YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. Starting February, the Program on Rural Area Comprehensive Development will be implemented in the villages of Myasnikian, Daralik, Shenik, Argina and Lernagog of Armavir marz. The Chairman of the Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) Garo Armen stated on February 1 that the program's 2006 budget for these 5 villages makes about 3 mln USD. He said that since 2004 the Fund's program has been successfully implemented in the same marz's village of Karakert with its population of 5,000. According to G. Armen, the Karakert school, its outpatient clinic and two kindergartens have been repaired and furnished. The program's implementation allowed to increase the number of schoolchildren by 10% and that of children going to kindergarten by 21%. In his words, nearly 1.5 mln USD has already been spent on the implementation of the program in Karakert. It was noted that COAF is implementing the Program on Rural Area Comprehensive Development with the assistance of a number of international structures, including the World Bank, USAID, and UNICEF.

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