IRD IMPLEMENTED SMALL RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN KINDERGARTENS NO. 3, NO. 5 KANAKER-ZEYTUN, YEREVAN

US State News
June 22, 2009 Monday 5:22 PM EST

YEREVAN, Armenia, May 21 — The U.S. Embassy issued the following
press release:

On May 21st DCM of U.S. Embassy to Armenia Joseph Pennington,
Director of Humanitarian Programs of State Department Jerry
Oberndorfer, Armenian officials, NGO representatives and other guests
participated in the opening ceremony of newly renovated facilities at
the kindergartens #5 and #3 of Kanaker-Zeytun community of Yerevan. As
a result of this project, 168 children benefited and received clean
and nicely colored kitchen and sanitary facilities hence will enjoy
proper hygiene and sanitary conditions from now on. Mostly children
from socially vulnerable families would attend kindergartens of such
physical conditions – terrible sanitary facilities with rusty and
leaking pipes and cracked ceilings, missing parquets in playrooms and
bedrooms, extremely old window frames providing no isolation. Kitchens
– old, dark walls and ceiling, broken and fallen old tiles covered by
cellophane. There could be no mention about aesthetical side of those
premises. In spring 2009 through its Armenian Branch IRD implemented
two small reconstruction projects with $24,000 assistance from the
U.S. Department of State. Thanks to additional support in $9,000
provided by LDS Charities IRD could fully target the most urgent
humanitarian needs in those kindergartens.For more information please
contact: Sarabjit Jagirdar, Email:- htsyndication@hindustantimes.com