Armenian Women's Welfare Association

Established in 1915, the Armenian Women's Welfare Association (awwa) is a non-profit membership organization which is the sole corporate member of the Armenian nursing and rehabilitation center (anrc), an 83-bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation center, located in the jamaica plain neighborhood of boston. It has achieved an overall high quality rating from the centers for medicare and medicaid services (cms) for many years. It also fully sponsors the hanganak elder care program and clinic, a nongovernmental organization ("ngo") in stepanakert and askeran, republic of artsakh. The program provides medicine and social services, and food and fuel support, as well as visiting nurse services for non-ambulatory individuals. This program assists over 300 elderly people living alone in the region of artsakh. The effort to reach the neediest individuals continues despite the azerbaijan-artsakh war in the region.