Expand Armenia's First Inclusive Bakery!

Expand Armenia's First Inclusive Bakery!

From Sarah Stites

Aregak Bakery is the 1st cafe in Armenia to intentionally employ young adults with special needs and moms of kids with disabilities! We want to purchase a new bread oven so we can expand our social enterprise's impact.

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Update #3

almost 2 years ago

Anahit, our chief baker, and Hovo, one of our waiters :)

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Aregak is one of the most joyful places in Gyumri! In addition to changing stereotypes surrounding people with special needs, the bakery provides work for fifteen people. Five of them have family members with disabilities and four have disabilities themselves. We're changing the stigma in Gyumri that says people with special needs can't have fulfilling lives and work!

Thanks to your support and the assistance of the European Union, we just completed our cellar renovation. We can use the new space for a number of different purposes, including training, baking, storage, office work and rest. 

By reaching our goal of $3500, we can purchase a special bread oven which will enable us to train more young people, bake higher quality bread and serve Gyumri better! Thank you for your support!

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Sarah Stites posted a new update:
almost 2 years ago

Update #3

Anahit, our chief baker, and Hovo, one of our waiters :)

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Sarah Stites posted a new update:
almost 2 years ago

Update #2

Thank you to all of you for contributing to our cellar renovation and purchase of a new oven! Today, I got to watch our staff working with it (and try the bread). It has really revolutionized our processes. We have more room to work, we produce higher quality bread and soon we will be able to begin training others. Thank YOU!

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Sarah Stites posted a new update:
over 2 years ago

Update #1

Our construction work is well underway. The project is not yet fully funded, but we're making good progress. Thank you for your support!

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