A1 Plus | 17:24:59 | 22-06-2004 | Social |

CHILDREN FALLEN INTO NEGLECT IN ARMENIA

On Tuesday, Christian Ferrin, the head of Armenian mission of Doctors
without Borders organization, speaking at a news conference in Yerevan,
voiced dissatisfaction at cooperation with Armenian authorities for
last seven year.

Ferrin said a program launched to improve child treatment in
special schools was already completed but no changes had been made
in Nubarashen and Vardashen special schools so far. Children are
being mistreated and undergone violence as before, he said. The
organization and Armenian Education Ministry was in charge of the
project implementation.

In his words, Armenian authorities said these schools were intended
for military training. It means children under age of12 years pass
military training in a clear breach of International Convention on
the Rights of the Child.

Key aim of the organization is children protection. The organization
focuses its attention also on rendering help to those families in
extreme need to prevent them from collapsing.

“Many abandoned children in orphanages have parents who are unable to
take care of them. Time has come the authorities to take responsibility
for every child not only to help them”, Ferrin said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress