ARS FOR THE ARMENIAN STUDENTS
Yerkir.am
April 27, 2007
The Armenian Relief Society has implemented the Best Student Project
since 1993. The project aims at supporting students from vulnerable
families. This year the number of project beneficiaries has reached
125. The award ceremony was held on April 25 in the Writer’ Union.
The ARS believes that financial assistance to the students is not
an end in itself: it is a long-term investment into the future of
the country.
Deputy Minister of Science and Education Bagrat Yessayan believes
many talented children do not have an opportunity to continue their
education. The ARS, as a classical charity organization, addresses
this issue.
"We already have donations from Armenia. People from Armenia have
made donations and asked us not to publicize their names. I want to
say that charity has already become rooted in Armenia as well. People
who are more or less better off understand that they should not think
only about lighting a candle for themselves and their children, they
realize that they should also take care of the other," Chairwoman of
ARS Armenia regional office Alvard Petrossian says.