PROGRAM OF VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT IN ARMENIA, KARABAKH TO BE PRESENTED TO "HAYASTAN" FUND’S INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN MAY
Arka News Agency, Armenia
Feb 19 2007
YEREVAN, February 19. /ARKA/. The program of village development
in Armenia and Karabakh will be presented at the meeting of the
All-Armenian "Hayastan" Fund’s international Board of Trustees on
May 7, 2007, reported the press service of the All-Armenian Hayastan
Fund referring to the meeting of Armenia’s Foreign Minister Vardan
Oskanian and Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s Executive Director Naira
Melkoumian with representatives of the Fund’s affiliated structures
abroad and donors.
The meeting was held to discuss the development of more than 150 rural
communities in Armenia and Karabakh. The meeting was organized by
Armenia Fund’s French affiliate – Fonds Armenien de France, chaired
by Bedros Terzian, a member of Armenia Fund’s international Board
of Trustees.
"The project was officially unveiled by Minister Oskanian during the
Armenia – Diaspora Conference held in September 2006 in Yerevan. The
project will be officially presented at Armenia Fund’s international
Board of Trustees meeting on May 7, 2007," says the press release.
It is time for diaspora to unite around Hayastan Fund and help
implement the large-scale village development program, Armenia’s MF
said at the meeting.
In her turn, Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s Executive Director, Naira
Melkoumian stressed that since the Fund’s establishment 15 years ago,
the organization has implemented large scale infrastructure development
projects and humanitarian aid in Armenia and Karabakh.
The Hayastan Fund will continue its projects in Karabakh, she said.
In her words, currently large-scale development projects are being
implemented in Mardakert and Hadrout regions of Karabakh.
The village development program complements the government-implemented
development initiatives, as well as other development projects
earmarked under the United Nations Development Program and the
Millennium Challenge Compact.