PROMISED LAND CONTINUES TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS IN LIBERATED TERRITORIES

KarabakhOpen
19-06-2007 11:39:29

The Promised Land NGO was set up in 2000 and has been implementing
programs for settlement of the liberated regions since 2001.

Thanks to sponsors from the Diaspora villages were founded in the
region, houses, schools, nursery schools and medical stations were
built.

According to the chair of the NGO Vahram Gevorgyan, 85 houses,
6 schools, 4 nursery schools and medical stations, four regional
administration buildings have been built over this period. The NGO
helped 55 families to move into these houses. The NGO also provides
aid to the families which already live in these places.

The NGO and the American benefactor Karapet Harutiunyan founded the
village of Knaravan in Nor Shahumyan region. The same benefactor
helped build houses in the region of Hadrut.

Vahram Gevorgyan said in an interview with the KarabakhOpen now the
NGO focuses on social and cultural programs because "the roots of
the village need to grow deeper."

"We have finished excavations at Handabert, and reconstructed the
church. We resumed excavations of Tigranakert. The construction of
Narekatsi Cultural Center continues in Shushi. We also plan to build
an amphitheater and reconstruct the dormitory in the Center," Vahram
Gevorgyan says.

He also said in July 70 computers will be provided to the schools
and other offices in the liberated territories.