In Gyumri, any change in the social life immediately catches the eye. For more than a year, as city streets are no street children, beggars and idlers adolescents. All this, of course, pleases, but think there is something to …
I remember the terrible days of the earthquake I was struck by the abundance of children and adolescents on the streets of the city: in their eyes were the universal longing and nagging sadness. Then I did not know that the eyes of these children see the world an orphan. The case helped me understand this.
… A boy of about 11 LONG “Trying” to the coffin, finally knocking down the top-most and smallest coffin and dragged him along the ground behind him. Pulled up on his man aged 60, and then they surrounded the people. From the inquiry revealed that the day before the neighbors helped bury their parents, and rescuers got today from the rubble sister: apart from him, there’s no one to bury her. The boy was immediately dressed, warmed, fed, and odernuvshy his man turned to us with a request – to allow him to adopt a boy.Noble master, his father’s five least-known sons, learned a lot, and people willingly gave him their consent.
Orphans of the earthquake to adopt their next of kin, Gyumri family, they took custody of the state, financial and material aid provided all sorts of charities. It seemed that the problem is solved. But somewhere in the mid 90-ies orphans reappeared on the streets of the city, this time as street children and beggars. Staff Inspections juvenile forcibly sent them in Kharberd orphanage, but they again returned to Gyumri – and mostly with the help of their parents and guardians.
Strange, but true: in terms of total unemployment and extreme poverty of their meager salaries in Gyumri is the “paid work”. Neighbor-”beggar” somehow admitted that on weekdays it is not less than 10 thousand drams, and on Saturdays and Sundays, when the halcyon celebrate weddings, baptisms, etc. it to fall to 20 thousand drams.Despite the wealth, she and her daughter live in squalid conditions: begging – it is not only a panacea for ills, but also a way of life. That is why many of the beggars their “day’s takings to” give the family and yourself huddled in basements, unsafe buildings and boilers.
SO, TODAY IN THE STREETS AGAIN NO GYUMRI beggars and street children. However, there is one, but here to determine his “status” rather difficult. In the summer we buried childhood friend and close all the time hovering teenager – has helped ignite the fire for the incense, handed shovels, etc. We stayed at the grave to once again bid farewell to a comrade, and at that time the son of the late beckoned to the boy and invited him to take home with them intact meat and mineral water. While a teenager to put all this in his bag, a young man with our approval poured on the earth spirits, gave the boy 5 thousand drams for services and sent him home. It turned out that the boy twice during the day brings water to the diggers, lives near the cemetery, the family into poverty, and that’s necessary for him thus contain relatives.
According to the head of the department of child protection Marzpetaran Shirak Lusine Ginosyan, they are currently developing mechanisms to improve the social status of the family teenager with him individually psychologist and a teacher – after a course of psychological rehabilitation, he will return to normal life.
Provincial Department of Children’s Rights Protection was established in 2006. Here was the head, teacher, lawyer and psychologist, but the position of social workers and doctors remain vacant. During the past two years, visited the department of 767 people who have received legal, psychological, educational and material assistance. Support staff have virtually all public and private organizations, primarily of city inspection of juvenile (Head – Major Haik Zakarian), as well as individual halcyon.
During this time, DIVISION take stock of more than 260 children left without parental care, 56 of them on the basis of the conclusions are placed in foster homes, and 147 – in a boarding school, etc. However, until a final solution to the problem is still far: Gyumri children from socially disadvantaged families in need of government assistance.Today in Gyumri, four orphanages and a boarding school.Conclusion of the regional department of children’s rights a boarding school has been eliminated for the reason that students are not sleeping in it. Many believe that the city now needs most in day-care centers. But on the whole town – just one state center, while the second operates under the auspices of Caritas, where the only care for children with disabilities.
Armenian baby
The population of Armenia
According to the National Statistical Service, the population of Armenia on April 1, 2009 is 3,238,900 people. From the beginning, the number of permanent residents increased by 500 people.
According to the NAC as of April 1 this year, the urban population in Armenia totaled 2,074,200 persons, and rural – 1,164,700. As of January 1, 2009, the population was 2,075,000 residents and 1,163,400 villagers.
In Yerevan on 1 April 2009 population of 1,112,100 inhabitants (compared with 1,111,300 people as of January 1, 2009). The second most populous among the administrative units is Armavir region of the country, where 282,900 residents. Less than the total population counts Vayots Dzor region, where 55.800 people.
Armenia – the only country of the former USSR with monoethnic population (97,9% of Armenians). The largest ethnic minority in Armenia – Yezidi, Russian, Assyrians, Ukrainians, Kurds, Greeks, Georgians, and Belarusians. In religious terms the majority (90%) of the Armenian people – Christians, belonging to the Armenian Apostolic Church.
The population of Armenia, as shown by official statistics, is growing steadily. Comparing the data of National Statistical Service of Armenia, we can see that only six months of 2009, the number of residents of the country increased by 2,3 thousand people: from 3 million 238,400 people as of 1 January 2009 to 3 million 240 700 people as at 1 July 2009.
An analysis of official statistics in Armenia shows that over a third of the resident population of the country – nearly 2 million 76 thousand people – are urban dwellers, while rural areas live a little more than 1 million 164 thousand people.
It is noteworthy that the vast majority of Armenians – almost 68% of the population – are able-bodied citizens: men aged 16-62 years and women aged 16-60 years. The share of persons under the age of working age as of July 1, accounted for 20,2% of the population, and the share of persons over that age – 11,9% of the population.
On average, for every thousand inhabitants of Armenia working age accounted for 473 elderly and children. It is noteworthy that according to the end of 2008 for every thousand able-bodied citizens of Armenia had 489 old people and children.
Number of children in Armenia in the first half of 2009 at the age of 15 years, analysis of statistical data, is 653.9 thousand, of which 346,1 thousand children are boys and 307,8 thousand – girls.
The largest category were men aged 16 to 62 years and women aged 16 to 60 years, of which the Armenian population of 2 million 198,6 thousand people. The number of female population over 40 thousand people outnumber the male population: women in Armenia’s population of 1 million 119,5 thousand, while the men – one million 79,1 thousand.
In this case the structure of the older population, women constitute the majority again: from 385.5 thousand senior citizens (age 61 for women and 63 years for men), 242,400 persons were women and only 143,1 thousand people – men.
Generalize the first half of the data indicate that the leader of one of the resident population is the capital of Armenia, which is home to 1 million 113,4 thousand people. It should be noted that after six months the number of Yerevan residents increased by 4,7 thousand people: 1 million 108,7 thousand people registered at the end of 2008 to the current mark.
Least of all residents living in the Vayots Dzor region of Armenia – 55,8 thousand people.
As the findings Natssluzhby statistics of Armenia, population growth in Armenia in January-June 2009 was achieved mainly due to 23.5% aqueous natural population growth, despite the 1.2% rise in migration flows.
Analysis of statistics shows that in Armenia as of July 1, 2009 were born 19000 672 baby, which is 6,9% more than in January-June 2008, when the republic was born 18 000 409 children.
The birth rate in 1000 of the population in 2009 reached 12.2 per thousand, an increase compared to January-June 2008, at 0,8 promillnyh item.
Most children, as evidenced by statistics, was born in Yerevan, where were born 6,000 676 infants, and the second position occupied Kotayk region, where as of July 1, 1810 children were born. Least of all births in January-June 2009 were registered in the Vayots Dzor region, where the reporting period, the light appeared only 329 children.
It is noteworthy that according to the National Statistic Service, the birth rate in Armenia in January-June 2009 in 1,3 times higher than mortality rates. According to statistics, in the first half of 2009, the republic had been registered 14.6 thousand deaths.
It should be noted that during the reporting period, the inhabitants of Armenia were to marry more and less divorce. Thus, in the first half of 2009 in Armenia there were 8,000 911 marriages, which is 2,6% higher than six months of 2008. However, registered in the first six months of 2009, the rate of divorces in 1411 to 4% is lower than in January-June 2008.
At the same time in Armenia during the reporting period of 2009, there were a negative migration balance: as of July 1, returned to the country 559.2 thousand, while left the republic more than 589.1 thousand people.
It should be noted that the demographic situation in Armenia is the focus of the Government, which recently adopted a strategy of population policy in the years 2009-2035. and relevant program activities.
The program provides a number of projects aimed at the demographic development and population growth in Armenia.
Particular attention is paid to Armenia and assistance to Armenian families, assistance at birth of children in large families. Thus, since January 2009 the basic monthly family allowance increased to 10,000 drams (about $ 27) instead of the previous 8,000 drams (about 21.5 dollars), a lump-sum allowance for childbirth – 50,000 drams (about 315 dollars ) instead of the previous 35,000 drams (about 94 dollars).
Benefits in the birth of the third and subsequent child from the beginning of 2009 amounted to 430 thousand already drams (about 1 thousand 160 dollars) instead of the previous 400,000 drams (about 1.1 thousand dollars), and the size of the childcare allowance for children up to two years – 18,000 drams (about $ 49) per month instead of the old 3 drams (just over $ 3).
Children of Armenia sent to an international children’s camp “Artek”
Press Service of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Armenia said that today, 21 July a delegation of children from Armenia goes on holiday in Ukraine.
From 21 July to 5 August 2010, children will spend their summer holidays in the International Children’s Center “Artek”, where they will participate in the 9 th International Children’s Festival “Let’s change the world for the better!”. Organizers of the festival – Ukrainian Foundation Hope and Good, the Ukrainian Ministry for Family, Youth and Sports and Artek, with the assistance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and National Commission for UNESCO – assumed expenses during their stay at Artek Armenian delegation.
Armenia will be represented in the group of 10 children, including the winners and winners of various international competitions. As the main event of the 8 th Festival “change the world!” Was the signing of a document on the formation of the World Children’s League of Nations, the festival’s program in 2010 includes two directions: the first session of the General Assembly of the World Children’s League of Nations and the cultural program of the festival – “Planet has talent” .
The main celebration of the festival “Peace Day” will be held on July 31. The festival also promotes children’s diplomacy, strengthening the social position of children to bring peace and stability, reports of children’s ideas to the heads of States and the world community. Members expect a variety of creative activities, interesting and informative tour program rest on the Black Sea coast in the largest children’s center in the world “Artek”.
Since 2002, children from Armenia Artek has become a traditional holiday destination, meet with peers from around the world and participate in the annual festivals, which have become a real celebration and unity of the Ukrainian and Armenian culture and art.
Atam hatik
Atam hatik is armenian ceremony.After baby gets his/her first tooth
Armenians starting large party for baby named “Atam hatik” in english it will be “part of tooth”.
In this ceremony baby select his/her future profession. Baby sited in carpet .
Around baby many stuffs symbolyzting profeesion:
Money-businessmen,Comp Mouse-programmer,
scissors-heirdresser,pharmaceutical scales-advocate,
ball -sportsman and etc.
baby must select after candy in vase slowly putting down in baby head.