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  • HAAF: Reconstruction Completed at Parakar Art School

    PRESS RELEASE
    Hayastan All-Armenian Fund
    Governmental Building 3, Yerevan, RA
    Contact: Lusine Mnatsakanyan
    Tel: 3741 56 0106
    Fax: 3741 52 15 05
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Web: www.himnadram. org

    25 September, 2007

    Reconstruction Completed at Parakar Art School

    Yerevan, September 25 - The red ribbon across the school main door and the
    spirit of festivity was a witness to a big occasion in Parakar village on
    Saturday September 22. With funds from the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund French
    Affiliate, the Parakar Art School named after Hovik Edgaryan was
    reconstructed.

    The project (around US 140 thousand dollars) was carried out in the memory
    of Stepan and Kayane Tiryakians. The one-storey building of the school,
    severely damaged in the 1988 earthquake, was now standing new and welcoming
    - with its roof, floor, doors and windows reconstructed and replaced and
    interior refurbished. The school has around 200 students from Parakar and
    nearby villages of Tairov, Merdzavan, Ajgek, Baghramyan, Norakert, Ptghunk,
    Arevashat, Musaler who will start the academic year in improved conditions.

    Under the brass band music, official guests - Hayastan All-Armenian Fund
    Executive Director Vahe Aghabegians, Deputy Directors Ara Vardanyan and
    Ararat Khlghatyan, Armavir Diocese Leader Sion Archbishop Adamyan, Governor
    of the Province Region Ashot Ghahramanyan, Head of the Community Samvel
    Vardanyan were ushered into what was now a bright and welcoming concert
    hall, where the guests made their speeches. "This is a great event for all
    of us. We should make sure that things are improved for this generation in
    the hope that the coming generation will do the same for the generation to
    come", Vahe Aghabegians pointed out in his congratulatory speech. The
    occasion was celebrated by music and dancing performed by the school
    students. "I am delighted that we our classes will be held in a well-lit
    room and we will be able to work with no interference", Mnatsakan, a 3rd
    form art class student added.

    Head of the school Almast Svajian, officiating at the opening ceremony
    looked thrilled and proud. "Due to the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund efforts,
    eventually our students will enjoy classes in pleasant and comfortable
    rooms. As for now being able to perform in a well-lit spacious concert-hall,
    it feels very much like having a long-awaited dream come true. Painting,
    ceramics, brass band and other art classes will have their special
    classrooms; classes, such as carpet-making and tapestry are on the way. No
    doubt, new conditions of the school will inspire our teachers and students
    to do better".


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