All funds collected as part of the action of the all-Armenian International Youth Center to help victims of Russian fires will be directed to the regions of Nizhniy Novgorod and Voronezh, RIA Novosti reports, citing the press-service of the center.
This decision was made at a session of the regional representatives of the center today. President of the center Andranik Nikogosyan said that the fires this year in Russia "are a real challenge, to which Armenia cannot remain indifferent", News Armenia reports.
Over 1000 young people joined the action. The center urged all other social organizations to participate.
The all-Armenian International Youth Center expressed readiness on August 2nd to send its volunteers to aid Russian victims of forest fires. The center was established in April 2008 to consolidate Armenian youth around common values. The center is politically independent and works on strengthening Armenian-Russian ties and preservation of common historical memory.
