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OXFAM HELPS ESTABLISH FIRST BED & BREAKFAST IN RURAL VAYOTS DZOR: HARVEST AND VAYOTS DZOR TRADITIONAL CUISINE FESTIVAL IN HERMON VILLAGE
News from Armenia and Diaspora - Noyan Tapan
05-10-2012 13:35:23
"Harvest and Vayots Dzor Traditional Cuisine" festival and opening
ceremony of the first bed &breakfast facility in rural area of Vayots
Dzor was held on October 4th in Hermon village of Vayots Dzor Marz.
The event was organized by "Work and Motherland" NGO - the Oxfam's
partner in Vayots Dzor within the framework of Oxfam's "Sustainable
Livelihoods" Programme.
The "Harvest and Vayots Dzor Traditional Cuisine" festival was
celebrated in the garden adjacent to Hermon's resident Sahak
Hovhannisyan's house. Within the framework of Oxfam's "Sustainable
Livelihoods" Programme and with the financial support from the "New
Horizon" Fund, Sahak Hovhannisyan was able to renovate his house
and turn it into a hospitality facility thus contributing to the
development of agro tourism in the rural communities of Vayots Dzor.
More than 30 representatives of 5 women's cooperatives operating in the
villages of Yeghegis, Hermon, Gomk, Zedea and Azatek targeted by the
programme participated at the event and exhibited products and goods
grown in their villages, as well as presented opportunities of agro
tourism development in their villages. Each village presented a dish
typical to their local cuisine. The guests enjoyed traditional lavash
baking ceremony. Children's dance ensembles performed at the event.
Oxfam's mission is to reduce poverty and build a future free from the
injustice of poverty. Present in Armenia since 1994 Oxfam implements
various humanitarian and development programmes in around 165 distant
rural communities by closely collaborating with the Government, more
than 10 local non-governmental organizations, local self-governance
bodies and regional authorities.
For further inquiry please contact: Narine Hayrapetyan, PR and
Campaigns Program Officer, [email protected], Mob. (091)
20 34 51.
News from Armenia and Diaspora - Noyan Tapan
05-10-2012 13:35:23
"Harvest and Vayots Dzor Traditional Cuisine" festival and opening
ceremony of the first bed &breakfast facility in rural area of Vayots
Dzor was held on October 4th in Hermon village of Vayots Dzor Marz.
The event was organized by "Work and Motherland" NGO - the Oxfam's
partner in Vayots Dzor within the framework of Oxfam's "Sustainable
Livelihoods" Programme.
The "Harvest and Vayots Dzor Traditional Cuisine" festival was
celebrated in the garden adjacent to Hermon's resident Sahak
Hovhannisyan's house. Within the framework of Oxfam's "Sustainable
Livelihoods" Programme and with the financial support from the "New
Horizon" Fund, Sahak Hovhannisyan was able to renovate his house
and turn it into a hospitality facility thus contributing to the
development of agro tourism in the rural communities of Vayots Dzor.
More than 30 representatives of 5 women's cooperatives operating in the
villages of Yeghegis, Hermon, Gomk, Zedea and Azatek targeted by the
programme participated at the event and exhibited products and goods
grown in their villages, as well as presented opportunities of agro
tourism development in their villages. Each village presented a dish
typical to their local cuisine. The guests enjoyed traditional lavash
baking ceremony. Children's dance ensembles performed at the event.
Oxfam's mission is to reduce poverty and build a future free from the
injustice of poverty. Present in Armenia since 1994 Oxfam implements
various humanitarian and development programmes in around 165 distant
rural communities by closely collaborating with the Government, more
than 10 local non-governmental organizations, local self-governance
bodies and regional authorities.
For further inquiry please contact: Narine Hayrapetyan, PR and
Campaigns Program Officer, [email protected], Mob. (091)
20 34 51.