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Hi, we are shooting

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this video for Ability Corps from

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the COAF Smart Center, where

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we recently opened COAF Smart Center,

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which was opened on May 27th,

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just a month ago, and this is COAF's

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most recent initiative for

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the development of rural areas.

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Since it is COAF's approach and we all

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believe in it that becoming or coming

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closer to the villages and working

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within the villages is how we can

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support and how we can deliver

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the technology, the information, and

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the new solutions, let's say,

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to these people.

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Usually, technology centers,

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educational centers, training centers

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are concentrated in bigger cities,

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bigger towns, giving, let's say,

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opportunities and chances for

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the children there, but this is

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unprecedented from that perspective

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that we have come as close to the villages

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as possible to make sure that the

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kids in the villages can also

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take advantage of this opportunities.

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COAF was established in 2003, started its

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activities in Armenia then,

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and after working for more over 14 years

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with the different types of schools and

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kindergartens and communities in

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all the areas of Armenia, we have decided

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to create a center of our own,

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which is the Smart Center, to make sure

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that we can implement all these types of

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programs and activities which are needed

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and necessary, let's say, for addressing

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the needs in the rural communities.