Two shoes for 10 children
The Khachatryan family of 12 lives in the Huysi Avan district.
The head of the family is disabled, while the mother has thrombi and recently underwent an operation.
The polyclinic doesn't have the drugs that Mrs. Angin needs and she doesn't have money to buy them from drug stores. The mother of 10 has been told that she should not walk.
"All house chores are up to my daughters. My children do everything and take care of me as well. I don't know how this is going to end," said Mrs. Angin.
Two-year old Lilit is the youngest of the daughters. Six of them go to school, but they don't have necessary accessories.
"I have addressed the highest instances for accessories and shoes for the children, but we only received two size 42 sneakers, pants and short-sleeve shirts. I am thankful for that, but I had not asked for that," said father Vachagan.
The family has been taken out of the "Huysi Avan" charitable district due to the termination of their contract. The family needs 40,000 drams to sign a new contract, but the only source of income are the subsidies and pensions.
"We are hanging from thin air. How can I pay the 40,000 drams?" says the head of the family.
The hardest thing for this family is to make it through the winter without firewood and warm clothes.
It is not clear as to how many large families there are in Armenia due to lack of statistics. The National Statistical Service of Armenia provides data regarding economies of six or more and they made up 21.8% in 2008.
