President Serzh Sargsyan conducted a working visit to Ararat marz

Today, President Serzh Sargsyan conducted a working visit to Ararat marz.
The President of Armenia visited the Youth Center in Masis town. Together with the representatives of the marz and town authorities, the sponsor, who built the center, and beneficiaries he toured the Youth Center. Serzh Sargsyan familiarized with the mission and the areas of activities of the Center and conditions created for the young people of Masis. Responsible officials noted that the Center is aimed at the multifaceted development of children, widening their horizons, revealing their talents and implementation of the programs for the enhancement of civil vigor and the culture of volunteering. The Center has three main areas of activities: educational, volunteering, and social programs. The President was informed that currently over 120 children and teenagers of Masis are attending the Youth Center. The Center has been created by the Masis Development Fund established by the Adibekian Family Development Fund private benevolent organization.

In Masis, the President of Armenia was also present at the groundbreaking ceremony for the first in the town family sport compound.

According to those responsible, the cost of the program is close to 2 million USD. The construction program of the sport compound will commence in April 2017 and is to be completed in June 2018. The project is implemented through the funds provided by the Adibekian Family Development Fund private benevolent organization.

The sport compound will have fields for mini-football and basketball, an outdoors site equipped with sport apparatus, as well as a play-ground for children.

At the territory adjacent to the compound there will be a small park for the residents with comfortable seats. The sport facility has also equipment for the handicap persons. The compound will become the first family, social, sport and leisure center in Masis town. It is intended to develop social, cultural, and economic life of the town and will bring together representatives of all generations.

During the groundbreaking ceremony a message of the Masis Youth Center addressed to the generations was read out and then put into a capsule. Arthur Alexanian – member of Armenia’s Olympic team, Greco-Roman style wrestler, two times world and three times Europe champion, bronze medal winner of the Olympic Games, gold medal winner of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games and Aram Margarian - 2002 world champion in free style wrestling placed the capsule in the foundation of the compound.