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4-YEAR-OLD LOUSINE FREELY PASSES THROUGH THE GAPS ON THE HOUSE WALLS
http://karabakh-open.info/en/societyen/2280-en489
Monday, 05 November 2012 19:24
The large family of dependent children will meet the winter with a
roof in holes, cracked walls and an empty and cold stove.
The Haroutyunyans' family of 9 members in Kherkhan village, Martouni
region, lives in an extreme poverty.
It is several years after her husband's death since 40-year-old
Sousanna Haroutyunyan has brought up her 6 under-age children alone.
There is a draught in every corner of the small cottage of two rooms
where it is pleasant only in summer. The house is in an extremely poor
state, its upper covering can hardly be called a roof, the gaps on the
walls are so wide that 4-year-old Lousine freely passes through them.
One needs to be courageous enough to walk on the floor of the house as
the decks may break or crush under feet. The windows of the cave-like
room that is black with smoke have only a few panes of glass. The
whole property in the room is the two beds, the half-broken shelf,
the table with two chairs round it.
Because of the poor housing conditions Sousanna Haroutyunyan's
4 children are now in Stepanakert Children's Care and Protection
Boarding School. Mother confesses that she is greatly worried about
the absence of her children. I wish my children lived with me but for
that we need a suitable apartment. I am not able to build a house by
myself because the only income of our family is my parents' monthly
pension of 80 thousand drams which is not sufficient even for food,"
says the mother of the dependent children and adds that they applied
for help to different bodies including the regional administration
and the government, the representatives of the Social Welfare Ministry
also familiarized themselves with the existing conditions but so far
there has been no response to her requests and applications.
The poorest family of Kherkhan village will soon undergo new
privations: winter is at the door and they have neither firewood nor
the money to get it.
Hakob Avanesyan, a student.
http://karabakh-open.info/en/societyen/2280-en489
Monday, 05 November 2012 19:24
The large family of dependent children will meet the winter with a
roof in holes, cracked walls and an empty and cold stove.
The Haroutyunyans' family of 9 members in Kherkhan village, Martouni
region, lives in an extreme poverty.
It is several years after her husband's death since 40-year-old
Sousanna Haroutyunyan has brought up her 6 under-age children alone.
There is a draught in every corner of the small cottage of two rooms
where it is pleasant only in summer. The house is in an extremely poor
state, its upper covering can hardly be called a roof, the gaps on the
walls are so wide that 4-year-old Lousine freely passes through them.
One needs to be courageous enough to walk on the floor of the house as
the decks may break or crush under feet. The windows of the cave-like
room that is black with smoke have only a few panes of glass. The
whole property in the room is the two beds, the half-broken shelf,
the table with two chairs round it.
Because of the poor housing conditions Sousanna Haroutyunyan's
4 children are now in Stepanakert Children's Care and Protection
Boarding School. Mother confesses that she is greatly worried about
the absence of her children. I wish my children lived with me but for
that we need a suitable apartment. I am not able to build a house by
myself because the only income of our family is my parents' monthly
pension of 80 thousand drams which is not sufficient even for food,"
says the mother of the dependent children and adds that they applied
for help to different bodies including the regional administration
and the government, the representatives of the Social Welfare Ministry
also familiarized themselves with the existing conditions but so far
there has been no response to her requests and applications.
The poorest family of Kherkhan village will soon undergo new
privations: winter is at the door and they have neither firewood nor
the money to get it.
Hakob Avanesyan, a student.