SPECIAL ATTENTION AT THE COMMUNITIES WATER SUPPLY
Aysor.am
Monday, February 01
The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund in October 2009 has launched
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 is co-sponsored by the
"Hayastan" All-Armenian Fund’s French affiliate and the NKR government.
"At the center of our humanitarian action is the well being of the
Artsakh population, with special emphasize on children-related and
water supply projects," comments Pierre Terzian, chairman of the
"Hayastan" All-Armenian Fund French affiliate.
The construction of the 7.6-kilometer internal water-distribution
network is complete already. The next phase of the project which will
start in February 2010 comprises 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. We are extremely gratified
that, with the project in Sos, yet another community will have resolved
its water crisis", – said Ara Vardanyan, executive director of the
Hayastan All-Armenian Fund.
According to Igor Ghahramyan, mayor of Sos, the residents of the
ancient village obtain much of their water supply from a single local
well, which is in grave disrepair and the water of which is not safe
for drinking. "Water is the most vital element connecting villagers
to the land, and only after solving the water problem they can begin
to address other issues facing the community", – Ghahramyan says.
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.