What is COAF? COAF is a nonprofit organization Works with community members to lower poverty in villages, with a focus on children Founded 2000: focus on education, health, social, and economic growth Work in the Armavir Marz (region) specifically in Baghramyan Region consisting of 15 rural communities with roughly 20,000 people
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The Road to Health: Children of Armenia Fund Overview Common
health conditions in villages Intervention, Prevention, &
Treatment Hopes for the future Miscellaneous What is COAF? COAF is
a nonprofit organization Works with community members to lower
poverty in villages, with a focus on children Founded 2000: focus
on education, health, social, and economic growth Work in the
Armavir Marz (region) specifically in Baghramyan Region consisting
of 15 rural communities with roughly 20,000 people My Experience
with COAF Worked in 5 COAF villages: Karakert, Dalarik, Lernagog,
Miasnikyan, and Shenik Helped with the English camps and designated
COAF- Summer Camps for ages 6-17 Created activities and presented
to the children about dental/personal hygiene, nutrition, exercise,
and anti- smoking Common Health Conditions Dental Decay
Malnutrition Water/Sanitation Soil-transmitted helminths Lice
Anemia Risky Behaviors (i.e. smoking, alcohol) Today were going to
focus on 3 main conditions Malnutrition What is malnutrition?
Adolescents have unhealthy habits that can be difficult to break
Availability of healthy foods in schools Culture of food Parental
Influence Dental Decay Common for all children, especially 6-9 year
olds Dental clinics (2 for 15 villages) Sugar content of food
Access to water Taboos of brushing teeth/Parental Influence
Sanitation/Water Run down schools, homes, stores Running and
functional toilets/sinks Many of the villages do not have clean
drinking water at home or in the schools Water only certain times
of the day to take showers, wash up or do laundry No culture of
bringing water from home to school- sometimes dont drink all day at
school COAFs main goal is to find effective mechanisms to ensure
sustainability of their health programs Accessibility and
affordability of health care Work with many other organizations to
help with the health care, home and work conditions, and much more
Intervention, Prevention, & Treatment Hopes for the Future For
the villages to be able to use these interventions and education
that COAF and their supporting organizations have carried out to
sustain their villages Have the children use all their potential to
do well for themselves, and give back to their homes and help it
thrive
