YEREVAN, December 26. /ARKA/. Some 500 underprivileged children from Armavir region have been granted an opportunity of getting lifeskills education under HSBC’s Global Education Trust “Future First” program, HSBC Bank Armenia said in a press release. It said “Armavir Development Centre” received AMD 9.5 million for implementing the “Life can be changed” project in November 2011, thus increasing the total amount of investments in education programs in Armenia to AMD 65 million.

Since the launch of “Future First” program in 2007, 2,400 children from underprivileged communities in Armenia have benefited from HSBC Global Education Trust’s “Future First” program. In previous years, among the grant application winners were: “Full Life” and “Future is Yours” (2010), "Children of Armenia Fund" (2009) and “Junior Achievements of Armenia” (2008) NGOs, the press release said.

Within “Future First” programme, for the third year in a row, HSBC Armenia also announces Toy Drive in all its branches, engaging both customers and staff.. This year books and stationary, toys and games were raised under the slogan "Gift a Toy! Unwrap a smile" between November 28^th to December 16^th which were delivered on Friday, December 23, to Armavir boarding school children, making their New Year and Christmas beautiful and unforgettable.

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1500 children from Armenia benefit from HSBC Global Education Trust funds.

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