{"id":11056,"date":"2022-02-21T15:11:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T20:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/?p=11056"},"modified":"2022-02-21T15:11:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T20:11:16","slug":"project-agape-humanitarian-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/2022\/02\/project-agape-humanitarian-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Agape Humanitarian Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/02\/in-lifting-others-660x495.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11061\" width=\"462\" height=\"346\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Project Agape Humanitarian Aid<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the last war between Armenia and Azerbaijan ended in December 2020, Project Agape abandoned their headquarters in Berdzor and moved to Vayk in Armenia. 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