Beds with Bedding & A Playground for Ayrum Village Kindergarten

Ayrum (Armenian: Այրում), is a town and urban municipal community in the Tavush Province of Armenia, located at a road distance of 206 km (128 mi) northeast of the capital Yerevan. It is situated on the shores of Debed river, only 2 km (1 mi) away from the Armenian-Georgian borderline. The town has a population of 2,300 with 680 households. The sole school (1-12 grade) in the town has 298 students.
In 2019 the community started the renovation of the kindergarten, although the kindergarten is fully renovated now, but it is not in operation due to lack of funds to furnish the kindergarten.
The kindergarten has requested 94 beds with bedding, furniture for the nurse’s room, and a playground. Note that ASF has committed to providing the kindergarten with the furniture (tables, chairs, closets) for 94 children. The cost for 94 beds with bedding is $9,400, furniture for Nurse’s station (one bed, drawers, nurses chair and table) $300, and playground $5,500. The total cost of Ayrum kindergarten project is $15,200. This project will allow 94 children to attend kindergarten and will generate 9-10 new employment opportunities for the community.

About Artyum Town – The word Ayrum means burning in the Armenian language. According to the Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia, the area has been known as Ayrum after being burnt by the enemies a long time ago.
According to another theory, the name of the town is derived from the presence of the Ayrum people, who are a sub-ethnic group of Azerbaijanis in the Caucuses. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some migrated to Iran and to Turkey. The importance of the town is derived from its geographical location as the northeastern gate and railway hub for the entire republic.
Mainly involved in agricultural activities, the citizens of Ayrum are ethnic Armenians whose ancestors arrived in the town from Yerevan and the nearby village of Archis during the 1960s. Around 12% of the current population are Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan -mainly from Baku and Sumqayit- who were forced to leave their settlements during the first Nagorno-Karabakh War.