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In pictures | Nowhere else to go: the stories of Yerevan’s homeless

by Armine Avetisyan

•6 min read

Yerevan’s homeless population comes from all over Armenia and beyond, but they all have ended up in the same place. There is one shelter in the city, with a capacity of 100, but it is not enough to house the hundreds living on Yerevan’s streets. There are no official figures on the number of homeless people in Armenia. According to Shavarsh Khachatryan, the director of the Hans Christian Kofoed homeless shelter, there are approximately 400 homeless people in Yerevan alone. Around 100 live i

Armenia

‘I don’t want our faces to be labeled as poor and miserable’ — extreme poverty in Armenia

by Armine Avetisyan

•7 min read

Almost a million Armenians live below the national poverty, around a third of the country. For over two decades successive governments have promised— and failed — to tackle poverty; following the Velvet Revolution, Pashinyan’s government has promised the same. Sixty-year-old Gayane, a resident of Yerevan, begins her day digging through bins looking for food, clothing, and items that can be recycled. ‘For 5 years I’ve been working like this. I have no other way to support my family. I have