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Armenia's first medal at the 2026 @immafed MMA youth World Championship. Bronze medal for 11 year old Sos Martirosyan. ✊🇦🇲

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Garegin Aghabalyan, President of the Armenian MMA Federation, is in Abu Dhabi with Team Armenia for the 2026 IMMAF Youth World Championships.
Four of the young Armenian fighters competing this year are from forcibly displaced Artsakh families, with Lorik Humanitarian Fund covering their participation costs.
Thank you to Garegin and the Armenian MMA Federation for the work they do to give Armenia’s young athletes opportunities to compete internationally. 🇦🇲

Stepan Shahmuradyan is Vice President of the Armenian MMA Federation and the trainer behind our fighters at Shahmuradyan Fight Club.
He is in Abu Dhabi with Team Armenia for the 2026 IMMAF Youth World Championships, coaching and guiding the young athletes representing Armenia.
A lot happens behind the scenes to get these kids to this level. We’re grateful for his work with them. 🇦🇲

Erik Hayrapetyan is only 13 years old and placed 2nd in Armenia at 40.5 kg. This week, he will represent Armenia at the 2026 IMMAF Youth World Championships in Abu Dhabi.
Erik is from a family forcibly displaced from Artsakh. Lorik Humanitarian Fund is covering his participation costs to compete in Abu Dhabi.
Wishing Erik a great tournament! 🇦🇲

Samvel Avetisyan, the current Armenian champion at 48 kg, is heading to Abu Dhabi to represent Armenia at the 2026 IMMAF Youth World Championships.
Samvel is from a family forcibly displaced from Artsakh, and Lorik Humanitarian Fund is covering his participation costs for the competition.
Good luck, Samvel! 🇦🇲

Tigran Gasparyan is the current Armenian champion in the 16–17 age group at 52.2 kg and will represent Armenia at the 2026 IMMAF Youth World Championships in Abu Dhabi.
Tigran is from a family forcibly displaced from Artsakh. Lorik Humanitarian Fund is covering his participation costs for the championship.
Good luck to Tigran and Team Armenia! 🇦🇲

Karen Arzumanyan will be representing Armenian at the MMA youth championship in Abu Dhabi this week. He is 17 years old and forcibly displaced from Artsakh.

Lorik Humanitarian Fund is supporting the participation of 4 athletes from Artsakh, thank you to all our supporters.

We provided funding to build the cages, 6 months of feed, and 15 mother rabbits. Another family forcibly displaced from Artsakh empowered thanks to your support. Follow and contribute Lorik Humanitarian Fund #artsakh #armenia

A fruit dehydrator and a few essential tools can make a life-changing difference.

Thanks to our donors, Lorik Humanitarian Fund helped a forcibly displaced family from Artsakh start a dried fruit business in Armenia.

Every small business grant helps a family earn a sustainable income and rebuild with dignity.
Learn more at LorikHF.org.

Lorik Humanitarian Fund's "Aznavour Saghyan" scholarship helped over 100 students this academic year. Over $60,000 was distributed to students forcibly displaced from Artsakh, covering either half year or full years tuition. Aznavour Saghyan gave his life protecting the city of Martuni, Artsakh from the invading azeri's on September 19, 2023. Thank you to all who support and honor his memory.

With the support of our donors, Lorik Humanitarian Fund provided this family with chickens, roosters, and supplies to help them build a sustainable source of income. Small business grants give forcibly displaced families from Artsakh the opportunity to support themselves with dignity. Learn more or support our work: https://LorikHF.org #Artsakh #SmallBusiness #ChickenFarm #Armenia #LorikFund #HumanitarianAid

We helped over a 100 university students this academic year. Students forcibly displaced from Artsakh that would not have been able to continue their college education. Thank you to everyone that supports Lorik Humanitarian Fund, and helped fund the "Aznavour Saghyan" Scholarship.

Inna is from Martuni, Artsakh.
Like over 100,000 other Armenians, she was forcibly displaced from her home in 2023 and is now rebuilding her life in Armavir, Armenia.
Through Lorik Humanitarian Fund’s Small Business Grant Program, we provided a 399,000 AMD (about $1,000 USD) grant to help expand her bakery with the equipment and tools she needed to grow her business.
Our goal isn’t simply to provide aid—it’s to help families regain their independence through sustainable livelihoods. A one-time investment can give a family the opportunity to support themselves with dignity for years to come.
Thank you to everyone who supports Lorik Humanitarian Fund. Your generosity is helping forcibly displaced Artsakh families rebuild their lives one business, one family, and one community at a time.
If you’d like to learn more about our work or support future grants, we’d love to have you join us.

After being forcibly displaced from Artsakh, Gevorg and his family were forced to rebuild their lives from scratch in Armenia.

He opened a small neighborhood produce store, but without proper cooling, fruits and vegetables spoiled quickly during the warmer months, cutting into the family's already limited income.

Through a Lorik Fund Small Business Grant, we funded the installation of an air conditioning system to help keep the store at the proper temperature, reducing spoilage, improving product quality, and making the business more sustainable.

It's a modest grant, but that's often all it takes to make a meaningful difference for a family working to regain its independence.

We're sharing Gevorg's story because rebuilding after displacement isn't always about large projects—sometimes it's about solving one practical problem that allows a small business to survive.

If you'd like to learn more about our work supporting forcibly displaced Artsakh families, you can visit LorikHF.org.

After the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh in 2023, thousands of Armenian families lost their homes, businesses, and sources of income.

Through a small business grant from the Lorik Humanitarian Fund, Anahit received support to purchase bakery equipment and strengthen her family’s livelihood.

Rather than providing only short-term aid, these grants help families generate their own income and work toward long-term stability and self-sufficiency.
Anahit is one of many forcibly displaced Armenians rebuilding her life in Armenia after losing everything in Artsakh.

If you’d like to learn more or support similar projects:
LorikHF.org

Following the forced displacement from Artsakh, many families are working to rebuild sustainable sources of income in Armenia.

Avo received support through Lorik Humanitarian Fund's Small Business Development Program to expand his butcher business through the acquisition of a commercial refrigerator, a rotisserie chicken machine, and improvements to the business location.

The goal is simple: help families move beyond emergency aid and create long-term economic stability through work, entrepreneurship, and self-sufficiency.

This video highlights one of the projects supported through the program.

Nelli, a student from Martuni, is one of 100 students who have received support through the Aznavour Saghyan Scholarship Fund.

Following the forced displacement from Artsakh, many students faced uncertainty about whether they would be able to continue their education.

Since launching earlier this year, the fund has provided 22,134,950 AMD (approximately $60,600 USD) in tuition assistance to displaced Artsakh students.

This short video highlights one of the students behind those numbers.

In September 2023, the entire Armenian population of Artsakh was forcibly displaced. More than 100,000 people lost their homes, livelihoods, businesses, farms, and communities.

Through the Lorik Humanitarian Fund, we've been helping families rebuild in Armenia. One of our most successful programs has been our Small Business Development Grants.

Instead of providing temporary aid, we help families restart livelihoods by funding practical business ventures such as:

• Poultry farming
• Beekeeping
• Sewing and tailoring
• Bakeries
• Beauty salons
• Mechanic services
• Guesthouses
• Small agricultural projects

Most grants range from 250,000–600,000 AMD, with an average grant of about 500,000 AMD ($1,370 USD).

We've seen firsthand how a relatively small amount can help a family generate income and regain independence.

Our goal is simple:

Fund one new family business every week.

We've just launched a dedicated fundraiser to make that possible. If you'd like to learn more about the program, see examples of funded projects, or support a family directly, you can find the fundraiser here:

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/small-business-grants-for-displaced-artsakh-familie

I'm happy to answer any questions about the program, the families we've helped, or how grant recipients are selected.