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    US Fed News
    May 27, 2008 Tuesday 3:26 AM EST



    U.S. EMBASSY'S OFFICE OF DEFENSE COOPERATION DELIVERS PROPERTY TO
    FRIDTJOF NANSEN ORPHANAGE

    GYUMRI, Armenia


    The U.S. Department of Defense's European Command issued the following
    press release:

    The U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission, Robert Frazier, hosted a ribbon
    cutting ceremony with Mr. Ruben Markosian, Director of the Fridtjof
    Nansen Orphanage here May 21. The event recognized the delivery of
    over $33,000 dollars worth of household furniture and equipment to the
    orphanage.

    This project was coordinated by Maj. Ed Keller of the U.S. Kansas
    National Guard who is assigned to the U.S. Embassy's Office of Defense
    Cooperation (ODC), and the furniture for the Orphanage was donated by
    the U.S European Command based in Stuttgart, Germany. This single
    project is only part of the ODC's overall Humanitarian Assistance
    program this year, which will also provide furniture and equipment to
    an additional orphanage in Yerevan, provide fire fighting gear to the
    Armenian Rescue Service, and renovate aged water systems in three
    northeastern Armenian villages this summer.

    The Fridtjof Nansen Orphanage was founded in 2000, and has had 150
    children pass through it since that time. One measure of the success
    of this orphanage is that 80 children have been returned to
    families. The delivery of U.S. donated furniture will help sustain the
    70 remaining children who currently live at the orphanage. The
    property that was delivered consists of bunk beds complete with
    mattresses, sheets, and pillows, as well as night stands, and wardrobe
    cabinets. Additionally, two stainless steel medicine cabinets, a
    medical exam table, two pharmaceutical cabinets and an assortment of
    medical supplies were provided to the orphanage's clinic.

    The Humanitarian Assistance Program run by U.S. European Command
    (EUCOM) is considered one of their most important activities for
    assisting the various peoples of the region. EUCOM assists
    approximately 20 different countries through humanitarian assistance
    and executes roughly 150 projects each year.

    The U.S. Office of Defense Cooperation in Armenia works to foster
    U.S. government and industry assistance to Armenia in the defense
    sphere. The office operates under the authority of the U.S. Chief of
    Mission in Armenia and the U.S. European Command.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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