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Support Our Heroes

Humanitarian aid for the displaced families of veterans of Artsakh. They need our help now.

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Our Story

We are a group of Armenia and diaspora-based volunteers, with a mission to support Armenian Artsakh — including its native population displaced during wars, as well as the veteran servicemen and women and their families.

Our projects are manifold and span multiple geographic areas of Artsakh. We are non-denominational, and are not affiliated with any government or political group or party.

Support Our Heroes NGO is an Armenia-based and registered non-profit charitable organization, and SOH-US is registered in the USA as a non-profit organization with 501(c)(3) tax-deductible status (Tax ID# 87-4139569).

Our Pledge

We pledge to you that every dollar of your donation will go directly towards the realization of our projects. All travel, lodging, communications, website, accounting, legal and other administrative expenses are 100% financed by our coordination group of volunteers.

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Our Leadership

Vicken Arabian

President & Co-founder

An engineer, construction manager and information technologist, and a graduate of California State Polytechnic University and UC Berkeley. Since the 1990s, as a volunteer activist and co-founder of various charitable organizations, Vicken has spearheaded and managed numerous strategic humanitarian projects in Artsakh — improving the serving and living conditions of the men and women of the Armenian armed forces, and leading repatriation projects from the southern Arax river valley to the northern Karvajar region.

Hratch Simonian

Co-founder

An entrepreneur and graduate of the French University Saint Joseph of Lebanon with a bachelor's degree in economics and business administration. An activist who has spearheaded many charitable and cultural organizations — chairman or board member of Hamazkayin, ERFA (Earthquake Relief Fund for Armenia), Armenia Fund of Western USA and others. Since 1989, his attention has been directed toward building a strong and sovereign Armenian state.

Minas Arabyan

Co-founder

A lawyer, sociologist and retired police colonel, and a graduate of Yerevan State University and the Police Academy of Armenia. He has held a number of responsible positions in several law enforcement agencies in Armenia, and presently serves as the legal and security director of a CJSC.

Alain Krakirian

Board Member

A strategic consultant in the retail and ecommerce industry, specializing in forecasting and inventory optimization, with executive roles at several large US retailers. Alain holds a BS in Finance from the University of La Verne and an MBA from Pepperdine, and has supported charitable organizations advancing education and culture across the Armenian community, including Artsakh.

Edgar Akopyan

Board Member

A mortgage broker specializing in residential lending and real estate, with a BS in Business Administration, Finance & Real Estate from California State University, Northridge. Since the founding of Support Our Heroes NGO in 2016, Edgar has been involved in fundraising and implementing the organization's programs and projects.

Anna Gevorgyan

Board Member

Holds an MS in sociology from Yerevan State University. For more than 15 years her expertise has spanned entrepreneurship and the executive management of a high-tech incubator and technopark, alongside active membership in many charitable programs — including projects initiated by Support Our Heroes NGO since 2016.

Raffi Garibian

Board Member

An aerotechnics engineer who ran an electronics company in Geneva, Switzerland for more than 45 years. His first contact with Armenia came after the 1988 earthquake, on a humanitarian mission funded by the Swiss community. In 2018 he moved to Armenia, and in 2020, during the 44-day war, he transported medical supplies to Artsakh as an SOH volunteer.