YEREVAN, DECEMBER 11, NOYAN TAPAN. For the first time 20 million drams (approximately 65.5 thousand dollars) will be allocated for the organization of a computer training by the "Arev" system envisaged for blind disabled people and for providing them with special computers from the 2008 budget of the Republic of Armenia. This information was provided to a Noyan Tapan correspondent by Anahit Gevorgian, the Deputy Head of the Department on the Disabled and Elderly People under the RA Ministry of Labour and Social Issues. She mentioned that eye prosthetic appliance will be made for blind disabled people by the state budget means. New high-quality deaf-aids are envisaged to be obtained for disabled children under 14 by the means allocated by the state budget in 2008. According to Anahit Gevorgian, in general, 867 million drams instead of the 813 million drams of 2007, will be allocated for obtaining prosthesis-orthopedic and rehabilitation equipments and repairing prostheses by the state budget.

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