YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 12, ARMENPRESS. Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s Toronto benefactors Mr. and Mrs. Armen and Berjouhi Nalbandians have undertaken the project of major renovations of the school at the Nalbandian Village in the Armavir region of Armenia.

The Public Relations Department of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund informed “Armenpress” that the school has over 600 students. The school which was originally built in 1967, is a 3-story building and together with the gymnasium has a total surface area of about 3,200 square meters (34,700 ft2). The project entails a total redesign of the floor areas, including the entire stairway, reinforcement of the walls for seismic endurance, electrical, rebuilding of the floors with parquet and granite, new washroom facilities for all the floors, total renovation of the gymnasium and its surrounding facilities, other internal improvements and general landscaping of the school area. In the past years, the school had gone through very limited renovations and replacements such as the roof, the heating system and the doors.

“With this new project Toronto has been continuing its quest of undertaking school building projects in Armenia and Artsakh.” said the chair of Toronto Chapter of the Fund, Migirdic Migirdicyan.