Interview with David Shahbazyan, director of Yerevan's Shelter #1 and its Center for Social Assistance to Homeless people
“Who did we use to be, and who are we now? Screw whoever revolutionized this world, really,” said freedom fighter turned homeless man Hovik Ghambaryan.
“Every day I think about not getting frostbite at night. Vodka helps – you drink and don't feel anything; you're knocked out.
Interview with Jemma Baghdasaryan, head of the Department on Disabled and Elderly Issues of the Ministry of Labor and Social Issues
Two men were getting ready for dinner by the dumpster near the Chamber Music Hall.
Of eighty-eight grocery stores registered with the tax inspectorate of Alaverdi only two - the main store in the Sarahart district, operated by Atorik, Ltd., and Narine Kharatyan's store in the same district – meet the required sanitary standards.
Armenians who were expelled fromAzerbaijanhave been living in the dormitory at57 Nalbandyan Streetin the city ofSevanfor a decade and a half now.
“I'm not crying because I want you to feel sorry for me. I'm crying for my life,” 43-year-old Gegham Petrosyan said in tears.
On December 26, 2006 Tony and Myasnik, two homeless men we were acquainted with, once again made a fire next to the garbage dump near the Yerevan Chamber Music Hall.