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HAYASTAN ALL-ARMENIAN FUND COMPLETES VERIN HORATAGH SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
armradio.am
04.06.2008 13:13
Hayastan All-Armenian Fund announces that a new school has opened in
the Verin Horatagh village of Karabakh. The project has been sponsored
by the Toronto affiliate of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund.
The new school will bear the name of a great humanitarian, the
Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Baroness
Caroline Cox.
Dubbed as the "Guardian Angel of Artsakh", Baroness Cox has been
an adamant supporter of Nagorno Karabakh both in the United Kingdom
and internationally, calling for the full and proper recognition of
Nagorno Karabakh, as well support for its redevelopment. Baroness Cox
has visited Nagorno Karabakh more than 60 times and has led numerous
humanitarian missions to the fledgling republic. In 2006 she was
awarded the Mkhitar Gosh Medal by the President of the Republic
of Armenia.
Baroness Caroline Cox, who arrived in Karabakh together with her son,
daughter-in-law and grandchildren, was the guest of honor at the event.
Among the official guests attending the ceremony were the Prime
Minister of Nagorno Karabakh Araik Harutyunyan, Minister of Education
and Science Vladimir Khachatryan, Minister of Civil Construction
Aleksandr Mamunts, Head of the Martakert Administration Sergei Ohanyan,
as well as the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund Executive Director Vahe
Aghabegians, Deputy Director Ara Vardanyan, Chairman of the Toronto
affiliate of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund Migirdic Migirdician, other
representatives of the affiliate, representative of the Fund in
Karabakh Michel Tancrez, other officials and guests from Armenia,
Canada, France, Nagorno Karabakh, and the U.S.
Verin Horatagh, now a community of 530, was devastated in the
Artsakh war.
"Most of the families had to abandon the village to escape the horrors
of war. When it was over, Verin Horatagh resembled a ghost town,"
recalls Naira Arustamyan, principal of the school. "We are grateful to
the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund, Baroness Cox and our Armenian friends
in Canada for this wonderful modern school. I am convinced that the
new school will bring a new sense of hope for a better future to the
residents of our village," she added.
Baroness Cox visited Verin Horatagh village for the first time in
1992 while carrying out one of her numerous humanitarian missions in
Karabakh. Two years ago she shared her memories in an emotional keynote
address at the annual fundraising banquet organized by the Toronto
affiliate of Hayastan Fund. By the end of the highly successful event
funds were fully raised for the construction of the new modern school.
"Baroness Caroline Cox' involvement and support counted so much in
this project that it is altogether fitting and proper to have the
school named after her. We hope that the school will make a profound
difference in the lives of children and people in the region",
said Migirdician.
"It is a privilege and a great honor for me to be in this precious part
of the world today. Your people are wonderful; you kept the spiritual
and cultural values alive in the dark days of war. This new school will
help give the young people the future they deserve", said Baroness Cox.
The funding of the school was made possible thanks to a number of
individuals among them Massis Kesisyan, who initiated a bicycle
ride from Toronto to Montreal, and prominent pianist Serouj Gajian,
who donated the proceeds from a concert to the construction of the
school. Two classrooms in the school are now named after them. A tiny
replica of an Armenian Church on the roof of the school is a gift to
the community by the Verin Horatagh village tinsmith Varpet Seiran
who has been involved in the construction of the school.
"We are grateful to the Toronto affiliate of Hayastan All-Armenian
Fund and Baroness Caroline Cox for the beautiful gift to the people
of Artsakh.
This school will open a brighter chapter in the lives of residents
of Verin Horatagh", said Aghabegians, Executive Director of Hayastan
All-Armenian Fund.
armradio.am
04.06.2008 13:13
Hayastan All-Armenian Fund announces that a new school has opened in
the Verin Horatagh village of Karabakh. The project has been sponsored
by the Toronto affiliate of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund.
The new school will bear the name of a great humanitarian, the
Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Baroness
Caroline Cox.
Dubbed as the "Guardian Angel of Artsakh", Baroness Cox has been
an adamant supporter of Nagorno Karabakh both in the United Kingdom
and internationally, calling for the full and proper recognition of
Nagorno Karabakh, as well support for its redevelopment. Baroness Cox
has visited Nagorno Karabakh more than 60 times and has led numerous
humanitarian missions to the fledgling republic. In 2006 she was
awarded the Mkhitar Gosh Medal by the President of the Republic
of Armenia.
Baroness Caroline Cox, who arrived in Karabakh together with her son,
daughter-in-law and grandchildren, was the guest of honor at the event.
Among the official guests attending the ceremony were the Prime
Minister of Nagorno Karabakh Araik Harutyunyan, Minister of Education
and Science Vladimir Khachatryan, Minister of Civil Construction
Aleksandr Mamunts, Head of the Martakert Administration Sergei Ohanyan,
as well as the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund Executive Director Vahe
Aghabegians, Deputy Director Ara Vardanyan, Chairman of the Toronto
affiliate of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund Migirdic Migirdician, other
representatives of the affiliate, representative of the Fund in
Karabakh Michel Tancrez, other officials and guests from Armenia,
Canada, France, Nagorno Karabakh, and the U.S.
Verin Horatagh, now a community of 530, was devastated in the
Artsakh war.
"Most of the families had to abandon the village to escape the horrors
of war. When it was over, Verin Horatagh resembled a ghost town,"
recalls Naira Arustamyan, principal of the school. "We are grateful to
the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund, Baroness Cox and our Armenian friends
in Canada for this wonderful modern school. I am convinced that the
new school will bring a new sense of hope for a better future to the
residents of our village," she added.
Baroness Cox visited Verin Horatagh village for the first time in
1992 while carrying out one of her numerous humanitarian missions in
Karabakh. Two years ago she shared her memories in an emotional keynote
address at the annual fundraising banquet organized by the Toronto
affiliate of Hayastan Fund. By the end of the highly successful event
funds were fully raised for the construction of the new modern school.
"Baroness Caroline Cox' involvement and support counted so much in
this project that it is altogether fitting and proper to have the
school named after her. We hope that the school will make a profound
difference in the lives of children and people in the region",
said Migirdician.
"It is a privilege and a great honor for me to be in this precious part
of the world today. Your people are wonderful; you kept the spiritual
and cultural values alive in the dark days of war. This new school will
help give the young people the future they deserve", said Baroness Cox.
The funding of the school was made possible thanks to a number of
individuals among them Massis Kesisyan, who initiated a bicycle
ride from Toronto to Montreal, and prominent pianist Serouj Gajian,
who donated the proceeds from a concert to the construction of the
school. Two classrooms in the school are now named after them. A tiny
replica of an Armenian Church on the roof of the school is a gift to
the community by the Verin Horatagh village tinsmith Varpet Seiran
who has been involved in the construction of the school.
"We are grateful to the Toronto affiliate of Hayastan All-Armenian
Fund and Baroness Caroline Cox for the beautiful gift to the people
of Artsakh.
This school will open a brighter chapter in the lives of residents
of Verin Horatagh", said Aghabegians, Executive Director of Hayastan
All-Armenian Fund.