Topic: City of Smile

YEREVAN — According to the World Health Organization, annually about 400,000 children up to 19 years old develop cancer. In Armenia each year approximately 8,500 people are diagnosed with cancer, and 80-100 of them are children. Recently[...]

NOTE: Event starts at 2 PM (not 3 PM as in[...]

WATERTOWN — The City of Smile pediatric cancer hospital mimics St. Jude’s Hospital in Memphis, TN, where all children are treated free of charge. Every year  approximately a 100 children in Armenia are diagnosed with cancer.[...]

YEREVAN – Yerevan’s Center of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology of Armenia, the sole center for treatment of cancer for children in Armenia and Artsakh, continues its work under difficult conditions after the Artsakh war and the[...]

BELMONT, Mass. — In early June, Liana Seraderian, 9, a third grader at St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School in Watertown, had the idea to set up a lemonade stand over the summer and raise funds to help children with cancer. Her[...]

MEMPHIS and LOS ANGELES (Combined Sources) — Anna Hakobyan, the wife of Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, concluded her tour of the US, during which she focused on raising funds for the treatment of cancer-stricken children in[...]

YEREVAN/BOSTON — There is nothing more heartrending than the sight of children suffering. One of the plagues children face everywhere is cancer. In Armenia, their affliction is made worse due to the lack of resources that are more[...]