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    PRESS RELEASE
    Hayastan All-Armenian Fund
    Governmental Buiding 3, Yerevan, RA
    Contact: Hasmik Grigoryan
    Tel: +(3741) 56 01 06 ext. 105
    Fax: +(3741) 52 15 05
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Web: http://www.himnadram.org/

    29 January, 2010

    Hayastan All-Armenian Fund implements drinking-water project in Martuni
    Region's Sos Village


    Yerevan, February 1, 2010 - The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund continues to make
    headway in the construction of a drinking-water network in Sos, a village in
    Artsakh's Martuni Region, as well as the refurbishment of the community's
    broken water reservoir. The project, launched in October 2009, is
    co-sponsored by the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund's French affiliate and the
    government of Artsakh.

    "The well being of the Artsakh population is at the center of our
    humanitarian action, with special emphasize on children-related and water
    supply projects," comments Pierre Terzian, chairman of the Hayastan
    All-Armenian Fund French affiliate.

    Already the construction of the 7.6-kilometer internal water-distribution
    network is complete. The next and final phase of the project, slated to
    start in February 2010, will comprise the renovation of the main water
    reservoir and construction of the smaller distribution reservoirs.

    "Unfortunately numerous rural communities throughout Artsakh and Armenia
    still lack reliable access to water," said Ara Vardanyan, executive director
    of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund. "We are extremely gratified that, with
    the project in Sos, yet another community will have resolved its water
    crisis."

    Igor Ghahramyan, mayor of Sos, said that the residents of the ancient
    village obtain much of their water supply from a single local well, which is
    in grave disrepair and whose water is not safe for drinking. "Water is the
    most vital element connecting villagers to the land, and only after solving
    the water problem can they begin to address other issues facing the
    community," Ghahramyan added.

    The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund continues to carry out a number of vital
    development projects in the Martuni Region. In 2009 it completed
    water-network projects in the villages of Berdashen and Spitakashen.
    Currently the fund is implementing school-building initiatives in the
    communities of Gishi and Chartar, and in the summer of 2009 it completed the
    construction of a new school in Spitakashen.

    Hayastan All Armenian Fund
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