“Image Of Hope” With Charity Mission
Azat Artsakh – Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR)
23 March 05
Since 2000 at the Stepanakert Center of Orthopedic Prosthetics within
the framework of the joint program implemented together with the
NKR Ministry of Social Security twice a year (in autumn and spring)
the German charity organization “Image of Hope” delivers humanitarian
aid, clothes and food, for the parentless children in NKR. Several
days ago a new consignment of humanitarian aid was delivered to
the center. The director of the center of prosthetics Levon Babayan
said the aid will be distributed among 71 parentless children under
18 living in Karabakh the list of which was made by the Ministry of
Social Security. According to the representative of “Image of Hope”
in Armenia Vigen Aghanikian, twice a year the charity provides
humanitarian aids to 150 sole pensioners on the list provided by
the relevant ministry in Karabakh. Besides, “Image of Hope” carried
out other charity programs at the center of orthopedic prosthetics:
material was supplied for prosthesis, for three years the specialists
in Karabakh have been retrained in Yerevan, etc. “We hope this year the
director of the organization will visit Karabakh and will discuss with
the Ministry of Social Security the question of prolongation of this
program,” said V. Aghanikian. The NKR minister of social security
Lenston Ghulian said the program produced goods results. According
to him, among the 71 children there are also begging and homeless
children. “On the state means single-room flats will be bought for
those parentless and homeless children who will become 18 this year. By
now 7 such children have been registered, 5 in Stepanakert and 2 in
the regions,” said Lenston Ghulian adding that since January 1 of
the current year the benefit of parentless children has increased
to 20 thousand drams. In the framework of the joint program of the
Ministry of Social Security and “Karabakh Telecom” once in three
months parentless children receive 10 thousand drams. Besides, there
are privileges for these children in education.
NVARD OHANJANIAN. 23-03-2005