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    PRESS RELEASE
    Hayastan All Armenian Fund
    Governmental Buiding 3, Yerevan, RA
    Contact: Hasmik Grigoryan
    Tel: +(3741) 56 01 06 ext. 105
    Fax: +(3741) 52 15 05
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Web: http://www.himnadram.org/

    6 March, 2009

    Hayastan All Armenian Fund continues construction of school in Spitakashen
    Village

    Following a brief winter break, work has resumed on the construction of a
    new school in Spitakashen Village, located in Nagorno Karabakh's Martuni
    Region. The project, launched in October 2008 is sponsored by the Hayastan
    All Armenian Fund's Toronto local committee.

    The fund undertook the initiative in response to Spitakashen's critical need
    for a new educational facility. The old school, where currently classes are
    held for the 130 students of the village, is a ramshackle and unsafe
    structure, built in 1935. It also lacks central heating.

    Today construction of the new school's basement is near completion and work
    on the remaining structure goes on, slated to be finished by August. When
    the facility opens its doors in time for the 2009-2010 academic year, it
    will feature all the essential amenities of a modern school.

    "Our students were overjoyed to hear that their new school will have things
    like an events hall, a playground, and heating," said the school principal.

    In addition to the school initiative, the Hayastan All Armenian Fund
    continues to finance projects in scores of Nagorno Karabakh villages like
    Spitakashen, within the framework of a far-reaching rural-development
    program. These projects help boost local economies, foster educational
    excellence, and stem the tide of migration. Recently the Hayastan All
    Armenian Fund completed a vitally important water-supply project in
    Spitakashen, significantly improving the lives of its residents.

    "I am confident that, with the water-supply issue resolved and construction
    of a new school, life for the 110 families of Spitakashen will become
    incomparably more dignified and comfortable," said Ara Vardanyan, the fund's
    acting executive director.

    Spitakashen is named after the white stones that dot the landscape in and
    around the village. The residents have long used these stones for home
    construction, even though the material is extremely susceptible to low
    temperatures and needs to be covered with plaster for structural integrity.
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