ՊատմություններStories
Every number has a name: here are two
Since 2000, Orran has helped more than 40,000 children and elders. Statistics make the case; people make it real. Two of them, told plainly: where they started, and where they are now.
Sargis · came to Orran at 12 · Yerevan
ԱռաջինChapter one
He arrived shy, holding a friend’s sleeve, and now runs a kitchen of seven
Sargis came to Orran at twelve, brought along by a friend from his block. He was quiet at first. The pottery class drew him out, and a summer camp put him in front of a stove for the first time. He decided, then, that he would cook.
Today he is head chef at a Yerevan restaurant, running a kitchen of seven. He is married to Masha, and they have two daughters, one two years old and the other three months old. He came back to Orran once more as the guest speaker at its annual banquet.
Today · head chef, Yerevan · a kitchen of seven
Manuk · came to Orran at 10
ԵրկրորդChapter two
He started at a woodwork bench and now performs on stages that travel the world
Manuk, who lives with a disability, came to Orran at ten from a single-parent family. He took to the woodwork shop first, where he was the one the other children watched. In 2015, with Orran behind him, he joined a mime and dance theatre.
He tours internationally and represents Armenia in “The Argonauts,” a production with the Candoco Dance Company, performing on stages far from the bench where he started.
Today · touring in “The Argonauts” · Candoco Dance Company
ՀաջորդըThe next one
40,000+
Children and elders helped since 2000
Sargis and Manuk are two names among more than 40,000
The next story starts the way every one of these did: a child, a warm room, a meal, and someone who stayed. You can be the reason it starts.
$1 feeds a child for a day · tax-deductible