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[Ayo!] A Surprise Just in Time for Christmas

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FAR’s crowdfunding platform Ayo! has completed another successful project, bringing smiles to the faces of 600 schoolchildren in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Gifts to Schoolchildren project started back in November at six different elementary schools in Yerevan when the kids at Ayb, Aregnazan, Leo Tolstoy N128, H. Kojoyan, Macsedan and M. Mashtots N2, generously filled 600 shoeboxes with small toys, candy, hats and gloves, and most importantly a personal letter to their peers in Karabakh`s Hadrut Region. The giftboxes were distributed just in time for Armenian Christmas on January 5th.

The project not only enabled kids in Yerevan to have the opportunity to participate in a giving initiative just in time for the holidays, but they also gave some lucky children in Karabakh a very merry Christmas. The shoebox packages are just the start of what Ayo! hopes will be an exchange that both children in Yerevan and Karabakh can benefit from for years to come. The first success was for them to be able to engage with one another, expand their horizons and learn about each other as well.

“Children in the villages learned that there are people out there who care for them. It was heartwarming,” said Ayo! Project Manager Jemma Safaryan who was present during distribution.

Most of the Yerevan children who come from families with more resources while their counterparts in Karabakh have much less. They will continue to keep in touch via email, Facebook or other social media outlets they may have access to, and both sides will be able to learn more and more about each others` lives.

See more of the excitement in the Ayo! team`s latest video.

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