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Armenia

Armenia’s blind struggle to find a livelihood

by Manya Israyelyan

•5 min read

Faced with ignorance and discrimination, finding work as a blind person in Armenia can be a difficult task. Rafayel Keveyan, 23, lives in Gavar, a small town east of Yerevan. He lost his sight at the age of four after being given the wrong drugs while being treated for measles. Along a journey that did not lack challenges, Rafayel found his passion in music and devoted himself to it. Rafayel began playing the piano at the age of seven; soon after, his parents sent him to a musical school.

anika

People with disabilities struggle to gain employment in Georgia

by Tamuna Chkareuli

•8 min read

For many people with disabilities in Georgia, finding any job at all seems all but impossible. A lack of basic services or even formal schooling and widespread prejudice compounds the problem. The government is taking steps to help people with disabilities into work, but NGOs, who often have to fill the gap, argue that much more needs to be done. When Aleko Gamkhuashvili first came to Anika, he didn’t engage in any of the activities available at the centre. Anika is a Tbilisi-based NGO that