A session of RA government’s charitable project coordination commission
took place, chaired by commission head Simon Ter-Simonyan.

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Friday, 26 December 2008

7 projects have been discussed. In particular, the following programs
have been approved: a charity catering project and an educational
program on the provision of tuition and scholarship to students from
vulnerable households as implemented by the Armenia branch of the
Armenian Relief Fund of America, the `Care-Free Childhood’ project to
be carried out in 2009-2010 by `Children First’ charitable society,
meant to support vulnerable households, single and needy elderly
people, perished freedom-fighters’ families and children.

The session similarly endorsed the `Care and Cure for Child Disability’
project to be implemented by the missioners’ charitable organization in
Yerevan for the period 2009-2011, the World Vision
International-implemented `Construction of Play-Grounds in Vardenis
Region’ program, as well as a Yerevan’s Physics Institute after A.I.
Alikhanyan SNCO-implemented program, sponsored by the National Fund for
Research and Advanced Technologies.

Another program as financed by Help Foundation will provide relief to
children suffering from blood diseases.

The meeting also discussed and approved several sub-programs under the
standing ones, as well as projects on import of charitable freight
destined to various organizations operational in Armenia.