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29 January, 2010
Hayastan All-Armenian Fund implements drinking-water project in Martuni
Region’s Sos Village
Yerevan, February 1, 2010 – The 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 emphasize 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