Transitional Center Yerevan - Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief (SOAR)

PAPKEN AND ANAHID MEGERIAN TRANSITIONAL CENTER - YEREVAN

The Papken and Anahid Megerian Transitional Center (Yerevan) is a residential setting for older teenage girls who have outgrown the traditional orphanage but who are not yet ready for independent living. Our residents attend college; are enriched by our academic programs; appreciate volunteerism; learn essential life skills, including home and money management; build self-nurturance and self-confidence; and prepare themselves for emotional, fiscal, and professional independence.

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2024

March 8th celebration and books for the residents of the Center

The SOAR staff organized an event to take beneficiaries from both centers in Yerevan to a café and present them with books in honor of March 8th.

Valentine’s Day Celebration for the residents of the SOAR Transitional Centers in Yerevan

Monthly grocery shopping

TCY-February — February grocery shopping

DECEMBER 2023

Thanksgiving celebration for the SOAR Transitional Center, Yerevan residents.

NOVEMBER 2023

Cleaning the new Transitional Center for Young Men, Yerevan

The residents of the Center worked together to clean the new Harold and Josephine Gulamerian Transitional Center for Young Men. They were then taken out to lunch as a thank you for their help!

OCTOBER 2023

Monthly grocery shopping trip

MAY 2023

Plaque in place honoring Papken and Anahid Megerian for the Center was named.

MARCH 2023

The Gyumri TC beneficiaries visited both the Transitional Center and the Families of Fallen Soldiers Support Center in Yerevan.

They learned about SOAR projects and initiatives in place and saw the humanitarian programs in place during the last couple of years.

Both center’s beneficiaries and staff visited the Van Gogh Exhibition in Yerevan, which was a unique and time limited expo by its 3D and stunning video materials.

The group then had a special dinner and celebrated March 8th (International Day of the Woman) together. The gifts were prepared for girls by SOAR.

It was very beneficial to gather both center beneficiaries together, which gave them an opportunity to know each other and SOAR in different ways.