In Ararat region construction of cities for children will begin this  year

ArmInfo. On the initiative of the Armenian Caritas charitable organization and with the direct assistance of the Governor of the Ararat region Garik Sargsyan,  cities for children with disabilities and socially disadvantaged  citizens will be built in the Shahumyan and Taperakan communities.

It should be noted that on August 8, with the aim of implementing the  "City of Children" project, the Armenian government decided to  provide free of charge charitable social and public organization  "Armenian Caritas" with land rights in the above communities of the  Ararat region. According to the project, it is planned to build a  city in the communities where programs for child care, health  protection, upbringing and development, and the effective  organization of educational services will be implemented.

In this city, about 600 children with disabilities and children from  socially disadvantaged families, as well as youth with their  families, will find safe havens, and about 8.000 people from other  regions and the capital of Armenia can become beneficiaries.

The project "City of Children" is based on a real model of the city  of "adults" with its inherent infrastructures: a kindergarten,  secondary and high schools, a hospital, a sports complex and other  institutions adapted for people with disorders of the  supporting-motor apparatus.

Residents of this peculiar city in everyday life will be able to  acquire professions, master computer skills and use the knowledge and  experience gained in agricultural processing shops, restaurants,  hotels and other institutions operating there.

The construction of special cities for children is a common practice  in the world, first applied in Italy after the Second World War.

According to the governor, the construction of such a complex for  children of the Ararat region will help reduce child poverty, develop  socially disadvantaged children, provision of education,  self-expression, and adaptation to society.

Work on the construction of the "children's city" will begin this  fall.