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    Armenia Tree Project
    Yerevan 375025, Aygestan 9th Str., #6
    Tel./Fax (374 1) 569910
    Internet: www.armeniatree.org
    E-mail: [email protected]

    Press Release

    06.05.2004

    Armenia Tree Project Finalizes the Results of `Trees for Life' Sister Art
    Contests in Armenia and America

    April 29, Yerevan - In celebration of its 10th Anniversary, the Armenia Tree
    Project (ATP) announced the winners of an art contest , entitled `Trees for
    Life', held at 6 schools in Yerevan and Gumri. The art contest was conducted
    at the same time in 6 American schools in Boston, Massachusetts. Eighteen
    winning posters (3 from each Armenian school) will travel to Boston from
    Armenia to be exhibited with the winning American posters during the
    celebrations of ATP's 10th Anniversary in June.

    The aim of the Contest is to raise the level of awareness on environmental
    issues among younger schoolchildren - the upcoming generation that will play
    a crucial role in preserving forests in Armenia. All participants are in
    grades 5-7. To inaugurate the contest the ATP staff provided environmental
    education materials to the teachers and conducted environmental awareness
    classes with the Armenian children. The schoolchildren grasped the problem
    of deforestation surprisingly well, and the quality of posters through which
    they expressed their ideas and suggestions was high. In addition to having
    their posters exhibited in America, the winners will be presented with
    special certificates and prizes.

    For further information, please contact Karen Sarkavagyan at the Armenia
    Tree Project, phone numbers 569910 and 553069, E-mail [email protected]

    The Armenia Tree Project was founded in 1994 during Armenia's darkest and
    coldest years with the vision of securing Armenia's future by protecting
    Armenia's environment. Funded by contributions from Diasporan Armenians, ATP
    has planted and rejuvenated over 500,000 trees at more than 450 sites
    ranging from Gumri to Goris.
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