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  • As Of January 1 Over 8358 Disabled Children Registered In Armenia

    AS OF JANUARY 1 OVER 8358 DISABLED CHILDREN REGISTERED IN ARMENIA

    ARMENPRESS
    JUNE 1, 2010
    YEREVAN

    YEREVAN, JUNE 1, ARMENPRESS: As of January 1, 2010 over 179 thousand
    257 disabled people, among them 8358 children, are registered in
    Armenia. Arpine Abrahamyan, director of 'Prkutyun' Center for Disabled
    Children and Youth, reported journalists today that over the 20%
    of the disabled children are considered mentally disabled. She also
    said 37 of the 52 stakeholders of Prkutyun Center are boys. Arpine
    Abrahamyan informed that from the very start of the operation the
    center began to work with 12 children.

    'The number of stakeholders of our center now makes 52 and we take
    care of all of them, but our vision is to do our best for that the
    daily life of the mentally disabled children is organized at their
    homes and their parents take care of them,' Arpine Abrahamyan said.

    She added that orphanages must be relieved and replaced by
    establishments, which provide noon care. Head of the UNICEF Project
    for Protection of Children's Rights Hayk Khemchyan says the United
    Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) provides assistance and pays special
    attention to the improvement of the inclusive schools program.

    However, he says, the aim of the UN and RA Government remains the
    discharge of the orphanages. 'This does not imply the refusal of such
    establishments or the mechanical discharge of children. Our mission
    is the designing of alternative variants of care,' Hayk Khemchyan said.

    He added that the opening of alternative care centers, intended
    for disabled children, is appropriate, as such centers demand less
    financial means, than orphanages and boarding schools.




    From: A. Papazian
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