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    THE ARMENIAN LANGUAGE AND HERITAGE ARE IN DANGER - PETITION TO SAVE MELKONIAN SCHOOL

    Hye Tert
    http://www.hyetert.com/yazi3.asp?s=2&Id=4 31&DilId=1
    http://www.midk.org/esp/public/surv ey.php?name=Melkonian_Petition
    April 30 2009
    Turkey

    Please sign the petition below in support of the last school in Europe
    where young Armenians can get immersed in Western Armenian culture
    while completing their secondary education. It will only take a minute.

    Western Armenian language, culture and history are in imminent danger
    of extinction if measures are not taken to ensure the survival and
    progress of Diaspora communities around the world.

    The young Republic of Armenia needs a strong Diaspora, without which,
    it cannot survive.

    The only way to preserve the identity of present and future generations
    of Armenians is by opening and maintaining schools where young men
    and women will be educated about their heritage and trained to prepare
    and develop their communities.

    One such school is the Melkonian Educational Institute in Nicosia,
    Cyprus, that was unjustly closed by the AGBU Central Board, denying
    current and future generations of young Armenians from Europe,
    the Middle East and the rest of the world an education about their
    heritage in their own language.

    Join this international petition calling on the government of the
    Republic of Cyprus to persuade the AGBU Central Board to allow the
    historic Melkonian Educational Institute to reopen at its present
    location in Nicosia with a new vision for the next generation.

    For information on the background of this very pressing question,
    please refer to the following articles and links.

    Melkonian Alumni and Friends International
    http://www.melkonianforever.org/

    Vi deos relating the issue http://www.youtube.com/user/savemelkonian

    What Wikipedia says about Melkonian
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melkonian_E ducational_Institute

    The official statement announcing the closure of the school came
    as a surprise to everyone in 2004 but failed to justify any of its
    statements. http://www.agbu.org/mei/agbumei-pp-e.pdf .

    March 2009

    promote this page about Midk.org

    The Melkonian Educational Institute was established as an orphanage in
    the hospitable land of Cyprus in 1926, providing shelter to hundreds
    of survivors of the Genocide. In view of the significance of the
    school and its historic mission, the original school buildings are
    recognised and protected by the Republic of Cyprus as part of its
    national heritage.[1]

    The trees planted by the orphans represent the flourishing Armenian
    communities around the world, and are preserved as a symbol of survival
    and hope.

    Thousands of Armenians who have passed through the Melkonian have
    excelled in their communities, becoming leaders in their fields and
    contributing to the development of the Armenian culture, education,
    language and national identity.

    Graduates of the Melkonian have made their mark across the world as
    leading figures in the literary, artistic, scientific and business
    fields.

    The Melkonian school has produced thousands of students and teachers
    who are ambassadors of goodwill supporting the just struggle of the
    people of Cyprus for a fair solution to its protracted problem.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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