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LANDMINE FREE ARTSAKH CLEARS KAREGAH MINEFIELD: TWO FUNDRAISERS PLANNED FOR U.S.
13:27, February 20, 2015
With generous support from the worldwide Armenian community, the
clearance of a minefield in the village of Karegah in Artsakh's
Kashatagh region was completed in December 2014 and the land was
returned to the local community in January.
The HALO Trust, the non-profit organization we partner with to remove
the landmines, destroyed 21 anti-personnel mines and 6 other deadly
explosive remnants of war to make safe over 4 acres of land. Now the
villagers of Karegah can collect firewood and forage for berries and
mushrooms without fear of death or serious injury.
In a recent interview Yuri Shahramanian, HALO's Program Manager in
Nagorno Karabakh, spoke about the effort to make Nagorno Karabakh
safe, the Landmine Free Artsakh campaign, and the clearance we have
supported in the villages of Norashenik and Karegah. You can watch
Yuri's interview here.
Since the summer of 2013, Landmine Free Artsakh has been campaigning
to raise funds and awareness about the landmines, left behind from
the 1994 war between Azerbaijan and Artsakh, which injure and kill
innocent civilians and prevent fertile land from being used. In
addition to Karegah, our efforts have also helped to make safe the
village of Norashenik (also in Kashatagh region) where 12 cluster
bombs and 28 other items of unexploded ordnance were destroyed to make
safe over 370 acres of land. If you haven't seen it yet, watch this
news report by Artsakh TV about Norashenik and meet Virab Shaboian's
children who can now play in safety.
The next project for Landmine Free Artsakh is to raise $100,000 for
the clearance of the village of Govshatly in the Northern Hadrout
region. The road to the edge of the village is mined, as is one of
the upper fields adjoining the road. When the minefield is cleared 709
people from three nearby villages will be able to travel safely and 43
acres of land will be returned to the people of Govshatly for farming.
To help us achieve this goal, we have organized two informational
and fundraising events in February to reach new Armenian communities
in the United States, as many do not know that every year there are
new civilian casualties in Artsakh. The first event will be held on
Sunday February 22 at the St. David Church in Boca Raton, Florida and
the second on Tuesday February 24 at the St. Mary Armenian Apostolic
Church in Washington, DC.
For more information or to make a tax-deductible donation to help the
villagers of Govshatly village, please visit our website or email us
at [email protected].
http://hetq.am/eng/news/58639/landmine-free-artsakh-clears-karegah-minefield-two-fundraisers-planned-for-us.html
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
13:27, February 20, 2015
With generous support from the worldwide Armenian community, the
clearance of a minefield in the village of Karegah in Artsakh's
Kashatagh region was completed in December 2014 and the land was
returned to the local community in January.
The HALO Trust, the non-profit organization we partner with to remove
the landmines, destroyed 21 anti-personnel mines and 6 other deadly
explosive remnants of war to make safe over 4 acres of land. Now the
villagers of Karegah can collect firewood and forage for berries and
mushrooms without fear of death or serious injury.
In a recent interview Yuri Shahramanian, HALO's Program Manager in
Nagorno Karabakh, spoke about the effort to make Nagorno Karabakh
safe, the Landmine Free Artsakh campaign, and the clearance we have
supported in the villages of Norashenik and Karegah. You can watch
Yuri's interview here.
Since the summer of 2013, Landmine Free Artsakh has been campaigning
to raise funds and awareness about the landmines, left behind from
the 1994 war between Azerbaijan and Artsakh, which injure and kill
innocent civilians and prevent fertile land from being used. In
addition to Karegah, our efforts have also helped to make safe the
village of Norashenik (also in Kashatagh region) where 12 cluster
bombs and 28 other items of unexploded ordnance were destroyed to make
safe over 370 acres of land. If you haven't seen it yet, watch this
news report by Artsakh TV about Norashenik and meet Virab Shaboian's
children who can now play in safety.
The next project for Landmine Free Artsakh is to raise $100,000 for
the clearance of the village of Govshatly in the Northern Hadrout
region. The road to the edge of the village is mined, as is one of
the upper fields adjoining the road. When the minefield is cleared 709
people from three nearby villages will be able to travel safely and 43
acres of land will be returned to the people of Govshatly for farming.
To help us achieve this goal, we have organized two informational
and fundraising events in February to reach new Armenian communities
in the United States, as many do not know that every year there are
new civilian casualties in Artsakh. The first event will be held on
Sunday February 22 at the St. David Church in Boca Raton, Florida and
the second on Tuesday February 24 at the St. Mary Armenian Apostolic
Church in Washington, DC.
For more information or to make a tax-deductible donation to help the
villagers of Govshatly village, please visit our website or email us
at [email protected].
http://hetq.am/eng/news/58639/landmine-free-artsakh-clears-karegah-minefield-two-fundraisers-planned-for-us.html
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress