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HAYASTAN ALL-ARMENIAN FUND BUILDS GAS NETWORK IN ARTSNI
armradio.am
10.06.2011 10:56
The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund is building a natural-gas system in
Artsni, a village in Armenia's Lori Region. The project is sponsored
by the fund's German affiliate.
"Our goal is to not only help improve daily life in Artsni, but
boost the local economy and ensure its long-term vitality," says Ara
Vardanyan, executive director of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund. "Our
cluster of implemented projects in Artsni, sponsored variously by our
affiliates in Germany, Montreal, and Great Britain as well as the
government of India, is a reflection of our multi-pronged approach
to socio-economic development."
With the construction of a 1.3-kilometer gas pipeline completed,
the fund is currently building a 5.5-kilometer internal network,
which will supply gas to the some 100 households of the community.
Artsni is among the numerous success stories of the Hayastan
All-Armenian Fund's Rural Development Program. To date the fund's
work in the village has yielded a modern school; a community center
comprising the mayor's office, a health clinic, a library, and an
events hall; as well as last year's provision of school supplies to
children in Artsni and neighboring Dzoramut. In addition, the fund
built a 550-meter section of a 2.3-kilometer water main, which was
constructed with support from the International Fund for Agricultural
Development. The section built by the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund
connected the Artsni school and the community center to the water
network.
"We're overjoyed by the fact that our community has received
far-reaching assistance from the fund," said Khenko Khachanesyan, mayor
of Artsni. "I must say that, prior to the launch of these initiatives,
our residents were on the verge of losing all hope. For one thing,
the road leading to the village is in such bad shape that we thought
nobody would bother to come here to carry out development projects."
Most of Artsni's 350 residents are refugees from Getashen.
Cattle-breeding is the community's main occupation. Once populated
by Azeris and called Kezeldash, the village was renamed Artsni in 1991.
It is located 62 kilometers from the center of the Lori Region and
less than half a mile from the Georgian border.
From: A. Papazian
armradio.am
10.06.2011 10:56
The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund is building a natural-gas system in
Artsni, a village in Armenia's Lori Region. The project is sponsored
by the fund's German affiliate.
"Our goal is to not only help improve daily life in Artsni, but
boost the local economy and ensure its long-term vitality," says Ara
Vardanyan, executive director of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund. "Our
cluster of implemented projects in Artsni, sponsored variously by our
affiliates in Germany, Montreal, and Great Britain as well as the
government of India, is a reflection of our multi-pronged approach
to socio-economic development."
With the construction of a 1.3-kilometer gas pipeline completed,
the fund is currently building a 5.5-kilometer internal network,
which will supply gas to the some 100 households of the community.
Artsni is among the numerous success stories of the Hayastan
All-Armenian Fund's Rural Development Program. To date the fund's
work in the village has yielded a modern school; a community center
comprising the mayor's office, a health clinic, a library, and an
events hall; as well as last year's provision of school supplies to
children in Artsni and neighboring Dzoramut. In addition, the fund
built a 550-meter section of a 2.3-kilometer water main, which was
constructed with support from the International Fund for Agricultural
Development. The section built by the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund
connected the Artsni school and the community center to the water
network.
"We're overjoyed by the fact that our community has received
far-reaching assistance from the fund," said Khenko Khachanesyan, mayor
of Artsni. "I must say that, prior to the launch of these initiatives,
our residents were on the verge of losing all hope. For one thing,
the road leading to the village is in such bad shape that we thought
nobody would bother to come here to carry out development projects."
Most of Artsni's 350 residents are refugees from Getashen.
Cattle-breeding is the community's main occupation. Once populated
by Azeris and called Kezeldash, the village was renamed Artsni in 1991.
It is located 62 kilometers from the center of the Lori Region and
less than half a mile from the Georgian border.
From: A. Papazian