KALCIYAN FAMILY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN KHACHARDZAN
13:58 22/10/2014 >> SOCIETY
Hayastan All-Armenian Fund benefactors Mr. and Mrs. Arto and Hilda
Kalciyan of Argentina continue to support vital development projects in
Khachardzan, a village in Armenia's Tavush Region. Following the recent
opening of Khachardzan's health clinic and multifunctional events
hall, both of which were built with the support of the Kalciyans,
the benefactors have also provided funds for the extensive renovation
of the community's school, the press service of Hayastan All-Armenian
Fund reports.
For the duration of the school's reconstruction, the mayor's building
will serve as a makeshift campus for the 66 students.
To date, the Kalciyan's have made possible several initiatives in
Khachardzan, which has a population of close to 400. In June of this
year, they donated various school supplies, including school bags and
stationery, to the community's students, and, most recently, provided
financial assistance to four local families with newborn babies. The
Kalciyans have pledged continued assistance to such families.
"Hundreds of villages in Armenia need our care and support," Arto
Kalciyan has said in an appeal to the Argentinean-Armenian community.
"Perhaps we've been responding to that need with silent indifference.
Life has been extremely difficult in those villages and today they
continue to face a number of major issues. Children who were born
in such villages are the babies of our homeland, Armenians like
us. Isn't it time for us to join forces and turn our good intentions
into tangible actions, as a united people?"
According to Khachardzan mayor Gagik Shahnazaryan, the Kalciyans
have also expressed their willingness to support the development of
beekeeping in the community.
"Although Mr. and Mrs. Kalciyan have joined the family of the Hayastan
All-Armenian Fund only recently, they have already made possible
several development projects in the border village of Khachardzan,"
said Ara Vardanyan, executive director of the fund. "The initiatives
they have sponsored are so far-reaching that the grateful community
has named its benefactors Honorary Citizens of Khachardzan."
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2014/10/22/klachiyan/
13:58 22/10/2014 >> SOCIETY
Hayastan All-Armenian Fund benefactors Mr. and Mrs. Arto and Hilda
Kalciyan of Argentina continue to support vital development projects in
Khachardzan, a village in Armenia's Tavush Region. Following the recent
opening of Khachardzan's health clinic and multifunctional events
hall, both of which were built with the support of the Kalciyans,
the benefactors have also provided funds for the extensive renovation
of the community's school, the press service of Hayastan All-Armenian
Fund reports.
For the duration of the school's reconstruction, the mayor's building
will serve as a makeshift campus for the 66 students.
To date, the Kalciyan's have made possible several initiatives in
Khachardzan, which has a population of close to 400. In June of this
year, they donated various school supplies, including school bags and
stationery, to the community's students, and, most recently, provided
financial assistance to four local families with newborn babies. The
Kalciyans have pledged continued assistance to such families.
"Hundreds of villages in Armenia need our care and support," Arto
Kalciyan has said in an appeal to the Argentinean-Armenian community.
"Perhaps we've been responding to that need with silent indifference.
Life has been extremely difficult in those villages and today they
continue to face a number of major issues. Children who were born
in such villages are the babies of our homeland, Armenians like
us. Isn't it time for us to join forces and turn our good intentions
into tangible actions, as a united people?"
According to Khachardzan mayor Gagik Shahnazaryan, the Kalciyans
have also expressed their willingness to support the development of
beekeeping in the community.
"Although Mr. and Mrs. Kalciyan have joined the family of the Hayastan
All-Armenian Fund only recently, they have already made possible
several development projects in the border village of Khachardzan,"
said Ara Vardanyan, executive director of the fund. "The initiatives
they have sponsored are so far-reaching that the grateful community
has named its benefactors Honorary Citizens of Khachardzan."
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2014/10/22/klachiyan/