U.S. Embassy Donates $80,000 of Equipment to Tsiatsan and Amberd Schools

Targeted News Service
 Wednesday 5:48 AM EST


U.S. Embassy Donates $80,000 of Equipment to Tsiatsan and Amberd Schools

YEREVAN, Armenia

The U.S. Embassy in Armenia issued the following news:

Today, U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Richard M. Mills, Jr., along with
representatives from the U.S. Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation,
visited Tsiatsan and Amberd schools to donate $80,000 worth of new
school equipment, training aids, furniture, sports equipment, and
kitchen appliances.

These schools were chosen to receive the donation, provided by the
U.S. Department of Defense's Excess Property program, after Ambassador
Mills' 2015 visit to the region, where he saw first-hand the efforts
of the United Nations World Food Program to provide hot meals for
primary school students.

"It is very special for me to be back here nearly three years after my
first visit to these schools, and I am delighted to deliver on the
promises I made to you back then," Ambassador Mills said to an
audience of local leaders, school staff and students. "By working with
the UN Food Program, you will now have the equipment you need to
provide hot meals and educational support to nearly 300 children in
your communities."

The goal of the U.S. Department of Defense's Excess Property program
at the Tsiatsan and Amberd Schools is to support the schools by
providing new furniture and equipment and to supplement programs
implemented by other donors, including the UN World Food Program.

The Tsiatsan School, with World Food Program support, began providing
hot meals to students in September 2015. Half of the 300 students at
the Tsiatsan School receive hot meals through this program. The
feeding program at the Amberd School began even earlier, in 2014.
Around 120 out of a total of 244 primary grade students benefit from
this program. The school feeding program was implemented as a social
safety net to provide nutrition and sustenance for children to enable
them to focus on their studies.