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THE BAGHDASARYANS OF GYUMRI: MANY REFUGEE FAMILIES STILL LIVING IN TEMPORARY SHELTERS
hetq
12:25, July 2, 2012
There are scores of Armenian families who had fled Azerbaijan as
refugees still living in temporary housing in Gyumri.
Take the plight of the Baghdasaryan family, who relocated to Gyumri
immediately after the 1988 Sumgait pogroms.
Hovhannes, the youngest son, married Alina in 2001 and the family was
allocated a two room apartment in the town's Norwegian neighbourhood.
Like thousands of other homeless families who received housing,
the Baghdasaryan's got split up. Hovhannes' parents and brother,
with his family, moved into the new flat.
Hovhannes, with his wife and three children, still live in the
dilapidated cabin pictured above.
Hovhannes says that he and 16 other families with the same social
status are on a waiting list for a new place but no new construction
is going on.
Employees of the Shirak Center NGO visited the Hovhannes and his
family the other day to see the conditions they are living in and to
bring a parcel of clothes donated by American-Armenian Elvis Madatyan.
In the video, Hovhannes and his wife explain their current status to
Shirak Center staff.
hetq
12:25, July 2, 2012
There are scores of Armenian families who had fled Azerbaijan as
refugees still living in temporary housing in Gyumri.
Take the plight of the Baghdasaryan family, who relocated to Gyumri
immediately after the 1988 Sumgait pogroms.
Hovhannes, the youngest son, married Alina in 2001 and the family was
allocated a two room apartment in the town's Norwegian neighbourhood.
Like thousands of other homeless families who received housing,
the Baghdasaryan's got split up. Hovhannes' parents and brother,
with his family, moved into the new flat.
Hovhannes, with his wife and three children, still live in the
dilapidated cabin pictured above.
Hovhannes says that he and 16 other families with the same social
status are on a waiting list for a new place but no new construction
is going on.
Employees of the Shirak Center NGO visited the Hovhannes and his
family the other day to see the conditions they are living in and to
bring a parcel of clothes donated by American-Armenian Elvis Madatyan.
In the video, Hovhannes and his wife explain their current status to
Shirak Center staff.