Several old women from Boston’s quilting club have spent the last few months creating colorful covers for kindergartners who live in Armenia.

“Over the winter, they decided to turn their efforts toward a new kindergarten in Hnaberd, a remote village in the Republic of Armenia,” the Boston Globe writes.

“The amazing part of it is not a one of them is an Armenian. This transcends different nationalities because people just want to help,” the newspaper quotes Richard Boyajian, a retired barber from Quincy whose nonprofit foundation helps communities in Armenia.

Boyajian and others created a kindergarten partly to help parents in Hnaberd, an agrarian village, earn more money working in the fields.

Richard Boyajian, 71, created the Boyajian Memorial Foundation in memory of his brother, Nish, who died of cancer in 1995. He has helped raise money for playgrounds, scholarships, health education programs and other services for Armenians, especially those in rural areas of the country