PANEL ON SOCIAL SERVICES IN ARMENIA THURSDAY

Belmont Citizen-Herald
news/news_calendar/x2122533009/Panel-on-social-ser vices-in-Armenia-Thursday
June 19 2009
MA

Belmont, Mass. – Ten professional social workers from Armenia will
participate in a panel discussion on "Social Services in Armenia:
Challenges and Opportunities," at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 25,
at the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
Center, 395 Concord Ave. in Belmont. The event will be co-sponsored
by the Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City Association (CYSCA) and NAASR.

U.S. government-sponsored training program: The visiting Armenian
social workers, in the U.S. on a training program sponsored by the
Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City Association and funded by the United
States Agency for International Development (USAID), will reflect on
conditions in their field in Armenia. Social services are relatively
new in Armenia, begun only since independence, having been virtually
non-existent during Soviet times. The participants will discuss
social needs in Armenia, how they are addressed by the government,
the role performed by NGOs, and challenges for the future.

The panel discussion will be in English with portions in Armenian
with English translation.

Admission to the event is free (donations appreciated). The NAASR
bookstore will open at 7 p.m. The NAASR Center is located opposite
the First Armenian Church and next to the U.S. Post Office. Ample
parking is available around the building and in adjacent areas.

More information about the panel discussion is available by calling
617-489-1610, faxing 617-484-1759, e-mailing hq@naasr.org, or writing
to NAASR, 395 Concord Ave., Belmont, MA 02478.