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  • Exchange Program Alumni Bring Orphans and the Elderly Together

    Embassy of the United States
    Yerevan, Armenia
    28 April 2005
    http://www.usa.am/news/2005/april/news042805.html

    E xchange Program Alumni Bring Orphans and the Elderly Together on Earth Day

    The U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Section, IREX, and American Councils,
    organized an Earth Day celebration at the Nork Marash Retirement Home on
    April 23 with alumni of U.S. Government sponsored exchange programs. The
    group volunteered to refurbish the garden of the retirement home with the
    help of three to five year-olds from the Zeitun Orphanage. The alumni used
    the event to teach the children the importance of taking care of the nature
    around them.
    The residents of the retirement home spent a couple of hours with the
    children, talking, walking around the garden and sharing a picnic lunch. The
    kids from the orphanage also performed a play based on an Armenian fairy
    tale for the seniors.
    U.S. Embassy Cultural Affairs Officer, Rian Harris, said of the celebration,
    "We had a great time. It is so encouraging to see young people giving back
    to their community and doing their part to help protect the environment."
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