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VANADZOR, MARCH 22, ARMENPRESS: The opening ceremony of “Pokrik Ishkhan” social center was held today in Vanadzor. Suchlike centers already worked in Gyumri, Gavar and Tashir, and now Vanadzor children will also have the opportunity of making use of different services of the center. The goals of the program, financed by “German Caritas” and implemented by “Crossing Roads” organization, is to contribute to harmonious social-psychological development of Vanadzor children and young people and make the family a more stable and healthy environment for living.
Many children and their parents were present at the opening ceremony of the center at the address of Tumanyan 2. Executive Director of “Armenian Caritas” Anahit Mkhoyan, governor of Lori province Aram Kocharyan, German Ambassador Hans-Jochen Schmidt, and Vanadzor Mayor Samvel Darbinyan congratulated Vanadzor people on the occasion of the opening of the new center. Mrs. Mkhoyan noted in his speech that the extreme poverty level in Lori province reaches 9%, but children must not be poor. “We must take care of them. We do not bring up, but provide conditions and a field so that children manage to realize their beautiful ideas and moods,” she noted.
The representatives of Lori and Vanadzor expressed readiness to hereafter support the center, the beneficiaries of which will be 70 children and 35 members of their families who have appeared in difficult situation and belong to vulnerable group of society. The German Ambasasdor to Armenia congratulated the children and said that it is honor for him to be present at opening of such a center