NGO works to keep children in school and out of orphanages
08.17.2007
ArmeniaNow -The Community Development and Social Support Center Non Governmental Organization is concerned with the serious social, health and educational needs of the children of Gyumri. more...
Births Have Reduced
09.02.2006
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According to Satenik Beybutyan, head of the Shirak region Health Care Board, the reduction of the birthrate is mainly determined by the emigration, terrible social-economic conditions and the wish of the youth to have few children.
more...Children's centers are replacing orphanages and institutions in Armenia
08.13.2006
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Every day a sister and brother walk through the bustle of reconstruction in Gyumri, the main city in Armenia's northwestern Shirak region, the poorest in Armenia with a poverty rate of nearly 50 percent. After school, 15-year-old Parandzem and 10-year-old Levon come to town from the nearby village of Akhourian and head to the Center for Community Development and Social Support to do their homework, draw, or watch television.
Like most children, Levon plays, runs around, or even brags about the progress he's making in his lessons. Seeing how diligently this cheerful little boy does his homework, it's difficult to believe that he would never have gone to school but for this center. Levon used to go begging. ... His father wouldn't let him attend school. Our psychologist worked with the father for two months. more...
Learning the value of "Inclusive Education"
08.13.2006
Marianna GrigoryanArmeniaNow -
When 12-year-old Gevorg was only a baby, his mother noticed that the boy's movements differed from other children, so she decided to consult a doctor.She was told the boy had infantile cerebral stroke, which would result in mental retardation and musculoskeletal system disorder.The disorder, the mother says, was a result of birthing difficulties and social hardship. "Now when we recall the difficulties our family had to face to raise Gevorg and give him more or less a normal life, it seems somehow unreal," says the mother, Maro Sinanyan. "We still keep struggling everyday. But what happened three years ago was truly a miracle for us, a miracle we couldn't have even dreamed of." more...
SYUNIK AND TAVUSH PROVINCES HAVE THOUSANDS OF LAND MINES
07.19.2006
Armenpress -According to various estimations, there are still from 50,000 to 80,000 mines planted in Armenia. The majority are in Syunik and Tavush provinces. more...
MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE WILL BE VACCINATED AGAINST MEASLES
07.13.2006
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Within the framework of the program «Vaccination of Armenian children of the millennium» about 200 thousand Armenian children have been vaccinated against nine main diseases since 2002.
more...Accident on the Day of the
06.12.2006
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On June 11 the pupils of the tenth form of village Brnakot (Sisian region) left for the area called “Taq Jur” in the Vorotan canyon to have a snack. At about 06:00 PM the schoolgirls posed on a high stone right beside the canyon in order to take a photo.
more...2 -3 CHILDREN DON’T GO TO SCHOOL IN EACH VILLAGE
04.27.2006
A1+ -The drawings of 15 schoolchildren from Armavir, Vayots Dzor, Tavush and Yerevan were presented in the UNO Armenian Office with the title “School is for everyone.” The results of the composition with the same title were also made public during the exhibition. Let us mention that 54 drawings and 39 compositions were chosen out of 1000 works.
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