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    COAF IMPLEMENTS $7.5MLN PROJECTS IN ARMENIA

    ARKA
    Aug 20, 2008

    YEREVAN, August 20. /ARKA/. The during its 5-year activities the
    Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) has implemented various projects in
    Armenia's villages worth a total of $7.5mln.

    COAF President Karo Armen reported that COAF representatives started
    visiting Armenia's villages five years ago. "We understood how many
    complicated problems exist in our villages. We have worked out over
    100 programs since," Armen told a press conference on the occasion
    of COAF's anniversary.

    The Fund has been focusing its activities on the Armavir region,
    which is faced with the most serious social problems.

    Specifically, the Fund sponsored the repair of 11 buildings in the
    Armavir region, including four schools, two kindergartens, a palace
    of culture and a sports complex, as well as 18 irrigation canals.

    "We are also renovating outpatient two clinics and the central hospital
    in Myasnikyan. We are also implementing social and health programs and
    plan to expand our activities to many villages in the Armavir region,"
    Armen said.

    He pointed out that COAF will celebrate its anniversary by organizing
    a number of arrangements, which will to start with a concert at the
    Chamber Music Palace on August 23. On this occasion, donators and
    COAF Board members will visit Armenia. They are expected to meet with
    RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. The RA Ministry of Educa tion and
    Science will award a Gold Medal to COAF.

    "We have people among us sincerely wishing to help our country. I
    think that we must appreciate those people and support them on a
    national scale," Armen said. COAF is a charitable institution aiming
    at reducing poverty in Armenia by implementing rehabilitation programs
    in Armenia's rural communities.
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