օրրանor·ran — noun · Armenian for “haven; cradle”
Creating pathways from poverty to possibility
Let’s guide Armenia’s children toward brighter futures, protect the vulnerable, and uplift communities in crisis.
$1 feeds a child for a day
ԽնդիրըThe problem
64%
of children in Armenia lack two or more basic needs. In rural regions, 82%.
Food, housing, schooling, care. Orran exists for the children behind these numbers: the ones who would otherwise spend their days begging instead of learning.
Source: UNICEF Armenia, N-MODA study, 2016
ՀավատամքWhat we believe
No child learns hungry
So every Orran day begins with a hot meal. The tutors, the potters’ wheels, the psychologists, and the robotics kits come after. Not charity from above, but a second home: the same tables, five days a week, for as many years as a child needs them.
ՈւղինWhat your gift sets in motion
01
A door opens
Schools, neighbors, and social workers refer families in crisis. A place at the center is free, always.
02
Days find a rhythm
Five days a week: a hot meal, homework with professional teachers, arts, counseling. Elders collect a food basket to take home each week.
03
A trade, then a wage
Apprenticeships with craftsmen turn teenagers into earners. 300+ graduates now make a living from those skills.
ԱպացույցThe record
Figures published by Orran · audited annually · EIN 95-4841165 · See the financials
ԾրագրերPrograms
One roof, four kinds of care
Nutrition
5 days a weekHot meals for every child; weekly food baskets for elders.
Education
Every school dayHomework supervision and tutoring by professional teachers.
Arts & apprenticeships
300+ graduatesPottery, woodwork, sewing, dance, and paid trades learned beside craftsmen.
Crisis support
3,000+ assistedCounseling, clothing, and emergency aid for families, including those displaced from Artsakh.
Հաջորդ գլուխըThe next chapter
Pottery, woodwork, Python
In 2024, Orran opened a computer and robotics workshop beside the potters’ wheels. The Orran AI Fund grows it into a full AI-literacy track, for the children Armenia’s tech boom would otherwise leave behind.
A tech job in Yerevan pays 3–5× the national average salary.
Explore the AI Fund
Manuk · came to Orran at 10 · Yerevan
Մեկ պատմությունOne story
He came for the hot meals and stayed for the workshops
Manuk, who lives with a disability, grew up with his mother, brother, and sister in dire conditions, and started coming to Orran at ten. The workshops came first. Then, in 2015, Orran helped him join a mime and dance theatre group. He now tours the world with his company, representing Armenia on international stages.
ՍկիզբըThe beginning
It began with sixteen children in a rented room
In April 2000, Armine and Raffi Hovannisian could no longer walk past the children begging on Yerevan’s streets. They rented a small space downtown and set a table. Within six months, forty children and twenty-six elders were eating there. Twenty-six years later, Orran runs two centers and has changed more than 40,000 lives.
- US 501(c)(3) · EIN 95-4841165
- Audited annually · financials published
- Yerevan (est. 2000) · Vanadzor (est. 2009)
ՆորություններLatest news
What is happening at the haven
ՆվիրիրGive
A dollar a day is a child’s meals
Orran’s math is simple: $1 covers one child’s hot meals for one day. How many days will you give?
$100 = 100 days of hot meals for one child.
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