ORPHANAGES WILL BE LICENSED

Lragir.am
13 June 06

After the adoption of amendments to the law on licensing on June 13
licensing of orphanages is obligatory in Armenia. Aghvan Vardanyan,
the minister of work and social security, said there are 8 state and
6 private orphanages.

The ministry is entitled to control on maintaining the required
conditions in orphanages and record of homeless children. According
to the minister, the number of private orphanages is growing, and
the changes made to the law will enable more effective control on
orphanages as well as on the procedure of adopting.