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    SOCIAL ORPHANS IN ARMENIA

    Panorama.am
    15:43 04/09/2008

    UNICEF and HSBC Bank Armenia closed joint stock Company have started
    "Help children live in families" joint program the chief aim of which
    is to support the Armenian families in need and prevent children from
    living in orphanages.

    "Family is the main guarantee for child's safety and security." This
    is the chief slogan of the propagandistic action. "The children
    deprived of parental care are more likely to become victims of abuse,
    trafficking and discrimination," UNICEF Armenia Office Representative
    Sheldon Yett says.

    According to Mr. Sheldon 80% of 1300 children living in Armenian
    orphanages have at least one parent, hence these children can be
    considered social orphans, as they are compelled to live in orphan
    asylums because their own families are in need. That is why HSBC and
    UNICEF have founded special charity fund to help poor families.

    HSBC Bank Armenia cjsc Chief Executive Officer Tim Slater says the
    Bank has already donated 10 000 dollars to this joint fund which
    is supposed to provide financial support to the children from needy
    families during three year's period.

    At the end of the conference concerning the creation of the joint
    fund, a special social video "Help Children Live in Families" was
    shown for the first time.
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