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TEKEYAN SHOWS APPRECIATION TO ARMENIAN TEACHERS BY DISTRIBUTING AID
NEWS | NOVEMBER 18, 2013 5:19 PM
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YEREVAN - Nine-year-old Ardag studies at Vahan Tekeyan No. 92 school
in Yerevan. He has decided to become a doctor when he grows up. Edmond
Azadian, a member of Tekeyan Cultural Association Board of Directors,
during a recent visit encouraged him by saying, "After a few years
I will be back to hear about you, if you have become a doctor or not."
Ardag and his 606 schoolmates are studying at the Tekeyan school in
Yerevan and have their own dreams about the future. And at school
their teachers are educating them to become first good human beings
and then good Armenians, who would be helping their country.
The Sponsor A Teacher project, which is implemented by TCA, serves to
help the teachers. It was established in 2000 and since then, every
year, all the schools in Armenia and Artsakh named after the prince
of Armenian poets, Vahan Tekeyan, the namesake of the organization,
receive financial help.
On September 20, the members of Yerevan TCA visited the No. 92 school
to hand the checks to each teacher and staff member. Each teacher
received $130 and staff members $30.
Each year this amount is handled to teachers in the presence of
members of committee and members of Tekeyan from US and Canada. This
year Azadian and Hagop Minassian from Detroit visited the schools and
the classes named by Ared Khntirian and late editor Hagop Boghossian
as well as the library which was renovated by the Tekeyan Cultural
Association.
The last time that Minassian had visited the school was in 2001. He
says that through the years the school has changed a lot, but
unfortunately the students' number has decreased. Therefore, he said,
this donation for teachers is encouraging, especially for the heroic
job that they are doing, although they believe also that the fund
raising process is not easy. Azadian said, "If we say to people that
we are building a church, they immediately donate money. If we say
we are building a second church, they do give a second time without
even asking if we are in need of that church. But when we ask for
the sake of helping a teacher who is not well paid, unfortunately
the fund raising will not be smooth, but rather difficult."
- Inga Bedrosian
- See more at:
http://www.mirrorspectator.com/2013/11/18/tekeyan-shows-appreciation-to-armenian-teachers-by-distributing-aid/#sthash.iXkriat6.dpuf
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
NEWS | NOVEMBER 18, 2013 5:19 PM
________________________________
YEREVAN - Nine-year-old Ardag studies at Vahan Tekeyan No. 92 school
in Yerevan. He has decided to become a doctor when he grows up. Edmond
Azadian, a member of Tekeyan Cultural Association Board of Directors,
during a recent visit encouraged him by saying, "After a few years
I will be back to hear about you, if you have become a doctor or not."
Ardag and his 606 schoolmates are studying at the Tekeyan school in
Yerevan and have their own dreams about the future. And at school
their teachers are educating them to become first good human beings
and then good Armenians, who would be helping their country.
The Sponsor A Teacher project, which is implemented by TCA, serves to
help the teachers. It was established in 2000 and since then, every
year, all the schools in Armenia and Artsakh named after the prince
of Armenian poets, Vahan Tekeyan, the namesake of the organization,
receive financial help.
On September 20, the members of Yerevan TCA visited the No. 92 school
to hand the checks to each teacher and staff member. Each teacher
received $130 and staff members $30.
Each year this amount is handled to teachers in the presence of
members of committee and members of Tekeyan from US and Canada. This
year Azadian and Hagop Minassian from Detroit visited the schools and
the classes named by Ared Khntirian and late editor Hagop Boghossian
as well as the library which was renovated by the Tekeyan Cultural
Association.
The last time that Minassian had visited the school was in 2001. He
says that through the years the school has changed a lot, but
unfortunately the students' number has decreased. Therefore, he said,
this donation for teachers is encouraging, especially for the heroic
job that they are doing, although they believe also that the fund
raising process is not easy. Azadian said, "If we say to people that
we are building a church, they immediately donate money. If we say
we are building a second church, they do give a second time without
even asking if we are in need of that church. But when we ask for
the sake of helping a teacher who is not well paid, unfortunately
the fund raising will not be smooth, but rather difficult."
- Inga Bedrosian
- See more at:
http://www.mirrorspectator.com/2013/11/18/tekeyan-shows-appreciation-to-armenian-teachers-by-distributing-aid/#sthash.iXkriat6.dpuf
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress