8.5 THOUSAND DISABLED PEOPLE REGISTERED IN ARTSAKH TODAY
YEREVAN, December 6 (Noyan Tapan). A competition-exhibition of
handworks of disabled children aged below 18 was organized in
Stepanakert in connection with the December 3 International Day of
Disabled People. According to the NKR Ministry of Social Security,
there are 483 disabled children aged below 18 in Artsakh today. The
amount of state welfare benefits given them makes 4,000 drams (about
8 dollars) and pensions – 5,200 drams. The number of disabled people
makes a total of 8.5 thousand people in Artsakh today.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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