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The Family of 11 Members Lives on 63 Thousand Drams
http://karabakh-open.info/en/societyen/2416-en509
Saturday, 17 November 2012 12:35
The two girls of the Adamyans' family of 11 members hardly manage to
continue their education.
The family lives in Jartar village of Martouni region. The couple
raises 9 children among them 7 under-age and 5 school-children. The
youngest child in the family is 3 years old. The eldest daughter,
19-year-old Naira, studies at the department of History and Political
Science of Artsakh State University, her sister Hermine has entered
the same department this year but because of the social position of
the family she has to take correspondence courses.
Hermine has dreamed of becoming a teacher of History yet she does not
think that the distant education will enable her to become the teacher
she has always dreamed of. Her mother, Lena, also wants her daughter
to receive good education but they cannot afford that. `I am not able
to keep two students in Stepanakert. We hardly manage to keep Naira
while the University does not provide any reduction in the tuition
fees,' Mother of the 9 children says.
She states that it is very difficult to earn the living of 9 children.
`Neither my husband nor I have any job, the monthly income of our
family is the children's benefits which amount to 63 thousand drams.
It is not sufficient even for food. All we have is a cow and 9 sheep.
We sell the meat of the cow to pay our daughters' tuition fees,' Lady
Lena says.
As she assures they get no help from the government except the
children's benefits. In 2003 they were provided a house by the
government as a family of many children, however they had to leave the
house a month later because, as the householder assures, the boards of
the floor began to decay. `When stepping on they broke under our feet.
Even there were some cases when the children got hurt,' she says.
Today the Adamyans live in her father's house but here again they have
very poor housing conditions. The house is not gasificated though the
gas pipeline passes nearby. Lady Lena says they are not able to pay
for the pipeline to be taken to their house. `We applied for help to
different instances beginning with the rural administration to the
Ministry of Labour and Social Issues yet there has been no response so
far,» Lady Lena assures.
Hakob Avanesyan, a student
http://karabakh-open.info/en/societyen/2416-en509
Saturday, 17 November 2012 12:35
The two girls of the Adamyans' family of 11 members hardly manage to
continue their education.
The family lives in Jartar village of Martouni region. The couple
raises 9 children among them 7 under-age and 5 school-children. The
youngest child in the family is 3 years old. The eldest daughter,
19-year-old Naira, studies at the department of History and Political
Science of Artsakh State University, her sister Hermine has entered
the same department this year but because of the social position of
the family she has to take correspondence courses.
Hermine has dreamed of becoming a teacher of History yet she does not
think that the distant education will enable her to become the teacher
she has always dreamed of. Her mother, Lena, also wants her daughter
to receive good education but they cannot afford that. `I am not able
to keep two students in Stepanakert. We hardly manage to keep Naira
while the University does not provide any reduction in the tuition
fees,' Mother of the 9 children says.
She states that it is very difficult to earn the living of 9 children.
`Neither my husband nor I have any job, the monthly income of our
family is the children's benefits which amount to 63 thousand drams.
It is not sufficient even for food. All we have is a cow and 9 sheep.
We sell the meat of the cow to pay our daughters' tuition fees,' Lady
Lena says.
As she assures they get no help from the government except the
children's benefits. In 2003 they were provided a house by the
government as a family of many children, however they had to leave the
house a month later because, as the householder assures, the boards of
the floor began to decay. `When stepping on they broke under our feet.
Even there were some cases when the children got hurt,' she says.
Today the Adamyans live in her father's house but here again they have
very poor housing conditions. The house is not gasificated though the
gas pipeline passes nearby. Lady Lena says they are not able to pay
for the pipeline to be taken to their house. `We applied for help to
different instances beginning with the rural administration to the
Ministry of Labour and Social Issues yet there has been no response so
far,» Lady Lena assures.
Hakob Avanesyan, a student