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In 1993, the Knights and Daughters of Vartan, Inc. initiated to financially assist the public schools in the Republic of Armenia. It was known as the “Adopt A School Project”. (AASP) During those early years of independence, the Republic of Armenia did not have the resources to adequately fund the needs of its public school system. With inadequate teacher salaries, deteriorated conditions of school facilities and lack of school supplies, helping schools in Armenia was a very worthwhile endeavor for the Knights and Daughters of Vartan.                                

In 1998, the Knights of Vartan contacted the Armenian Social Investment Fund (ASIF) of the World Bank, which designated funds for school rehabilitation and water projects throughout the communities of Armenia. The World Bank program now matches each dollar raised by the community with nine (19) additional dollars toward a specific project, through the ASIF. Each community or school must generate a nominal 5% contribution. The Knights and Daughters of Vartan Armenian Schools Support Project (ASSP) World Bank ASIF 95/5 Program was established and helps meet the 5% Community Contribution requirement for the ASIF Program (after several successful years of a 90/10 program). The Knights and Daughters of Vartan have transferred over $2,300,000 which through ASIF generated over $25 million in the support of the new construction or the renovation of 217 school projects throughout Armenia, benefiting more than 97,000 students.​

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Knights and Daughters of Vartan

The Knights of Vartan is an Armenian fraternal service organization established by twelve visionary men in 1916 to encourage its members to assume leadership roles in cultural, educational, religious, and charitable organizations and activities on the local, national and international level for the betterment of the Armenian nation worldwide.

The Daughters of Vartan was established in 1933 as an organization of women of Christian morality and good conduct who are committed to building the intellectual development of Armenian women, cultivating nobility of character, perpetuating their cultural heritage, preserving the Armenian language, and safeguarding the sanctity of the Armenian home and its ethnic values.

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