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Glendale Public Library
222 East Harvard Street
Glendale CA 91205
Tel: 818-548-2030
Web: http://www.glendalepubliclibrary.org/
http://www.glendale.ci.ca.us/
FB: www.facebook.com/GlendalePL
Central Library to Host Gala Danilova
GLENDALE, CA Gala Danilova from THE HALO TRUST will lecture on the mine
clearance progress in Artsakh, on Tuesday March 12, 2013, 7pm at the
Glendale Central Library Auditorium, 222 East Harvard Street in
Glendale. The presentation will be in both English and Armenian.
Admission is free and the seating is limited. Library visitors receive 3
hours FREE parking across the street at The Market Place parking
structure with validation at the Loan Desk.
The HALO Trust is a non-political, non-religious organization which
specializes in the removal of the hazardous debris of war. HALO began
mine clearance operations in Afghanistan in 1988 and currently works in
11 countries around the world. HALO's programs in the Caucasus started
on 1995 in Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh).
The 1992-94 war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Artsakh left behind
hundreds of minefields and cluster bomb strikes. It has had profound
impacts upon the day-to-day lives of the rural population, significantly
inhibiting the incomes of thousands of poor families and causing 268
accidents, with almost 350 people killed or injured. This is amongst the
highest per capita civilian casualty rates in the world with a quarter
of these victims being children. HALO Artsakh has returned over 66,718
acres of contaminated land to productive use. Over 67,000 landmines,
cluster munitions and other items of unexploded ordnance have been
safely located and destroyed. Accidents will continue to happen until
the remaining minefields and cluster munition strikes are cleared.
Gala Danilova, is a graduate of Mesrop Mashdots University in
Stepanakert where she studied History and International Relations. She
joined HALO in September 2002 as a Mine Risk Education (MRE) coordinator
in Stepanakert. After several years in the MRE program she was given
responsibility for Logistics and then Statistics in HALO`s Artsakh
office. She also supported HALO`s MRE team in Abkhazia and HALO`s USA
office fundraising efforts in the United States during her three trips
in 2007-2008. In May 2009 she was promoted to her current assignment as
the Director of Finance.
The program is sponsored by the Library, Arts & Culture Department.
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CONTACT: Elizabeth Grigorian, Glendale Library, Arts & Culture (818)
548-3288
From: Baghdasarian
Glendale Public Library
222 East Harvard Street
Glendale CA 91205
Tel: 818-548-2030
Web: http://www.glendalepubliclibrary.org/
http://www.glendale.ci.ca.us/
FB: www.facebook.com/GlendalePL
Central Library to Host Gala Danilova
GLENDALE, CA Gala Danilova from THE HALO TRUST will lecture on the mine
clearance progress in Artsakh, on Tuesday March 12, 2013, 7pm at the
Glendale Central Library Auditorium, 222 East Harvard Street in
Glendale. The presentation will be in both English and Armenian.
Admission is free and the seating is limited. Library visitors receive 3
hours FREE parking across the street at The Market Place parking
structure with validation at the Loan Desk.
The HALO Trust is a non-political, non-religious organization which
specializes in the removal of the hazardous debris of war. HALO began
mine clearance operations in Afghanistan in 1988 and currently works in
11 countries around the world. HALO's programs in the Caucasus started
on 1995 in Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh).
The 1992-94 war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Artsakh left behind
hundreds of minefields and cluster bomb strikes. It has had profound
impacts upon the day-to-day lives of the rural population, significantly
inhibiting the incomes of thousands of poor families and causing 268
accidents, with almost 350 people killed or injured. This is amongst the
highest per capita civilian casualty rates in the world with a quarter
of these victims being children. HALO Artsakh has returned over 66,718
acres of contaminated land to productive use. Over 67,000 landmines,
cluster munitions and other items of unexploded ordnance have been
safely located and destroyed. Accidents will continue to happen until
the remaining minefields and cluster munition strikes are cleared.
Gala Danilova, is a graduate of Mesrop Mashdots University in
Stepanakert where she studied History and International Relations. She
joined HALO in September 2002 as a Mine Risk Education (MRE) coordinator
in Stepanakert. After several years in the MRE program she was given
responsibility for Logistics and then Statistics in HALO`s Artsakh
office. She also supported HALO`s MRE team in Abkhazia and HALO`s USA
office fundraising efforts in the United States during her three trips
in 2007-2008. In May 2009 she was promoted to her current assignment as
the Director of Finance.
The program is sponsored by the Library, Arts & Culture Department.
###
CONTACT: Elizabeth Grigorian, Glendale Library, Arts & Culture (818)
548-3288
From: Baghdasarian