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    "WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE EQUAL MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY"

    International Society for Human Rights
    http://www.ishr.org/index.php?id=1278
    May 26 2009

    The ISHR Armenian working group started a long term project for
    disabled people

    "Our Right of Leisure"

    Bela Shikaryan, President of the ISHR Armenian working group

    ISHR charity concert: the blind Armenian singer Sasha Isaev

    Illios Yannikakis (ISHR France) introduced the audience about the
    ISHR activity

    ISHR Armenian working group arranged a great three-hour-charity-concert
    in the large hall of the State Opera and Ballet Theatre of Yerevan
    on March 31, 2009.

    More than 20 Armenian stars singers and dances, some of them disabled
    themselves like the blind singer Sasha Isaev were on the stage. The
    concert hall with 1500 places was full, disabled people from all
    over Armenia - mostly disabled children and young people - as well
    as representatives of state and international organizations came to
    the concert and were a grateful audience. According to the statement
    of the Armenian Ministry for Culture this concert was in the scope
    of its destination and quality the best in the last half a year.

    We are thankful for the participation of Illios Yannikakis,
    representative of the ISHR France, who came to Armenia to work out
    our Armenian-French project "Free Journalist status". He introduced
    the audience about the ISHR activity and welcomed our program.

    The concert was the start of our project "Our Right of Leisure".

    Short about our project:

    There are a lot of leisure places in Armenia which are not available
    for disabled people, not suited for them and are too expensive. About
    85% of disabled people are unemployed; the benefit of disabled is
    very small, they are the fringe group of the society. Therefore they
    feel very uncomfortable in such public places.

    In the scope of this our long lasting program we envisage buying a
    space (building) for establishing a kind of a club which will be free
    for disabled people. It will have a training room, a small concert
    hall, a café etc. This kind of leisure centre for disabled will be
    a pioneer in Armenia.

    We have already opened an account for sponsors and foresee in future
    to take measures to organize a marathon to gather financial means.

    The next event will be a trade exhibition show. It will take place
    in June 2009 and will show and sell handworks made by disabled
    young people.

    A lot of state and nongovernmental organizations approved our program
    as well as the Armenian Diaspora too.

    We are also expecting the participation and support of ISHR sections
    in our program.
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