Vice-president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva has visited several orphanages in Baku districts on the eve of the New Year.
She first visited orphanage No 1 in the Nasimi district. Leyla Aliyeva was informed that the building was constructed in 1930 and was made an orphanage two years later.
The orphanage was reconstructed on the initiative of the first lady of Azerbaijan, president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva in 2005.
It houses 42 under-4 children who were abandoned or rejected.
The vice president of the Foundation viewed the bedrooms here. Leyla Aliyeva attended the New Year festivities for children and handed presents to them.
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The vice-president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation then visited orphanage No 3 in the Khatai district in the capital.
Director of the orphanage Mahbuba Huseynova praised the care and attention shown to children by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
She noted 85 children lived in the facility, adding a summer recreation camp in Buzovna was built for the orphanage at the initiative of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
Leyla Aliyeva watched a New Year cultural program which featured dancing and singing performance by the children. The vice-president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation presented keepsakes to the children.
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Vice-president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva also attended New Year festivities at orphanage No 2 in the Surakhany district.
The facility is home to 131 children aged from 3 to 18. The children are served by 78 teachers and technical workers.
A modern 200-seat dining room was built at the facility with the support of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation in 2006. In different years, the Foundation presented two vehicles, a TV set, a computer and other necessary equipment to the orphanage.
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