YEREVAN. – The Municipality of Armenian capital city Yerevan is donating strollers, children’s items, and other necessary accessories to the city’s Syrian-Armenian families with newborn babies. 

Around 850 Syrian-Armenian families have received assistance in the first half of 2013, the Municipality press service informs. 

In addition, the Syrian Armenians receive social and education assistance, legal advice, and relevant support.   

Medical assistance and service for the socially disadvantaged Syrian-Armenian families is free of charge at the medical facilities that are under the jurisdiction of the Municipality.

Also, the needy Syrian Armenians in Yerevan can make use of soup kitchens.     

Ruzanna Zakaryan, Head the Department of Social Security of Yerevan Municipality, informed that a special attention is paid to the employment issue of Syrian Armenians. With the assistance of the staff of Yerevan’s administrative regions, 13 Syrian Armenians already have found jobs.

She also noted that the Syrian-Armenian families are registered in the poverty assessment system and, as a result, family allowances are allocated to those families with the corresponding points.