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Children in Armenian border village dream of peace (photos)
14:13 - 28.04.13
It's about 20 years a big family in Nerkin Karmiraghbyur, a border
village in Armenia's Tavush region, has been living in a in a dingy
house, deprived of minimal living standards.
But the Petrosyans do not complain of life and say they are relying
only on themselves. The house was built in 1994, during the
Nagorno-Karabakh war that also saw Armenia's border villages and towns
coming periodically under the enemy's gun attacks. The family has been
living there ever since and raised three children.
`My father-in-law's house was leveled during the shootouts, and this
part of the village was then the safest place,' says the 43-year-old
mother of the family, Sargyul Hakobyan. `In May 1994 this house was
built in soil; we married in August, and live here.'
The house in which the spouses stay with parents and three children is
divided into three parts - a bedroom with three beds for the children
and the couple. The other part is a sitting room, which has only one
sofa, a table and a fireplace. And the front part is a kitchen
protected by wooden boards.
All the three children - two daughters and a son - are secondary
school students.
`My elder daughter is very industrious but not quite smart. My son is
smart but not hard-working at all. My youngest daughter is both clever
and hard-working, so we'll see what she will make,' the mother says,
smiling.
The son, Alik, dreams to become a sportsman. He has chosen karate and
wishes very much that the village have a dance group where he could
attend dancing classes.
The only dream of those children, who grow up in such shabby
conditions, is to live in a peaceful county.
`Yes, our house is in a gorge; this is a safe place, but once the
shootouts begin, we grow sad too, sitting silently and waiting till
they are over,' says Alik, 9.
The mother says it is two years they haven't cultivated their vineyard
which is 400 meters far from the border.
`There was a desert near the house; we cleaned it and made it a yard.
We had arable land and keep cattle - a cow, a pig and a hen. I do not
complain. We work and live. The children help us a lot. We rely on
ourselves,' adds the resident of the border village.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/04/28/tavush-village/
From: A. Papazian
14:13 - 28.04.13
It's about 20 years a big family in Nerkin Karmiraghbyur, a border
village in Armenia's Tavush region, has been living in a in a dingy
house, deprived of minimal living standards.
But the Petrosyans do not complain of life and say they are relying
only on themselves. The house was built in 1994, during the
Nagorno-Karabakh war that also saw Armenia's border villages and towns
coming periodically under the enemy's gun attacks. The family has been
living there ever since and raised three children.
`My father-in-law's house was leveled during the shootouts, and this
part of the village was then the safest place,' says the 43-year-old
mother of the family, Sargyul Hakobyan. `In May 1994 this house was
built in soil; we married in August, and live here.'
The house in which the spouses stay with parents and three children is
divided into three parts - a bedroom with three beds for the children
and the couple. The other part is a sitting room, which has only one
sofa, a table and a fireplace. And the front part is a kitchen
protected by wooden boards.
All the three children - two daughters and a son - are secondary
school students.
`My elder daughter is very industrious but not quite smart. My son is
smart but not hard-working at all. My youngest daughter is both clever
and hard-working, so we'll see what she will make,' the mother says,
smiling.
The son, Alik, dreams to become a sportsman. He has chosen karate and
wishes very much that the village have a dance group where he could
attend dancing classes.
The only dream of those children, who grow up in such shabby
conditions, is to live in a peaceful county.
`Yes, our house is in a gorge; this is a safe place, but once the
shootouts begin, we grow sad too, sitting silently and waiting till
they are over,' says Alik, 9.
The mother says it is two years they haven't cultivated their vineyard
which is 400 meters far from the border.
`There was a desert near the house; we cleaned it and made it a yard.
We had arable land and keep cattle - a cow, a pig and a hen. I do not
complain. We work and live. The children help us a lot. We rely on
ourselves,' adds the resident of the border village.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/04/28/tavush-village/
From: A. Papazian