Nation Building: One Village at a Time

Rural Development
Program
Kakhakn: Gegharkunik
 
History
 
 
 
Projects
 
Completed
UNICEF - distribution of School in Cartoon kits
World Vision medical center renovation (2006)
ASIF - Local government and Community council trainings and provided school furniture (28 units)

Ongoing
RA MoA, WB Rural enterprise and small-scale commercial agriculture development project (roads, irrigation, drinking water, electricity, gas)
CARD-Irrigation well rehabilitation
 
 
General Information
 
Distance from Yerevan 180 km
Distance from Marz Center 88 km
Distance from border 7 km
 
Altitude above sea level 2,110 meter
Climate Dry continental
   
Historical monuments Church (15th-16th centuries)
 
Population: 507
       Households 162
 
Total area 1,918 hectares
Of which:  
       Pastures hectares
       Arable land hectares
       Orchards hectares
       Forests hectares
 
Land use
 
 
PROGRAM COMPONENTS
 
Infrastructure Assessment
 
 
 
Infrastructure priorities for the rural community of Kakhakn
 
Infrastructure Priorities Total amount needed (AMD) Funding sources
Road 2 km asphalting Ministry of Agriculture of Republic of Armenia, World Bank - Rural enterprise and small-scale commercial agriculture development project
Irrigation Ministry of Agriculture of Republic of Armenia, World Bank - Rural enterprise and small-scale commercial agriculture development project Center for Agribusiness and Rural Development - Irrigation well rehabilitation
Drinking water 15 km of internal line restoration Ministry of Agriculture of Republic of Armenia, World Bank - Rural enterprise and small-scale commercial agriculture development project
Electricity Ministry of Agriculture of Republic of Armenia, World Bank - Rural enterprise and small-scale commercial agriculture development project
Gas necessary Ministry of Agriculture of Republic of Armenia, World Bank - Rural enterprise and small-scale commercial agriculture development project
Kindergarten
School
Repair, provide heating, furnish the school
Health Care
Telephone: Cell / Land
Internet
TV, radio
Community / Cultural Center Repair, furnish the community center
Lighting and Landscaping
Other
Other
Other
Other
TOTAL NEEDED    
 
 
Economic Assessment
 

 

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This is the regular train that serves the needs of the people of Armenia's Shirak region. It has not been replaced for more than forty years and still bears the (now rusty)symbols of the Soviet Empire. Convenience and comfort are two things one will not find here.

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The Armenia Fund Rural Development Program
Government House #3 Yerevan 0010 Republic of Armenia
E-mail: rdp@himnadram.org; Phone: 521505, 560106 ext. 107