Society

“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. These people live next door …

http://lenahovsepyan.com/?p=172 Lena HOVSEPYAN     ‘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 table… That’s all about the romanticism in our story. The …

Tigran PASKEVICHYAN www.haysanta.am   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 that …

http://www.168.am/am/articles/27900-pr Lusine STEPANYAN www.168.am 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 that …

http://old.hetq.am/am/karabakh/narek-2/Knar BABAYANwww.hetq.am 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. He went to …

Anush BULGHADARYANwww.medialab.am 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 nightmares of almost …

http://www.aravot.am/old/am/articles/society/89638/viewAnush KHECHOYANwww.aravot.am 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 now only …

http://hetq.am/arm/articles/4585/ By Grisha BALASANYANwww.hetq.am 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 could …

http://armregions.am/am/2011/12/13/news-1323766259 By Knar BABAYANwww.armregions.am ‘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 it. …

When expressing opinions about the past years in Armenia we unfortunately have to name not achievements but failures. This is not pessimism and wish to see the bad but the reality. In order not to seem pessimistic of curse we can refer to ‘achievements’ or simply speak about the same things we see on TV. …