YEREVAN, December 5. /ARKA/. The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) is planning a New Year event for kids in Yerevan, the bank’s press office reported.

It is the first time the bank is holding social events for children diagnosed with cancer in member-countries, according to the report.

The event will take place on December 15 in Fanarjyan National Oncology Center. The event will be paid from the contributions of the bank’s staff. Gifts will be handed to diseased kids and support will be provided to the oncology center.

Eurasian Development Bank is an international financial organization established by Russia and Kazakhstan in January 2006 to foster development of its member countries’ market economies.

The bank’s authorized capital exceeds $1.5 billion. Its members are Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. --0--