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ARMENIAN DESCENDANTS TAKE STEPS TOWARD THE HOMELAND
Glendale News Press, CA
Dec 27 2013
As information about repatriation spreads, some Armenian descendants
are making the move.
December 25, 2013|By Brittany Levine, [email protected]
Sevan Kabakian moved with his wife and children, who were all born
in Glendale, to Armenia with a plan.
The couple knew where they'd enroll their three children in school.
They knew Kabakian would have a job - working for Birthright Armenia,
an organization that offers volunteer opportunities in that country for
those of Armenian descent - leaving an 18-year career as an aerospace
engineer behind. They knew they wanted to help build something.
"All of us who move here, we kind of want to be part of this country's
development," said Kabakian, who moved in 2006. "It's none of this
homeland is paradise on earth. People that live here long term end
up being pragmatic. There's a desire to help, but you can't build a
nation on sentiments."
Armenia, which has been independent from the Soviet Union since 1991,
is still a country in transition, marked by high rates of emigration,
unemployment and poverty. Yet outsiders with ancestral connections
move there because they want to help it improve.
http://articles.glendalenewspress.com/2013-12-25/news/tn-gnp-armenian-descendants-take-steps-toward-the-homeland-20131225_1_homeland-armenian-genocide-country
Glendale News Press, CA
Dec 27 2013
As information about repatriation spreads, some Armenian descendants
are making the move.
December 25, 2013|By Brittany Levine, [email protected]
Sevan Kabakian moved with his wife and children, who were all born
in Glendale, to Armenia with a plan.
The couple knew where they'd enroll their three children in school.
They knew Kabakian would have a job - working for Birthright Armenia,
an organization that offers volunteer opportunities in that country for
those of Armenian descent - leaving an 18-year career as an aerospace
engineer behind. They knew they wanted to help build something.
"All of us who move here, we kind of want to be part of this country's
development," said Kabakian, who moved in 2006. "It's none of this
homeland is paradise on earth. People that live here long term end
up being pragmatic. There's a desire to help, but you can't build a
nation on sentiments."
Armenia, which has been independent from the Soviet Union since 1991,
is still a country in transition, marked by high rates of emigration,
unemployment and poverty. Yet outsiders with ancestral connections
move there because they want to help it improve.
http://articles.glendalenewspress.com/2013-12-25/news/tn-gnp-armenian-descendants-take-steps-toward-the-homeland-20131225_1_homeland-armenian-genocide-country