WWII VETERANS WAITING FOR THEIR VOUCHERS TO TRAVEL

Panorama.am
16:32 27/06/06

While our public officials spend their vacations abroad, the veterans
of WWII are deprived of this opportunity. The ministry of employment
and social affairs has been distributing vouchers with which such
people can travel in NIS once in a year. Though summer is in its midst,
these vouchers have not reached Yerevan from Kiev. The responsible
person on elders at the minister Anahit Georgyan said that they are
waiting for the vouchers day by day. These tickets are valid for 5
years. First class disabled get them free of charge and others pay 50 %
of the cost.

This year, according to Anahit Gevorgyan, only 1000 vouchers are
ordered against 3000 last year. "There are 8-9 thousand people eligible
for this benefit in the republic. The experience shows that only 20
% use the chance since they are over 80 years old. Each year we get
less vouchers," A. Gevorgyan says.