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On July 30, USAID celebrated an important accomplishment in Yeghegnut community, in the Ararat Valley. For over two decades, the community had irregular, contaminated water supply. More than 70% of water was reportedly lost through deteriorated pipes, and residents had water access for only a few hours per day. USAID/Armenia’s Advanced Science and Partnerships for Integrated Resources Development (ASPIRED) and Participatory Utilization and Resource Efficiency of Water (PURE Water) projects together rehabilitated the village’s drinking water network by building a new pumping and chlorinat
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Lilit Aivazyan is a 20-year old junior at the American University of Armenia. Originally from Ararat, a small community of 20,000 about 45 minutes west of Yerevan, she is studying communications and public relations with the hope of one day returning to her hometown. “I want to show, especially young people in Ararat, that they can achieve something by staying [in Ararat],” she says.
List of USAID/Armenia's Current Activities, September 2020
USAID/Armenia's Current Projects/Activities List; Updated September 2020
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A new nationwide poll of Armenia by the International Republican Institute’s (IRI) Center for Insights in Survey Research shows strong support for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his government’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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