by Sevak Hakobyan “Every day, for ten years, I’ve walked ten kilometers to come from Jujevan to Noyemberyan,” recalls Nshanik Hovhannisyan, who has worked at the Noyemberyan Hospital from 1985 to 1995. Today, [...]

In Berdavan, a village in Armenia’s Tavush Region located less than a mile from the border with Azerbaijan, most adult residents are former or current soldiers, irrespective of their regular professions. They include [...]

by Sevak Hakobyan Dr. Robin Kim, of Glendale, California, has participated in medical missions to several countries including Haiti, Peru, Mexico, and, in recent years, Armenia. An anesthesiologist at Adventist Health Glendale (AHG) [...]

Old address: Gorky Street, metal container No. 161/047 New address: Mush 2 District, 11th Street, Building No. 1, Apartment 25 Lyova Galstyan and his wife, Voskehat, are among thousands of Gyumri families whose [...]

Old address: Vazgen Sargsyan Street, metal container No. 224/109 New address: Mush 2 District, Building No. 4/29, Apartment 21 This is the incredible story of the Hovsepyans, a family that struggled for sheer [...]

Old address: metal container No. 231/450 New address: Mush 2 District, Halabyan Street, Building No. 4, Apartment 30 For as long as he remembers, Arsen Khachatryan, a young resident of Gyumri, has lived [...]

Old address: Domik No. 214/058, near the new Police Station New address: Mush 2, 7th Street, Building 2/1, Apartment 6 It seems incredible that Natalya Struk was able to raise her family in [...]

Old address: Hut No. 217/054, Repini Street, across from the Music School New address: Mush 2, Building 65, Apartment 16 The Sukiasyans were among Gyumri’s forgotten: struggling on the margins, surrounded by dreadful [...]

On September 19, 2009, Gohar Khachaturyan gave birth to her second child, through Cesarean section. Today, eight years later, she’s about to undergo another surgery, this time for removing gallbladder stones. Earlier in [...]

Old address: Makeshift metal container No. 46/009 New address: Mush 2 district, Building 9/1, Apartment 13 The Elbakyans are among hundreds of low-income families in Gyumri who not only lost their home to [...]