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Hayastan All-Armenian Fund
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26 September, 2008
Hayastan All-Armenian Fund Three Projects Officially Opened in Nagorno
Karabakh
Yerevan, September 26, 2008 – Opening ceremonies of the Hayastan Fund three
projects – Togh School, Hadrut and Spitakashen water mains followed each
other in Nagorno Karabakh on September 23 and 24.
Students of the Togh school have started the new academic year in improved
conditions. The two-storey building of the school, severely damaged in the
1988-1992 conflict, is now standing new and welcoming. Today some 100
students attend the school. Years later, today’s sixteen first-graders’
lasting memory of their school will be of an attractive place to study at
and a good number of accomplishments.
<I believe this school will be a stimulus both for the students and the
teachers to do even better", said Ara Vardanyan in his speech.
The upgraded part of the school has enough space and facilities to also
accommodate children from the neighboring communities of Jrakuis,
Mariamadzor, Taghut, Tsakuri Hakaku, Mokhrenes, and Tumi. Not only the
classrooms are now well-lit and clean, they are nicely furnished and will be
heated during the winter months. Renovation of the left block of the Togh
School (around US 139 million AMD) was funded within the Artsakh Rebirth
Project and was carried out through the Hayastan Fund Western Region
Affiliate with direct contribution from the AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian school
students and parents.
Among those attending the opening ceremony were the Nagorno Karabakh Prime
Minister Araik Harutyunyan, Head of the Hadrut Administration Valerik
Gevorkyan, Hayastan Fund Acting Executive Director Ara Vardanyan, Western
Region Affiliate Executive Director Sargis Kotanjian, Minister of Civil
Construction Anahit Vardanyan employees of the Fund, contractors and
others.
"One thing that is special about this project is that the school has been
renovated with the money collected by students and their parents of a
similar school", said Sargis Kotanjian addressing the participants of the
ceremony.
"Now when we are implementing reforms to integrate into the international
educational system, our school will undoubtedly meet the necessary
standards. The laboratories of physics, chemistry, and informatics are
adequately equipped and a great help to the teaching staff in the teaching
process. We wouldn’t even dream about it a few years ago", said the School
Principal Vladimir Ghahryan.
Following the opening ceremony of the Togh School, the officials left for
Hadrut to attend the opening ceremony of the Togh-Hadrut water main. "We
realize how important water supply is in most parts of Nagorno-Karabakh",
said the Fund Acting Executive Director Ara Vardanyan.The Hadrut city water
main project with the total cost of around 420 million AMD was implemented
within the Telethon 2006, and was mainly sponsored by the Fund’s French
local committee. Within the project a 22 km water pipe was installed from
Arjaghbyur to Hadrut. Thanks to the project, water is run by gravity now and
it will provide the city households will much needed water of a better
quality.
Construction of the Kaghartsin-Spitakashen 8 km long water main will provide
water to the Spitakashen community of around 470. The project worth about 80
million AMD was sponsored by the Hayastan Fund Argentine local committee.
During the opening ceremony all the villagers expressed their gratitude to
Armenians in Argentine for their generous support.
The Hadrut regional hospital and the gas supply will be completed by the end
of the year. Construction of schools in Spitakasken and Chartar villages
will start next month. The water supply project in Berdashen is already
underway.
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Hayastan All-Armenian Fund