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On November 10th, the training on Life Style Guidelines to Reduce Your Risk of Brain Decline and Improve Your Brain Health was held within the frame of the Brain Health Armenia Project implemented by the Alzheimer’s Care Armenia. Dr. Jane Mahakian, the founder and president of the Alzheimer’s Care Armenia,>>>>>

On October 31st, Hanganak monthly coordination meeting took place. In recent months, nurses and social workers submitted their monthly reports to the program coordinator Lina Grigoryan on their duty days. Recent financial problems have negatively affected routine work of the organization, and coordination meetings have been postponed for a while.>>>>>

On October 29, a regular AWWA/Hanganak NGO Task Force meeting was held via Zoom. The meeting was chaired by Margaret Kiladjian, an AWWA Board member. The participants of the meeting were JoAnn Janjigian, an AWWA Board member, Nancy Barsamian, responsible for clinical part of the Elderly Project, and Gohar Hovhannisyan,>>>>>

As we informed in previous reports, international organizations provided emergency food to the beneficiaries. This distribution was delivered to Askeran beneficiaries only in October, and it was followed by the monthly food provision of October as the financial assistance from the Armenian Women’s Welfare Association (AWWA) was already available. As>>>>>

Art therapy is widely used in psychology.  During the last few sessions, it also started to be applied to the beneficiaries of Hanganak NGO. As expected, the beneficiaries participated in those sessions with great willingness. Last Thursday was dedicated to the famous method of art therapy, Mandala Therapy. The doctor>>>>>

Hanganak has been providing food packages for October since last week. Considering that the distribution of a large amount of food provided by international organizations has just ended, it was decided to provide other foods such as chicken, eggs, butter, canned green peas to avoid a repetition. Hanganak follows the>>>>>

Hambardzum Simonyan, Health Programs Director of the FAR, is well aware of the activities of Hanganak NGO. Back in 2008, when FAR finished its large-scale project in Artsakh and closed the office, all the office furniture and equipment were distributed to local organizations. At the time, that was a big>>>>>

The regular psychological session scheduled for September 15th took place, but not as planned. The aggression unleashed by Azerbaijan was the main reason for the anxiety of the participants, so the painting course was postponed and the current political situation was discussed instead. A week later, on September 22nd, a>>>>>