Friday, 26 December 2008
A session of RA government’s charitable project coordination commission took place, chaired by commission head Simon Ter-Simonyan.
7 projects have been discussed. In particular, the following programs have been approved: a charity catering project and an educational program on the provision of tuition and scholarship to students from vulnerable households as implemented by the Armenia branch of the Armenian Relief Fund of America, the “Care-Free Childhood” project to be carried out in 2009-2010 by “Children First” charitable society, meant to support vulnerable households, single and needy elderly people, perished freedom-fighters’ families and children.
The session similarly endorsed the “Care and Cure for Child Disability” project to be implemented by the missioners’ charitable organization in Yerevan for the period 2009-2011, the World Vision International-implemented “Construction of Play-Grounds in Vardenis Region” program, as well as a Yerevan’s Physics Institute after A.I. Alikhanyan SNCO-implemented program, sponsored by the National Fund for Research and Advanced Technologies.
Another program as financed by Help Foundation will provide relief to children suffering from blood diseases.
The meeting also discussed and approved several sub-programs under the standing ones, as well as projects on import of charitable freight destined to various organizations operational in Armenia.
