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In Armenia, the chance to develop schools that children love to attend
SYUNIK PROVINCE, Armenia 17 April 2009 – Located 200 km from Armenia's capital, Yerevan, the village of Ishkhanasar in Syunik province represents a sad picture of rural poverty.

UNICEF and Armenian postal service join forces to stamp out child mortality
YEREVAN, Armenia, 3 June 2008 – A new postage stamp, the first of its kind ever issued in Armenia, was launched here yesterday. This stamp will not only get a letter sent to its intended recipient, but will also publicize the issue of neonatal mortality in an effort to reduce infant deaths worldwide.

Reforming Armenia’s education system to benefit all children
YEREVAN, Armenia, 17 April 2008 - School number 27 is unremarkable from the outside. It is large, brown and grey, typical of Soviet-era public buildings.

Alla Levonyan appointed UNICEF Armenia Goodwill Ambassador
YEREVAN, Armenia, 26 April 2007 – Renowned Armenian singer, Alla Levonyan, recently joined the ranks of 200 celebrities around the world who have partnered with UNICEF to advocate for children’s rights.

Armenia: My son, Mikhail
TAVOUSH, Armenia – When Mikhail Simonyan’s mother, Rouzana, noticed that her son was having trouble walking, she thought the three-year-old had simply taken a bit of fall, and thought nothing more of it. But a trip to the doctor proved her wrong: it seemed that Mikhail had contracted measles and the infection had spread to his inner ear. The infection caused by his bout of measles had spread to the muscles that keep his spinal cord straight.

Peer education discourages misinformation about HIV/AIDS
YEREVAN, April 2005 - Any visitor to School No. 43 in the Armenian capital might easily mistake Veronica Seropyan for a teacher. Yet, standing in front of thirteen pupils aged between fourteen and sixteen, there is something different about her class. The ubiquitous red ribbons that adorn the children’s t-shirts perhaps provide the best clue.