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AS OF JANUARY 1 OVER 8358 DISABLED CHILDREN REGISTERED IN ARMENIA
ARMENPRESS
JUNE 1, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, JUNE 1, ARMENPRESS: As of January 1, 2010 over 179 thousand
257 disabled people, among them 8358 children, are registered in
Armenia. Arpine Abrahamyan, director of 'Prkutyun' Center for Disabled
Children and Youth, reported journalists today that over the 20%
of the disabled children are considered mentally disabled. She also
said 37 of the 52 stakeholders of Prkutyun Center are boys. Arpine
Abrahamyan informed that from the very start of the operation the
center began to work with 12 children.
'The number of stakeholders of our center now makes 52 and we take
care of all of them, but our vision is to do our best for that the
daily life of the mentally disabled children is organized at their
homes and their parents take care of them,' Arpine Abrahamyan said.
She added that orphanages must be relieved and replaced by
establishments, which provide noon care. Head of the UNICEF Project
for Protection of Children's Rights Hayk Khemchyan says the United
Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) provides assistance and pays special
attention to the improvement of the inclusive schools program.
However, he says, the aim of the UN and RA Government remains the
discharge of the orphanages. 'This does not imply the refusal of such
establishments or the mechanical discharge of children. Our mission
is the designing of alternative variants of care,' Hayk Khemchyan said.
He added that the opening of alternative care centers, intended
for disabled children, is appropriate, as such centers demand less
financial means, than orphanages and boarding schools.
From: A. Papazian
ARMENPRESS
JUNE 1, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, JUNE 1, ARMENPRESS: As of January 1, 2010 over 179 thousand
257 disabled people, among them 8358 children, are registered in
Armenia. Arpine Abrahamyan, director of 'Prkutyun' Center for Disabled
Children and Youth, reported journalists today that over the 20%
of the disabled children are considered mentally disabled. She also
said 37 of the 52 stakeholders of Prkutyun Center are boys. Arpine
Abrahamyan informed that from the very start of the operation the
center began to work with 12 children.
'The number of stakeholders of our center now makes 52 and we take
care of all of them, but our vision is to do our best for that the
daily life of the mentally disabled children is organized at their
homes and their parents take care of them,' Arpine Abrahamyan said.
She added that orphanages must be relieved and replaced by
establishments, which provide noon care. Head of the UNICEF Project
for Protection of Children's Rights Hayk Khemchyan says the United
Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) provides assistance and pays special
attention to the improvement of the inclusive schools program.
However, he says, the aim of the UN and RA Government remains the
discharge of the orphanages. 'This does not imply the refusal of such
establishments or the mechanical discharge of children. Our mission
is the designing of alternative variants of care,' Hayk Khemchyan said.
He added that the opening of alternative care centers, intended
for disabled children, is appropriate, as such centers demand less
financial means, than orphanages and boarding schools.
From: A. Papazian