Thanks to the “Kashatagh” Charitable Foundation, a number of housing, resettlement, social security and education programs have been implemented in the Kashatagh region, Artsakh Republic.
What projects been implemented with funds from "Kashatagh" Charitable Foundation?
STEPANAKERT, OCTOBER 29, ARTSAKHPRESS: Touching upon the Fund’s activities, Director Artush Mkhitaryan noted that the Fund started its activities in August, 2010.
“The fund mainly focused on resettlement issue. Apartment buildings have been constructed in Kovsakan and Ishkhanadzor for the Syrian-Armenian families resettled in Artsakh; support has been provided to the resettled families for the basic living conditions.
In a number of communities, as a part of the project, financial support has been provided to the birth promotion program and large families,”Mkhitaryan said.
On this occasion, our correspondent interviewed the current and former leaders of the communities where “Kashatagh” Charitable Foundation has undertaken construction works.
Talking about the village of Ishkhanadzor, the head of the community, Arsen Telunts, said: “The focus was on the Syrian-Armenian families settled in the community, for which, with the co-financing of the “Tufenkian” Charitable Foundation, two apartment buildings have been built.
With the financial support of the Fund, 11 houses were built in 2017 and 52 in 2018, each costing 7 million drams. As a result of these works, the population of the community has increased by about 400, from 200 to 600,”noted Telunts.
Razmik Margaryan, the former mayor of Kovsakan, noted: “Kashatagh Charitable Foundation has had an important role in the implementation of community development programs. An apartment building for 12 families has been built in the city. It was mainly settled by Syrian-Armenians.
Such projects have also been implemented in the city of Mijnavan . Former Mayor of the city Manuk Mkrtchyan told us that the 8-room apartment building has been built in the city. M. Mkrtchyan added that the Fund supported a number of vulnerable families.”During these years 389 million 268 thousand drams has been allocated from the state budget in support of the above-mentioned programs. Of course, we receive supports from other channels as well, for which we would like to thank everyone, ” concluded the head of the Foundation.
