N E W S

Mer Doon (“Our Home”)

This Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) was founded in Armenia in January 2005 by Julie Ashekyan from the USA. Its purpose is to provide assistance to young women who were orphans upon leaving the orphanage or foster homes when reaching the age of 18. It aims to assist them in finding meaningful employment and an independent existence. There are currently eleven young women in a new, large two-storey house with garden, in a kind of community residence in Etchmiatsin. They take care of running the household, cooking, cleaning, etc., and receive help in looking for further education, whether in university studies or in professional training. In the residence itself, they receive classes in homemaking, foreign languages, computer sciences, psychology, religion and ethics.
Mer Doon covers all expenses for food, clothing, tuition, medical needs and so forth. And in the event that a girl marries, Mer Doon also provides financial assistance. 

Muriel Mirak-Weissbach and residents of the home
watch a video on “Mer Doon”.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68Af1QRUVBI

The beautiful new home for young women
"Mer Doon" in Etchmiatzin

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