GYUMRI. – Many homeless families resided in territories far away from Armenia’s Gyumri following the 1988 quake.

A big family with eleven children used to live in a temporary shelter on the way to Yerevan-Gyumri airport. However, as the temporary home was spoilt due to damp, they had to move to a small rented home. The family has no hope to receive an apartment by the state as it is not considered to be homeless due to the quake.

“We, the Shirak center employees, and hetq.am journalist Yeranuhi Soghoyan, visited the other day the family of the Gevorgyans within the framework of philanthropic initiative “No child should be left out of the school due to lack of cloths and stationery.” There are 9 girls and 2 boys in the family,” the statement reads.