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June 17 2011

Boston grandmas sew quilts for Armenian children

June 17, 2011 | 03:00

Several old women from Boston’s quilting club have spent the last few
months creating colorful covers for kindergartners who live in
Armenia.

`Over the winter, they decided to turn their efforts toward a new
kindergarten in Hnaberd, a remote village in the Republic of Armenia,’
the Boston Globe writes.

`The amazing part of it is not a one of them is an Armenian. This
transcends different nationalities because people just want to help,’
the newspaper quotes Richard Boyajian, a retired barber from Quincy
whose nonprofit foundation helps communities in Armenia.

Boyajian and others created a kindergarten partly to help parents in
Hnaberd, an agrarian village, earn more money working in the fields.

Richard Boyajian, 71, created the Boyajian Memorial Foundation in
memory of his brother, Nish, who died of cancer in 1995. He has helped
raise money for playgrounds, scholarships, health education programs
and other services for Armenians, especially those in rural areas of
the country

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress