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Our 7th Chapter - Yerevan - was launched in March 2010 and is our first Chapter abroad! You will see some familar faces, as several Board members have been volunteering with SOAR since our inception. We are extremely happy that they are willing to take on additional responsibilities, and we also welcome the newcomers to the SOAR family. Although SOAR is officially registered as a non-profit organization in Armenia, we felt it critical to have a formal fundraising presence where our target population is. Their contact information will be available soon - stay tuned!
 Davit Avanesyan
Davit Avanesyan attended Khachik Dashtents School between 1993 and 2003. He is currently a third-year student in the Department of Management at the State Institute of Economy. Davit is fluent in Armenian and English.
 Armine Baghdasaryan
I'm Armine Baghdasaryan. I'm an Armenian Hard of Hearing Artist. Thanks to God that gave me this gift. Art gives me meaning for my life. It helps me to express my emotions. When I finish the artwork I feel that my soul calm down as the sea after storm. Painting helps me to overcome the feel of my loneliness. I feel happy after the finish of my new artwork. I know that I can be happy not myself but can make happy people who look at my artworks. Truly I know that the reason of people's the perfect words for my artworks. Art helps me to make plans for my future. Sometimes I feel tired myself to wait for good things and pray to God to open any door for me. I created drawings about human, especially woman psychological situations and feelings. My hearing disabilities affect my art works, in my silent world I am emotional and I see such colors in my internal world which I would like to see in the real world.
In our life missing colors, which with their diverse could make our life beautiful. The hero of my art works live in colored world. Their faces, bodies are surrounded with wonderful colorful symbols. They are in the created dreams world of theirs. They live in transformed the world where dominates Hope, Belief and Love. I creates a dream-like world through my expressing the internal and external fantasies. Sometimes there was hopeless moment when I was tired waiting for good things and pray to God for open a door for me. My art has transformed me by helping of God. I live in colored world in my created dreams. I can to make glad people who look at my colored world. The heros of my art works are live in silent wonderful world where she's. I feel unique herself. Now I study in Art Design "ROSLIN" Institute. I dream become famous Artist and Fashion Designer. I hope that all my dreams will come true…
 Siranoush Hovhannisyan
Siranoush Hovhannisyan is an Armenian citizen, living in Yerevan. She has a degree in English and is a self employed interpreter, tour guide, and facilitator. She has been engaged as an interpreter and local consultant on many public administration reform projects in Armenia, mainly funded by the Government of the United Kingdom. The projects included the reorganization of the President's Office, the National Assembly, the Prime Minister's Office, and the Civil Service. She has a particular interest in the children in the orphanages of Armenia.
 Edgar Jerejyan
Edgar Jerejyan receved his degree in Economics from Yerevan State University in 2005 and is currently employed by Limetech Ltd. as a sales manager. He is single and is excited to be part of the SOAR family, working for orphanged children in his home country.
 Sosy Kevonian
I was born in Damascus, Syria. I received my education in my birthplace at the Franciscaine’s nun’s French school for girls. Due to political upheavals in the region, I immigrated with my family to Beirut, Lebanon while still a teenager. I continued my education there and obtained a diploma in child education from the Mission Culturelle Francaise, to become a French language teacher, which I practiced for three years in a Lebanese elementary school. I eventually married and had two children. After a few years, I emigrated from Lebanon and found refuge with my family in Barcelona, Spain, where I spent a year. Because of the disturbances during Franco’s demise, I was obliged to leave the country and opted to go to California with my two children. After the birth of my third child, I obtained an AA degree in interior design and practiced that profession for fifteen years. Later, my ongoing interest in social and family issues, prompted me to pursue a BA degree in sociology and a master’s degree in social work. Free lance social work and publication of books are among my current endeavors.
 Mary Pahutyan
Mari Pahutyan received her degree in Physics from Yerevan State University in 1968 and has been a teacher at School No. 10 since 1996. She is fluent in Armenian, Russian, and French and is the founder of a non-governmental organization for deaf and hard of hearing youth. She is married with two daughters and currently resides in Yerevan. She and her daughter, Armine, are excited to be part of the SOAR family.
 Marine Petrosyan
Marine Petrosyan graduated from the Armenian State University of Economy in 2005 and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Economics. She is working in Real Estate Cadastre State Committee of RA. She is interested in international trade relations research and is excited to be starting a new chapter of her life with SOAR.
Karin Sahakian
 Moses V. Sahakian, M.B.A./M.I.M.
Moses V. Sahakian was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in international business from Woodbury University in 1978 and a Master's Degree in International Management (M.I.M) in 1979 from the American Graduate School of International Business. In 1980, he earned an M.B.A. from the Breech School of Business at Drury College in 1980. Moses has served as an Account Executive for Royal Business Machines and as the Vice-President of Marketing of Peclar Corporation. Since 2002, he has served as the Chief Operating Office of Bedian International, currently living in Stepanakert. He is responsible for running the operations in Armenia and Karabagh.
 Madeleine Tashjian, Ph.D., RN.
Madeleine Tashjian has a Master's Degree in Health Psychology, a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, and is currently the Director of Molibdeni Ashkhar in Dastagert. Between 2000 and 2007 she served as a consultant with Analysis Research and Planning for Armenia, an instructional program for eighth grade students in 53 public schools throughout Armenia. The aim of this program was to promote healthy lifestyle among adolescents and educate them about the risks associated with: smoking, alcohol consumption, drug abuse, HIV/AIDS, and sexually transmitted diseases. She lives in Yerevan and is eager to begin working with orphaned children living in Armenia.
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