Members of the Union of Pasture Users of Harzhis Consumers Cooperative, in association with CARMAC, are working toward high animal productivity to increase their income and foster community development.
Irina Dallaqyan, a 37-year-old widow, lives in Spitak, Lori region of Armenia with her three sons. After an earthquake destroyed the family's home, Irina joined a Heifer Armenia project and began raising pigs.
YES! Youth Clubs presented their projects and activities at the 10th Armenia Rural Youth Parliament General Assembly in Tsakhkadzor on April 26-27, 2013.
The Beglaryan family returned to Shikahogh, Armenia, after many years away from their native village and received a pregnant heifer from a neighbor. Once they never dreamed they'd own a cow, and now they do, along with a belief in success and hope for a bright future.
The Voskanyan family lives in the village of Chinar, Armenia, amid daily unrest caused by the fear that Azeri snipers may at any moment break the cease-fire between Armenia and Azerbaijan and they will be shot at again. The village is located directly at the bottom of the hill from where the snipers watch the inhabitants, and there has been sniper fire over the last year. The Heifer project brought them a cow that eases some of the family's burden.
Fourteen-year-old Avetis Harutyunyan, from Verin Getashen, Armenia, received a seed grant through a Heifer project to start his garlic business. His first attempts to sell weren't successful, so he implemented a marketing plan that worked like a charm and brought big profits in his first season.
Sixteen-year-old Shushan Khachatryan of Armenia, presented a business plan and received a $100 grant to start her business through Heifer Armenia’s Young Agriculturists Network of Armenia (YANOA) project. Her business plan included a unique and innovative idea to boost her haricot, a type of bean, sales. "Everybody in the neighborhood talked about my new business approach of providing recipes to the customers," she said.
The first indicators of the Milk for Money project’s artificial insemination positive results were recorded in the village of Sarnakunq in Armenia's Syunik region, with the majority of cows delivering healthy cross-bred cows that will bring higher productivity in milk and/or meat production. Day by day, more and more farmers are convinced artificial insemination generally gives the best results to improve animal productivity.
For many years, Heifer Armenia and the Fuller Center for Housing Armenia have been striving to better the well-being of rural families.The project helped the Markosyan family renovate their old, partially destroyed house and they also received four beehives from Heifer Armenia.
Young entrepreneur Nairi Hakobyan received a seed grant through Heifer Armenia's YES! Youth Club and established a fruit tree nursery.
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