The ninth cohort at Teacher Leadership Academy. Dilijan, Tavush Region, July 2023.

YEREVAN, Armenia—Teach For Armenia, a non-profit dedicated to enabling educational equity for all students in Armenia and Artsakh, is excited to share that a generous donation of $300,000 was made on behalf of Elie and Ela Akilian. Over the next three years, this contribution will specifically support Teach For Armenia’s annual Teacher Leadership Academy, a summer training program for newly-recruited Teacher-Leaders who will embark on a two-year journey teaching in public schools across our nation’s rural communities.

Teach For Armenia is also excited to share that we have secured an additional anonymous gift of $900,000 for the next three years to support our educational programs for youth across Armenia and Artsakh. We are grateful to our supporters for their trust and contribution to our collective work.

Founded by Larisa Hovannisian in 2013, Teach For Armenia is a Teacher Leadership Program based in Yerevan, Armenia. We recruit and train recent university graduates and professionals to teach in rural communities for a period of two years. Participants in our program are called Teacher-Leaders and work to cultivate leadership at every level of their school communities. After their time in the classroom, Teacher-Leaders become Alumni-Ambassadors who continue to advocate for education across sectors and at every level of leadership. Currently, Teach For Armenia places 175 Teacher-Leaders in every region of Armenia, as well as Artsakh. We reach over 30,000 students and have a network of 240 Alumni-Ambassadors.