Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
Nov 10 2006

ARMENIAN SCHOOL FUND TO CONTINUE DONATING SCHOOL PROPERTY TO 333
ARMENIAN AND ARTSAKH SCHOOLS IN FUTURE

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 10, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian School charity fund
plans to continue donating school property – desks, blackboards and
other necessary things to 333 schools of Armenia and Artsakh in the
future. Levon Aharonian, Chairman of fund’s Board of Trustees, said
this at the November 10 press conference. He said that lately the
fund gave school desks intended for 9400 pupils to schools that were
in hard financial position.

In L.Aharonian’s words, the primary goal of the fund functioning
since 2003 is especially to assist Armenian and Artsakh border
schools by giving them pupils’ and teachers’ desks and chairs. "Is is
no secret what depression shabby and broken property can cause among
children entering school for the first time," the Chairman of the
fund’s Board of Trustees said. For the present, needy schools have
received 6000 pupils desks thanks to the Armenian School. He said
that the materials needed for making school property are bought by
the fund abroad and are made at local enterprises.

Levon Aharonian said that the fund obtains resources thanks to
fund-raisings.

RA Minister of Education and Science Levon Mkrtchian appreciating the
fund’s work and donations regretted to say that only Diasporan
benefactors are included in the fund, while in Armenia we also have
some persons who "if they wish can provide part of their sums for
native school building."