As part of my various tasks as a SEAD Volunteer, I helped develop micro-credit businesses. I traveled to the homes of rug maker, cake bakers, and bread makers. All the people I met I tried to help, with advise and education in western ways of...
While working as a SEAD Volunteer, I helped Seda make and market her product unlevan lavash bread. I would travel to her mountian village, Ayagabts, Armenia, to work with her. I managed a micro-credit loan program as well during my time at my site...
As a small business consultant (SEAD) I was advising this village women Seda, on how to sell her product, lavash bread. I witnessed her bake 100 lavash at a time in a wood fired ceramic pit in the mountain village of Aygabats, Armenia. It was...
Proshaberd a fortress that crowns a rocky peak near Spitakavor, a monastery in Armenia. Arman drove my mother to the site, while my brother and good friend hiked the road. They all came to visit my in May, 2011.
Loud duduk heavy music lifts everyone from their elbow-to-elbow packed benches to dance arms raised and with light feet. The women are tired and want to go home. This is a scene all too familiar in Armenia.
Vardges and Takuhi live in the mountains above Yeghegnadzor, Armenia from May to October to bring their cows, sheep and bees to greener pastures. They live in the village Gladzor the remaining months.
Rows of black pointy shoes are polished for display at the Sunday market in Martuni, Armenia. This is the typical Armenian man's shoe, and is worn in every situation, from working cows in the mountains to an Armenian governmental office.