BROKEN WATER RESERVOIR WILL BE REFURBISHED IN ARTSAKH’S VILLAGE OF SOS
PanARMENIAN.Net
01.02.2010 17:46 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Hayastan All-Armenian Fund continues to make
headway in the construction of a drinking-water network in Sos,
a village in Artsakh’s Martuni Region, as well as the refurbishment
of the community’s broken water reservoir. The project, launched in
October 2009, is co-sponsored by the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s
French affiliate and the government of Artsakh.
"The well being of the Artsakh population is at the center of our
humanitarian action, with special emphasis on children-related and
water supply projects," comments Pierre Terzian, chairman of the
Hayastan All-Armenian Fund French affiliate.
Already the construction of the 7.6-kilometer internal
water-distribution network is complete. The next and final phase
of the project, slated to start in February 2010, will comprise the
renovation of the main water reservoir and construction of the smaller
distribution reservoirs.
"Unfortunately numerous rural communities throughout Artsakh and
Armenia still lack reliable access to water," said Ara Vardanyan,
executive director of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund. "We are extremely
gratified that, with the project in Sos, yet another community will
have resolved its water crisis."
Igor Ghahramyan, mayor of Sos, said that the residents of the ancient
village obtain much of their water supply from a single local well,
which is in grave disrepair and whose water is not safe for drinking.
"Water is the most vital element connecting villagers to the land,
and only after solving the water problem can they begin to address
other issues facing the community," Ghahramyan added.
The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund continues to carry out a number of
vital development projects in the Martuni Region. In 2009 it completed
water-network projects in the villages of Berdashen and Spitakashen.
Currently the fund is implementing school-building initiatives in
the communities of Gishi and Chartar, and in the summer of 2009 it
completed the construction of a new school in Spitakashen.
Hayastan All Armenian Fund was founded by a Presidential Decree in
March 1992. in a turbulent and testing time for our newly independent
homeland. From the ground zero of the earthquake in Armenia to the war
torn villages and towns of Artsakh, the Fund has always been where
the help was needed most. The times change and so do the challenges
facing the now steadily developing Armenia and Artsakh. New challenges
require new solutions and Hayastan All Armenian Fund has continuously
displayed the ability to successfully adapt and adjust to this ever
changing environment bringing innovative solutions to complex issues.
These strategically important issues are defined by the Board of
Trustees – the supreme governing body of the Fund. Under the Fund’s
charter, the President of the Republic of Armenia is ex officio
the President of the Board of Trustees. Since 1996, the Fund holds
annual Telethons. In the years since the first Telethon, this event
has gone far beyond the boundaries of a simple fundraiser. Today, via
the modern means of communication Telethon is a medium that succeeds
in bringing together Armenians from all over the world around one goal.