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From: [email protected]
Subject: The Building of the ARS Birthing Center in Akhurian Completed
ARMENIAN RELIEF SOCIETY, INC.
Central Office
80 Bigelow Avenue
Watertown, MA 02472
Contact Person: Hamesd Beugekian
Tel: 617-926-5892
Fax: 617-926-4855
E-Mail: [email protected]
The Building of the ARS Birthing Center in Akhurian Completed
The Central Executive Board of the Armenian Relief Society is pleased to
announce the completion of its Birthing Center, adjacent to the ARS
`Mother & Child’ Health Center in Akhurian, Armenia.
Eight years ago, in 1997 to be exact, the Akhurian site was chosen by
the ARS of Eastern United States, to build a Ministry of Health
licensed, non-profit Health Center, operating entirely with the
financial support of the ARS. At its inception, the Center was meant to
serve a population of some 22,000, living in the Akhurian Region’s six
adjacent villages; today, it has expanded its reach to more than 50,000
people, covering a large area of the Shirak Marz.
Staffed with an efficient medical and support personnel of 24, the
Center operates with modern medical equipment, including Sonography and
Mammography units, and provides gynecological, pediatric pre- and
post-natal care, all free of charge to the residents of the region. With
the recent addition of the Birthing Center wing, the survival rate of
both mother and new-born infant will improve considerably, bringing the
effective care of women’s and infants’ health in the region to full
cycle.
With on-going staff training and teaching, the Center provides
professional care and training to improve the overall health awareness
in the region. The Center has worked with Centers of Learning, such as
UCLA and UMASS, United Nations agencies such as UNICEF and UNFPA,
national and international organizations such as the World Health
Organization, IRD, AMCHOR, USAID, World Vision and American
International Medical Committee.
Presently, with the cooperation of the University of Massachusetts
Medical Center’s HIV Clinic, a study in preventive measures against
sexually transmitted diseases and HIV is being conducted. The ARS-U Mass
team is proceeding with its work backed by a grant from the World AIDS
Foundation.
Construction work of the much needed Birthing Center wing — started in
Sept. 2003 — is now completed and its official opening is scheduled to
coincide with the 90th Genocide Commemoration in April, 2005, to affirm,
once more, the triumph of life over death.
Built to safeguard precious lives dependent on proper care, this new
unit adds approximately 7,200 square feet to the existing facility, at
an eventual cost of approximately $450,000 — including much needed
equipment and furnishings, still to come. The ARS Central Executive
calls upon all its supporters to donate generously in order to expedite
the successful completion of this project designed to give generations
yet to be born a healthy start in life.
December 30, 2004
Starting November 1, 2004 the ARS Inc. Office’s email addresses will
change to the following:
Central Executive Board: [email protected]
Office Manager : [email protected]
Executive Secretary : [email protected]
ARS Orphans Program : [email protected]
ARS Publications : [email protected]