In Armenia, a liver transplant costs twenty million drams, of which the state reimburses five million, the hospital reimburses three million, and the patient pays the remaining twelve.
The company that received US$6 million from the Armenian government to organize a concert featuring American rapper Snoop Dogg originally scheduled for September 2023 in Yerevan that never took place has yet to return the money.
Ezekiel says the “social circus” model empowers people, young and old alike, to engage, learn, play, laugh, join a group, share their skills, and do things as a team across social boundaries
The concert, originally scheduled for September 2023 in Yerevan, was postponed when Azerbaijan invaded Nagorno Karabakh that very month.