HAYASTAN ALL-ARMENIAN FUND IMPLEMENTS DRINKING-WATER PROJECT IN MARTUNI REGION’S SOS VILLAGE
armradio.am
01.02.2010 12:21
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.