YEREVAN ­ The total cost of the Save the Children (SC/Armenia) programs, fulfilled in Armenia in the last 10 years came to $38 million. It was announced by the director of the Save the Children department in Armenia, Michael McGrat.

At the beginning of its activity SC/Armenia realized projects of rendering humanitarian help to region, suffered from the earthquake in 1988. Within the framework of those projects about $16.6 million were assigned. With the financial help of the USAID, in 1998-2001 the organization provided humanitarian help to the families, which suffered during the war in Nagorno Karabakh, to the amount of $9.4 million.

Since 1995 SC/Armenia has worked on development of communities in Armenia and minor financing. Nowadays the organization realizes projects in Yerevan and 7 regions in Armenia.

The international organization Save the Children, Inc. was founded in 1934 and works in 45 countries. The organization¹s budget equaled $119 in FY2001.