YEREVAN. – Armenian Red Cross Society (ARCS) President Mkhitar Mnatsakanyan and Keishuke Yamagishi, First Secretary of the Embassy of Japan in Russia, will sign an agreement on Thursday.

Pursuant to the agreement, the Japanese government will provide a grant of $92,061 to the ARCS for the renovation of the second floor of the school of Lusarat village in Ararat Region.   

Owing to this initiative, and starting from next year, 300 schoolchildren of the border village will receive education in renovated and modern classrooms.    

To note, as a result of an earlier area study, it was found out that the school of Lusarat village, which is primarily inhabited by refugees, was in poor condition.   

Subsequently, the ACRC had submitted to the Japanese government a project toward renovating the first floor of the school, and this project received a respective grant from Japan. As a result, the school officially reopened on September 1, 2011.