COAF IMPLEMENTS $7.5MLN PROJECTS IN ARMENIA
ARKA
Aug 20, 2008
YEREVAN, August 20. /ARKA/. The during its 5-year activities the
Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) has implemented various projects in
Armenia’s villages worth a total of $7.5mln.
COAF President Karo Armen reported that COAF representatives started
visiting Armenia’s villages five years ago. "We understood how many
complicated problems exist in our villages. We have worked out over
100 programs since," Armen told a press conference on the occasion
of COAF’s anniversary.
The Fund has been focusing its activities on the Armavir region,
which is faced with the most serious social problems.
Specifically, the Fund sponsored the repair of 11 buildings in the
Armavir region, including four schools, two kindergartens, a palace
of culture and a sports complex, as well as 18 irrigation canals.
"We are also renovating outpatient two clinics and the central hospital
in Myasnikyan. We are also implementing social and health programs and
plan to expand our activities to many villages in the Armavir region,"
Armen said.
He pointed out that COAF will celebrate its anniversary by organizing
a number of arrangements, which will to start with a concert at the
Chamber Music Palace on August 23. On this occasion, donators and
COAF Board members will visit Armenia. They are expected to meet with
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. The RA Ministry of Educa tion and
Science will award a Gold Medal to COAF.
"We have people among us sincerely wishing to help our country. I
think that we must appreciate those people and support them on a
national scale," Armen said. COAF is a charitable institution aiming
at reducing poverty in Armenia by implementing rehabilitation programs
in Armenia’s rural communities.