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By Nigar Orujova

Azerbaijan's First Lady, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva, Vice President of the Foundation Leyla Aliyeva, and Arzu Aliyeva attended the opening of a new building for the orphanage and boarding school graduates in the capital Baku on September 26.

Mehriban Aliyeva opened the facility in the Nizami district of the city, which was constructed with the support of the Foundation.

The facility, which consists of 68 apartments, has been provided with all the necessary equipment.

Afterwards, the First Lady opened the orphanage-kindergarten No.172 after major overhaul in the Nizami district.

Baku Mayor Hajibala Abutalibov informed the First Lady that the kindergarten was built in 1971. The facility was reconstructed under the state program on socio-economic development of the city of Baku and its suburbs in 2011-2013.

The overhauled orphanage-kindergarten is designated for 240 children.

Mehriban Aliyeva and Arzu Aliyeva also attended the opening of a building of the orphanage-kindergarten No.190 after reconstruction in the Nizami district.

Abutalibov informed the First Lady that the orphanage-kindergarten was built in 1967. The two-storey building was reconstructed under the mentioned program. Suitable conditions have been provided there for children aged two to six. The kindergarten will handle up to 230 children.

Then, Mehriban Aliyeva and Arzu Aliyeva opened an orphanage-kindergarten in the capital`s Badamdar settlement after major overhaul.

Head of the Sabail Executive Authority Asif Asgarov informed the First Lady about the conditions created in the orphanage-kindergarten after the reconstruction. The reconstruction of the facility started in June 2013 with the support of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.

The orphanage-kindergarten was built in 1969 and has never been repaired. The kindergarten consists of three corps. The kindergarten will handle up to 150 children from two to six years of age.

The facility has 28 rooms, music and game halls, a medical facility, a kitchen and auxiliary rooms, and has all the required equipment.

The Heydar Aliyev Foundation presented the kindergarten with furniture, refrigerators, TVs, toys and other basic needs.

The kindergarten's courtyard has also been renovated, and pavilions, entertainment and sports equipments were installed here for the rest of the children. A special ground was laid in the yard in order to teach children the traffic rules. According to the new project, every design works have been done in all three corps.