ARMENIA FUND BEGINS CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOL IN CHARTAR VILLAGE
armradio.am
23.02.2009 14:49
The Hayastan All Armenian Fund has started construction on a new
school in Chartar, a village in Nagorno Karabakh’s Martuni Region. The
project, worth about 250 million drams (U.S. $820,000), is sponsored
by the fund’s French affiliate.
Much of Chartar’s existing school, built in 1934, was destroyed by
heavy Azeri bombardment in 1992. Since then, classes have been taught
in an adjacent building. As this smaller structure cannot accommodate
all of Chartar’s 116 schoolchildren at once, classes have been run
in shifts.
Currently the foundations of the new secondary school, named Chartar
School #2, are being laid. When completed, the three-story facility
will feature 11 classrooms, a clinic, an events hall, a library,
a computer lab, and a multifaceted playground.
"The Hayastan All Armenian Fund always strives to address the most
critical needs of communities in Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia," said
Ara Vardanyan, the fund’s acting executive director. "We launched the
Chartar project because a modern school, and one that can accommodate
every student with top-notch education, is of utmost importance to
the well-being and continued development of the community."