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– Orange County Armenian School Joins ANCA in Asking Secretary Tillerson to Help Transform Armenia into the Silicon Valley of the Caucasus <\/strong><\/p>\n

SANTA ANA, CA \u2013Students from the Ari Guiragos Minassian Armenian School put pen to paper this week, calling on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to lead the effort to secure a potentially transformative Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) grant for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education in the Republic of Armenia\u2019s public schools, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
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\u201cI urge you to send an MCC Grant to Armenia so that children in Armenia can have better education and technology at their schools,\u201d wrote 12-year-old Patil Vanna Tutunjian, whose 6th grade graduating class will be traveling to Armenia this summer.<\/p>\n

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Students from the Ari Guiragos Minassian School writing to Secretary Tillerson calling for a Millennium Challenge Corporation grant to strengthen STEM education in Armenia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAs a student myself, I want them to have the same opportunities I do,\u201d explained 4th grader Julian Djermakian.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur students were excited to add their voices to the ANCA campaign to encourage an MCC STEM grant to help Armenia become the Silicon Valley of the Caucasus,\u201d said Ari Guiragos Minassian Armenian School Principal Sanan Shirinian. \u201cAn MCC grant focusing on STEM education can help build the necessary learning infrastructure to speed up that process and impact Armenia\u2019s economic and employment opportunities for decades to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Armenia\u2019s first MCC compact, awarded in 2006, focused on rural poverty reduction, with over $176 million expended on irrigation infrastructure refurbishments, accompanied by strategic assistance to the nation\u2019s farmers, agribusinesses and water supply institutions, as well as investments in rural road construction and maintenance.<\/p>\n

The ANCA has been working closely with House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and House Select Committee on Intelligence Ranking Democrat Adam Schiff (D-CA) on securing a second $140 million compact focusing on STEM Education. <\/p>\n

During the ANCA-Western Region\u2019s 2017 Grassroots Conference, Chairman Royce noted that \u201cusing the Millennium Challenge Corporation to address some of the capacity issues in Armenia with respect to trade and investment could go a very long way.\u201d He praised the \u201cpool of people in Armenia who \u2013 frankly \u2013 have just such unlimited capacity with respect to technological advancement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rep. Schiff explained, \u201cI think it is a fantastic concept for a STEM project in Armenia \u2013 that can really develop those technological gifts and talents of the Armenian people \u2013 and, can overcome the economic barriers by its neighbors.\u201d <\/p>\n

Parallel to discussions with Congress and the Administration, the ANCA has held talks with U.S. universities interested in partnering on an MCC Armenia compact. <\/p>\n

The MCC is an independent U.S. foreign aid agency, established by Congress in 2004 and charged with leading the fight against global poverty. Country-specific programs are selected by the MCC board through a competitive selection process, based on its review of a broad range of merit-based governance criteria. Since its launch, MCC provided over $10 billion in grants, including a grant in 2006 to Armenia for rural roads and irrigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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