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    CELEBRATING WORLD SIGHT DAY 2012 IN ARMENIA

    Story from Lragir.am News:
    http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/society27711.html
    Published: 12:44:41 - 12/10/2012

    Yerevan, Armenia-The Armenian EyeCare Project (AECP), with the
    support of the Ministry of Health of Armenia and USAID/Armenia,
    and in collaboration with the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia
    and the Art & Sports Center of Arabkir, will organize a series of
    events this month to mark World Sight Day~Van international day of
    awareness, held annually on the second Thursday of October in over
    100 countries. The purpose of this observance is to raise the issues
    of avoidable blindness and visual impairment on the global stage.

    'Within the framework of the recently launched USAID-AECP program~V
    the Center of Excellence for Prevention of Childhood Blindness~VtheAECP
    theme for World Sight Day (WSD) 2012 is "Bringing Sight to Children's
    Eyes" to highlight issues of prevention of childhood blindness,"
    announced AECP Country Director Nune Yeghiazaryan at a press conference
    today.

    WSD 2012 events in Armenia were launched on October 11. The AECP
    medical team conducted free eye screening for elderly people in Hatsik
    village, Armavir province, followed by a surprise dance performance for
    village residents. The students of the Art & Sports Center of Arabkir,
    invited by the AECP from Yerevan, performed a flash-mob at the village
    school, inviting everyone to dance http://youtu.be/UK5wmO-JkzM

    Flyers with WSD messages and eye care information were distributed
    to people after the event.

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