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In the framework of our cooperation with Counterpart, one of the main components of our project is raising consumer awareness.
We worked in two directions: first, to reduce the violations of food safety,
and second to raise awareness among the population, including children.
Although these results have always been published and consumers are aware of it,
we called on parents and children to be careful and check to be certain that food found in stores is not expired.
We teach them how to distinguish between safe and dangerous food,
and we also teach them how to appeal to the local governing bodies and explain to them that they are able to make up for their losses.
We hope that the students will in turn talk about these things with their classmates.
We are planning to organize a consumers club in this school in future.
During Counterpart's cooperation with the Protection of Consumers' Rights NGO, one of the main goals was to provide the organization with the necessary knowledge and skills
on advocacy tools and their effective use, public participation directed at the protection of consumers’ rights, awareness raising, lobbying and mechanisms and approaches for public policy changes.
When we enter a shop, we should first pay attention to the expiration date of food.
The packaging of the food I have in my hands now is not written in Armenian,
but is in Russian and other foreign languages so we cannot understand what’s in it,
and if it is expired or not.
Previously I didn't know about these things and I was often cheated.
They [store owners] were probably mocking me, because for them they maybe made a profit, but for me it was a loss.
Food is necessary for life and we have to be cautious.
The government must also think about it,
as people may die as a result and then the population growth will decrease.