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UNICEF Armenia/O.Krikorian/2004: Armenia girl
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UNICEF/SWZK00283/Krikorian
Armenia March 2005: At Vardeshen Special School in
the capital, Yerevan. Violence against children
is not publicly discussed in Armenia and is sometimes
denied. Abused children rarely have an opportunity
to get proper rehabilitation services and few
of them even look for such assistance. Here a
worker at the school uses games to help a boy
overcome the effects of violence.
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UNICEF/SWZK00446/Donata Lodi
Armenia 2005: Geghanoush, from the UNICEF-supported
NGO "Shirak", meets Sureu and another child
living in the so-called container district in Gyumri,
capital of the Shirak district in north west Armenia.
Sureu, a child considered 'at risk', usually attends
lessons and activities after school at the Shirak
Centre. Geghanoush asks him why he is not there today,
and he says that he has some urgent things to do for
his father. Here, the ruins of the 1988 earthquake
still stand in front of the temporary barracks originally
intended for the construction workers who were going
to repair the damage. The collapse of the USSR meant
the abandonment of the work. Today, the barracks and
the ruined buildings are home for displaced and poor
families in an area that has the highest poverty rates
in Armenia, with 75% of the population living below
the poverty line.
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UNICEF/SWZK00447/Donata
Lodi
Armenia 2005: Sureu, aged 13, lives in the so-called
container district in Gyumri, capital of the Shirak
district in north west Armenia. Sureu, a child considered
'at risk', usually attends lessons and activities after
school at the Shirak Centre, a local NGO supported by
UNICEF. He is not there today because, he says, he has
some urgent things to do for his father. Here, the ruins
of the 1988 earthquake still stand in front of the temporary
barracks originally intended for the construction workers
who were going to repair the damage. The collapse of
the USSR meant the abandonment of the work. Today, the
barracks and the ruined buildings are home for displaced
and poor families in an area that has the highest poverty
rates in Armenia, with 75% of the population living
below the poverty line. |
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UNICEF/SWZK00448/Donata
Lodi
Armenia 2005: Nelly, aged 7, with her single mother.
Both live in the so-called container district in Gyumri,
capital of the Shirak district in north west Armenia.
Nelly's mother is worried about the future, asking UNICEF
and workers from the local NGO Shirak to support Nelly's
education with extra school activities. Otherwise, she
says, she will have to put the girl in an institution.
Here, the ruins of the 1988 earthquake still stand in
front of the temporary barracks originally intended
for the construction workers who were going to repair
the damage. The collapse of the USSR meant the abandonment
of the work. Today, the barracks and the ruined buildings
are home for displaced and poor families in an area
that has the highest poverty rates in Armenia, with
75% of the population living below the poverty line. |
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UNICEF/SWZK00449/Donata
Lodi
Armenia 2005: Anna, aged 8, with her mother in front
of their house in the so-called container district in
Gyumri, capital of the Shirak district in north west
Armenia. Here, the ruins of the 1988 earthquake still
stand in front of the temporary barracks originally
intended for the construction workers who were going
to repair the damage. The collapse of the USSR meant
the abandonment of the work. Today, the barracks and
the ruined buildings are home for displaced and poor
families in an area that has the highest poverty rates
in Armenia, with 75% of the population living below
the poverty line. Anna's mother asked for help from
the UNICEF-supported NGO Shirak to find a job but, above
all to get Anna into an after school support programme
at the Shirak Centre to help children at risk. |
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