US EMBASSY EXTENDING MOBILITY AND HOPE TO ARMENIA’S DISABLED

YEREVAN, JUNE 7. ARMINFO. On June 07, John Evans, US Ambassador to
Armenia, participated in a wheelchair distribution event held in one
of Yerevan’s amusement parks, reports the press service of US Embassy
in Armenia.

The event was organized by Counterpart International, one of the major
U.S. Government-funded humanitarian assistance program implementers in
Armenia and is the first in a series of similar distributions to be
conducted throughout Armenia’s marzes, as a result of which as many as
500 disabled persons will receive much needed wheelchairs which are
unaffordable for most of them.

The wheelchairs are a donation from the Latter-Days Charities in
cooperation with the Wheelchair Foundation of America and have
presented as a gift to Armenia’s disabled whose access has been
complicated due to a general shortage of wheelchairs available to
them. Today 50 of Yerevan’s disabled citizens received brand new,
state-of-the-art wheelchairs.

In the course of its activity aimed at providing assistance to the
disabled in Armenia, Counterpart International closely cooperated with
local NGOs who helped compiling and verifying the lists of eligible
persons most of whom have a first-category physical disability. The
NGOs have also been providing significant logistical support in
organizing this event.

The activities of Latter-Day Saints Charities in Armenia, which began
in January 1988, have been focused on three main areas of social
sector: education, promotion of good health practices, as well as
strengthening of family values and emotional well being of
individuals, families, communities and institutions in Armenia.