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They Have to Pass 7 Kilometers on Foot to Reach the Capital
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Thursday, 15 November 2012 17:28
Kherkhan village of Martouni region is one of the numerous villages of
the Republic where the number of pupils is nearly equal to the number
of teachers at school; the 9-year basic school of the village has 16
learners and 11 teachers.
As the villagers say, if the current tendency continues the number of
the teachers will soon exceed that of the learners, the reason for
this is known to everyone: the number of the young people in the
village is gradually decreasing. Many of them find work in other
communities, mostly in the capital and thus, have to leave the
village.
A 55-year-old villager of Kherkhan, who did not want to introduce
herself, says that two of his sons left the village together with
their families and the younger son who has been demobilized recently
is going to follow his elder brothers.
The village has 113 inhabitants whose main occupation is agriculture
and cattle breeding. There are a lot of problems in Kherkhan such as
the poor state of the roads, the lack of the water distribution system
and, what is the most important thing, the lack of the transport to
the capital. To reach the Stepanakert-Sos highway the inhabitants of
Kherkhan have to pass 3.5 kilometres on foot in order to get on the
buses serving the neighbouring villages. On their way back they again
have to pass the way on foot.
One of the aged inhabitants of the village, Genofia, is also anxious
about the problem of transport. She says that the reason for the
migration may possibly be the unbearably poor state of the roads to
the village which has not been improved for many years.
This is the way the inhabitants of Kherkhan live today. Some of them
hope that something will change for the better while the others have
been reconciled with the present situation and as they say, `This is
our native land which we can never leave'.
From: Baghdasarian
http://karabakh-open.info/en/societyen/2399-en508
Thursday, 15 November 2012 17:28
Kherkhan village of Martouni region is one of the numerous villages of
the Republic where the number of pupils is nearly equal to the number
of teachers at school; the 9-year basic school of the village has 16
learners and 11 teachers.
As the villagers say, if the current tendency continues the number of
the teachers will soon exceed that of the learners, the reason for
this is known to everyone: the number of the young people in the
village is gradually decreasing. Many of them find work in other
communities, mostly in the capital and thus, have to leave the
village.
A 55-year-old villager of Kherkhan, who did not want to introduce
herself, says that two of his sons left the village together with
their families and the younger son who has been demobilized recently
is going to follow his elder brothers.
The village has 113 inhabitants whose main occupation is agriculture
and cattle breeding. There are a lot of problems in Kherkhan such as
the poor state of the roads, the lack of the water distribution system
and, what is the most important thing, the lack of the transport to
the capital. To reach the Stepanakert-Sos highway the inhabitants of
Kherkhan have to pass 3.5 kilometres on foot in order to get on the
buses serving the neighbouring villages. On their way back they again
have to pass the way on foot.
One of the aged inhabitants of the village, Genofia, is also anxious
about the problem of transport. She says that the reason for the
migration may possibly be the unbearably poor state of the roads to
the village which has not been improved for many years.
This is the way the inhabitants of Kherkhan live today. Some of them
hope that something will change for the better while the others have
been reconciled with the present situation and as they say, `This is
our native land which we can never leave'.
From: Baghdasarian