CINF is currently preparing to send its first Italian artisans to Artsakh to open vocational courses at the Stepanakert Technical School. The first courses offered will include woodworking, tailoring, cooking, and hairdressing. Woodworking classes will begin in Spring 2020, to be taught by Armando Coradazzi. $30,000 of woodworking equipment, donated by Armando, will be shipped […]

On June 3rd 2019, CINF’s annual summer course program launched in Artsakh for its third year. In addition to English and Philosophy courses also held in 2018, Italian language courses were added, to help the Artsakhtsi prepare for our upcoming vocational courses lead by Veneto artisans. CINF initially planned to offer 18 courses in these […]

As of April 4th, 2019 CINF is legally registered as an NGO in the Republic in Artsakh. Our new NGO status promises greater collaboration with Artsakh to bring CINF educational programs to their communities.

CINF Returns to Artsakh, March 2019 This month, the Christians In Need Foundation (CINF) representatives made their annual spring trip to Armenia and Artsakh. CINF President, Rita Mahdessian, Vice President, Siobhan Nash-Marshall, and Advisory Board Member, Antonia Arslan were joined this year by seven Italian guests. Guests included representatives from the Veneto Chamber of Commerce, […]

CINF Returns to Artsakh, March 2019 This month, representatives of the Christians In Need Foundation (CINF) returned to Armenia and Artsakh, to the joy of students and friends, for a week-long visit. CINF President, Rita Mahdessian, Vice President, Siobhan Nash-Marshall, and Advisory Board Member, Antonia Arslan arrived in Stepanakert for their annual spring trip in […]

Continuing the tour of her new book, The Sins of the Fathers: Turkish Denialism and the Armenian Genocide, Dr. Siobhan Nash-Marshall gave presentations on January 31st and February 1st in Glendale and Pasadena, respectively. The presentations were arranged by the Christians In Need Foundation (CINF), the Ararat Foundation, Abril Bookstore, and the Armenian Cilicia Evangelical […]

October 2018 On October 23, 2018, CINF Board members Siobhan Nash-Marshall and Antonia Arslan arrived in Artsakh for a whirlwind three-day visit of celebration, new beginnings, hope and joy. The trip was part of Dr. Nash-Marshall’s tour of Armenia to announce the publication of the Armenian translation of her newest book, The Sins of the […]

In August, CINF donated $1,500 to Syrian-Christian refugees from the village of Um Sharshouh Village. Um Sharshouh is located on the Orontes river amid many non-Christian villages, putting the villagers, mostly farmers and some low-income employees, in great danger during the Syria crisis. In 2013 the village was bombed by more than 300 shells and […]

By CINF Executive Director, Stephanie Havens On July 20th, the Christians in Need Foundation (CINF) wrapped up its English and Philosophy courses at Mesrob Mashtots University in Stepanakert, Artsakh. By the end of classes, more than 200 students attended from across the country. There were many bright and promising youth in these courses, full of […]