KHARBERD ORPHANAGE LEAVERS MOVE TO NEW SUBSIDIARY BUILDING
01-02-2007 15:53:00 | Armenia | Social
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 1, NOYAN TAPAN. The specially specialized
orphanage of Kharberd is envisaged for 6-18 year old children.
235 invalid children are taken care here at present. But, 80 of
those taken care here are of higher age already. Need of special
care makes them to remain in the orphanage.
It is envisaged by the 2004-2015 national program on the
children's rights protection to implement organization of the
Kharberd specialized orphanage leavers' care in another
institution. As the Noyan Tapan correspondent was informed by
Lena Hayrapetian, the Chief of the Children's Problems
Sub-Department of the Family, Women and Children's Problems
Department of the RA Ministry of Labour and Social Issues, 53.5
mln drams (about 148.6 thousand U.S. dollars) were given from
the 2007 state budget for that purpose. One of the subsidiary
buildings of the Kharberd orphanage not put into operation will
be restored by the given money. In L.Hayrapetian's words, a
competition will be announced for implementation of the draft
works.
It was also mentioned that another orphanage envisaged for
invalid children functions in Gyumri. 100 children below 6 year
old are taken care here at present.