On November 14, 2009 employees of Fuller Center for Housing Armenia, Tufenkian Foundation, Hye Dzmer Pap Charitable Foundation as well as Armenian General Benevolent Union’s Young Professionals joined their forces to eliminate poverty in Armenia by joining Karapetyan family in the village of Geghard of Kotayk marz and helping them to build their house.
About 19 years Senik and Karine Karapetyans with their 4 children were forced to move from place to place having no permanent place to live, struggling against winter cold, daily fighting for their children’s health and praying for the next day is not that harsh. Just a year ago the family could not even imagine that soon will have their own home, that their children will also wake up under a safe roof, and that the Christmas of 2010 will become a celebration of realization of their dream.
In December 2005 with the funds provided by Tufenkian Foun
dation and HyeDzmer Pap Foundation the family obtained a piece of land where to build a house, further VivaCell-MTS and Tufenkian foundation provided funds to build foundations and walls, and now with the non-interest loan provided by Fuller Center for Housing Armenia the family is close to realize their dream of so many years.
Charity is not generosity, but it’s everyone’s duty”. These words of Mother Tereza united all the donors and volunteers to support and land a helping hand to this kind of families to save them from extreme poverty and give them a chance to become a full right member of our society.