HAYASTAN ALL-ARMENIAN FUND CONSTRUCTS AKNAGHBYUR COMUNITY CENTER

Aysor
Feb 9 2010
Armenia

Within the framework of its ongoing Rural Development Program, the
Hayastan All-Armenian Fund recently began construction of a vitally
needed community center in Aknaghbyur, a village in Armenia’s Tavush
Region. The project is sponsored by the fund’s French affiliate,
through the financial support of the France-based Tavitian family.

Aknaghbyur is the site of several development initiatives already
implemented by the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund. They include the
community’s state-of-the-art natural-gas, potable-water, and
irrigation networks, all of which have vastly improved the daily
lives of residents.

To date construction crews have laid the community center’s
foundations, erected the pillars, and built the supporting walls. Work
will resume following a short pause due to the harsh winter weather.

Ararat Khlghatyan, Hayastan All-Armenian fund deputy director in
charge of construction projects, said that the two-story building
of the community center will house the mayor’s office, a clinic,
a library, and a concert hall, thus becoming a vibrant hub for local
governance, healthcare, culture, and the arts.

"The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund projects carried out in Aknaghbyur
are not only helping raise the community’s quality of life, but have
inspired a renewed and very palpable sense of belonging among our
residents," said Aknaghbyur mayor Karen Dolmazyan. "Already in the
past few months we have seen an increase in the number of births,"
the mayor continued. "Moreover, four families have moved back to the
village during that period. It is so wonderful that, after so many
years of hardship, the residents of Aknaghbyur once again believe in
the future of their community."