200 NEEDY PERSONS RECEIVE FREE FOOD EVERY DAY FROM HRAZDAN CHARITABLE CANTEEN SPONSORED BY AGBU AND MOTHER SEE OF HOLY ECHMIADZIN
Noyan Tapan
May 31 2006
HRAZDAN, MAY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. A charitable canteen sponsored by the
Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) has been functioning in
Hrazdan for a year.
It opened on the initiative and with the assistance of the Mother
See of Holy Echmiadzin. According to the canteen’s director Vazgen
Hovhannisian, about 200 needy persons, mainly refugees, single
pensioners, disabled persons and vulnerable families receive free food
there once a day, except Sundays. Their list is approved by Hrazdan
mayor’s office, the head of the local social security department and
chairmen of condominiums, while the food menu – by the sponsor. “This
care for the needy is a continuous one,” the canteen director assured.