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ARMENIAN CHILDREN HOMES HOUSE 1,300 CHILDREN
YEREVAN, August 7. / ARKA /. There are some 1,300 children in Armenia
living in children homes. according to head of Sociometer polling
center Aharon Adibekyan.
Of them 870 children are housed by eight state- run children homes
and 373 by four charitable children homes. Aharonyan said 120 children
are adopted a year.
According to him, the total number of institutionalized children in
Armenia is over 4000. In this context Aharonyan argued that children
homes are no longer effective and should be replaced by substitute
families which will take over temporary guardianship of children.
"According to UNICEF estimates, the annual cost of keeping an
institutionalized child in Armenia is about $ 3800, while the
substitute family will need by one thousand dollars less," Aharonyan
said. -0-
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From: Baghdasarian
YEREVAN, August 7. / ARKA /. There are some 1,300 children in Armenia
living in children homes. according to head of Sociometer polling
center Aharon Adibekyan.
Of them 870 children are housed by eight state- run children homes
and 373 by four charitable children homes. Aharonyan said 120 children
are adopted a year.
According to him, the total number of institutionalized children in
Armenia is over 4000. In this context Aharonyan argued that children
homes are no longer effective and should be replaced by substitute
families which will take over temporary guardianship of children.
"According to UNICEF estimates, the annual cost of keeping an
institutionalized child in Armenia is about $ 3800, while the
substitute family will need by one thousand dollars less," Aharonyan
said. -0-
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/society/armenian_children_homes_house_1_300_children/#sthash.hjScqeke.dpuf
From: Baghdasarian