Stranded Luys Applicants Find Relief Through My Step Foundation

Anna Hakobyan, the wife of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, announced at a press conference on August 7 that her My Step Foundation has been able to secure $517,000 in donations to help fund 2018-2019 academic year tuition expenses for 18 Armenian students who had previously applied for scholarships from the Luys Foundation, as well as 4 others.

The Armenian Weekly previously reported on the difficult situation that three of these students, with admission offers to the top universities in the world, found themselves in when the Luys Foundation announced in May that they would not be accepting new applicants for the coming academic year. Following the Velvet Revolution, the Luys Foundation, chaired in a personal capacity by former President Serj Sargsyan, put its program under review. Applicants had been counting on it to cover up to 75% of their expenses.