Syrian Armenian children to spend their vacations in Tsaghkadzor and Hankavan

YEREVAN, AUGUST 2, ARMENPRESS: Syrian Armenian children will spend some part of their summer vacations in Armenian camps. Armenpress reports that the project of organizing summer camps in Armenia for Syrian Armenian children was proved during the session of the Government on August 2.

During the briefing Minister of Diaspora of Armenia Hranush Hakobyan mentioned that the children would be chosen not by the ministry but institutions of Armenian community in Syria. “We will transfer as much children to Armenia as will choose the communities. We can say that the airplane in Damascus is already full and is ready to transfer the children to Armenia and the election in Aleppo still goes on. We think that we will be able to transfer 300-400 children to Armenia and organize their summer vacations” mentioned Hakobyan. The summer vacations of Syrian Armenian children is planned to organize for two weeks in Tsaghkadzor and Hankavan. The minister of Diaspora also suggests the children spend their vacations in Armenian families in order “not to be isolated”.