Many Syrian citizens, our compatriots, are compelled to emigrate from Syria as a result of the war. However, the majority of those people prefer to leave for Europe or the US, Canada, but never to Armenia. www.aravot.am inquired from the State Migration Service of the Republic of Armenia how many [...]
Today in front of the Government House Artur Grgioryan, the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, called protester Armen Khaloyan bum. “Is nursing home for you to take you there and make it a dump?” said the Minister of Social Affairs. A. Khaloyan responded, “Thieves like you who steal find [...]
The house where Susan and Karen Madatyan family lives is not visible from the position of the Azerbaijani armed forces. However the family, which consists of seven members every day, experiences the difficulties of the life on the border. “Sometimes we hear the shots everyday”, says Karen. He also added [...]
For 22 months he had the tough planks as his bed and prayers as his unquenchable hope. Somewhere far behind the mist was his 5-month son, somewhere nearby – the mice, the non-stop voice of the metal and humiliations. Haghartsin village inhabitant Artur Badalyan, 32, carries in his mind the [...]
‘For three years I had to go to the neighboring village for school. I had to cross 7 km there and back daily. And it was then that I made my mind to go in for sport. My physical training master advised me to run. I tried and I did [...]
Aram is getting confused at the sight of the overcrowded truck body-like dwelling-wagon. He looks helpless trying to move and striking against the wooden wall of the wagon. He looks around trying to guess why the voices of these strangers echo. The 11 year-old boy has so strained his ears [...]
The needy family has nowhere to go and no money to repair, or, to be more precise, to restore their house. Gohar Khachatryan with her 4 underage children lives at a ramshackle house 3, Rustaveli Str. of Kond district, Yerevan. At first their house was comprised of 3 rooms, and [...]
We met Narek in the village of Tsamtsor, situated 45 km to north from Hadrut region. He was ready to go to the field since his son had some problems with the tractor. Everything would look natural but for Narek’s wheelchair. Narek Avagyan, 57, was born and lives in Tsamtsor. [...]
says the father of 9 children Armen from Goris. ‘May you sit for dinner with seven children’ the folk says when blessing a newly married couple. In this family they gather for dinner with 9 children – eight sons and a daughter. The girl helps the mother to set the [...]
For four months Beniamin piled scrap metal in the corner of their yard. The 9 year-old boy’s main occupation during the summer vacation was collecting nonferrous metal from the destroyed houses of their village. Every morning, with a pick in his hand, he used to go looking for metal. Beniamin [...]
«Hye Dzmer Pap» charitable foundation, together with «Hetq», «Aravot», «168 hours», «MediaLab» and «ArmRegions» online periodicals, presents «Hye Dzmer Pap – 2012» journalistic-charitable release. Read and get acquainted with the stories of families living in various regions of Armenia and NKR and watch the short documentaries based on those stories. [...]
Cell phone, big car, dog, and computer – these are the material gifts of the children of “Marie Izmirlian” children’s home from Santa Claus. The administration of the children’s home, along with the well-doers, tries to show individual attitude toward the kids and put the gift a child asked from [...]
Inmates of children’s homes are compelled to leave the children’s home and land on the street level when they become adults. There is no state program anymore, in accordance with which these children can be given apartments. Today Anahit Bakhshyan, a National Assembly member, and Edik Baghdasaryan, the editor-in-chief of [...]
Today they started to distribute the government oil for the needy families at a shop called “Kutaisyan” in Gyumri, which caused fight and murder. There was such a line that could not be seen in cold and dark years – it had neither a beginning nor an end and was [...]
UNICEF called on the Government of Armenia today to urgently focus its efforts on identifying policy solutions to address child poverty which continues to be higher than poverty level for the rest of the country’s population, according to the “Social Snapshot and Poverty in Armenia” 2011 Annual Report published by [...]
Pray children suffering from HIV “When I found out that I am contagious, life was over for me. My hope was my only child, my daughter was 6 years old at the time – I found the strength to live not for myself, but only for her, because I was [...]
“Aravot” referred to the garbage cans in front of famous Armenian writer, dramatist Derenik Demirchian Home Museum walls, which whether full or empty are unpleasant for the visitors of the museum. Yesterday we filmed the same picture near John Kirakosyan School no. 20. The garbage cans only a few meters [...]
