaningful: My story in Armenia20230125111826

Short but meaningful: My story in Armenia

taniaJanuary 25, 2023
I came to Armenia by chance. When I graduated from school, my knowledge of this country was only in books. But when my classm...
Life lessons and genuine people in Armenia20230116084141

Life lessons and genuine people in Armenia

hayk.kocharyan.1987@gmail.comJanuary 16, 2023
A warm welcome from Armenians reconciled my language barrier The decision to come to Armenia was on my mind for quite some ti...
Teaching German in Armenian villages during his retirement20230110134711

Teaching German in Armenian villages during his retirement

taniaJanuary 10, 2023
Age is not an obstacle to volunteering When Hans-Christopher Pocha, a 66-year-old participant from Germany retired from his p...
Why Armenia? Why not Armenia?20221128115515

Why Armenia? Why not Armenia?

taniaNovember 28, 2022
“To serve Armenia is to serve civilization” -William Gladstone, Former UK Prime Minister “Why Armenia?̶...
AVC with a Disability: How I Did It20221117072329

AVC with a Disability: How I Did It

taniaNovember 17, 2022
The lack of an author picture and an “anonymous” byline are neither accidents nor signs of shame. They are meant ...
Success: Establishing the Film Commission20221114132738

Success: Establishing the Film Commission

taniaNovember 14, 2022
Do you remember Eva Minassian? She is an AVC volunteer who was determined to create a film commission to help promote Armenia...
ABCs of AVC20221007121603

ABCs of AVC

taniaOctober 7, 2022
The ABCs of AVC: A Poem by Michael Collins Are you ready to step outside your comfort zone, Bringing your best self to the fo...
Emie’s Impactful Volunteering Well Timed20221011072420

Emie’s Impactful Volunteering Well Timed

taniaOctober 11, 2022
It was August 2021, in peak COVID lockdown in Melbourne, Australia, where I sat in my lounge room in silence. I knew I wanted...
French student does his internship abroad with AVC20220912140129

French student does his internship abroad with AVC

taniaSeptember 12, 2022
Without Armenian roots or knowledge of the language, Adrien Catry journeyed from Lille, France to volunteer with the Armenian...
Exposing Adventurous Travelers to Armenia20220831081609

Exposing Adventurous Travelers to Armenia

taniaAugust 31, 2022
After volunteering as an English teacher in Yerevan, AVC alumnus Ric Gazarian (2004) strongly maintained his connections to h...
Days of Mourning after Surmalu Explosion20220819134408

Days of Mourning after Surmalu Explosion

taniaAugust 19, 2022
No time is convenient for tragedy to strike, But Yerevantsis got a chance to see what it looks like. Yerevan’s characterist...
“I’ll be back” by Chad Bell20220812064510

“I’ll be back” by Chad Bell

taniaAugust 12, 2022
“I’ll be back.” That’s what I said as I gazed out the window towards the beautiful Armenian landscape and Mt. Ararat....
Here is my Armenian story20220731194139

Here is my Armenian story

taniaJuly 31, 2022
My Armenian story started in 2019, when, wanting to travel after long years of work in Law school, law firms, law department,...
I Thought I Was Just Passing Through…20220720115502

I Thought I Was Just Passing Through…

taniaJuly 20, 2022
I don’t know how other non-Armenian volunteers learned about AVC or how long it took them to commit to the program, but I d...
New Start for Olga in Armenia20220629083425

New Start for Olga in Armenia

taniaJune 29, 2022
Olga Kuzamichёva is not Armenian – she is Russian. Along with her husband and three year old son, Sasha, she left Irku...

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