Tatevik Tshughuryan
Tatevik Tshughuryan is a journalist. She got her Journalism degree at Yerevan State University. She has been working as a journalist at “Ankyun+3” TV company more than 10 years, and 3 years as an editor for the same TV company.
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For 20 years Levon Afrikyan, a former miner in Alaverdi, Armenia, has struggled every day to survive.
A work accident left him disabled and the compensation he finally received was unbelievably low. The pandemic became another obstacle for Afrikyan to face all alone. Today he is fighting for decent living conditions and basic necessities, like a cane and crutches.
This video was prepared with support from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) South Caucasus Regional Office. All opinions expressed are the author’s alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views of FES.
Alone and struggling to survive
After a 77-year-old grandma discovered the riches of technology, she is enjoying life in two worlds: real and digital. Svetlana Tamazyan was only 50 when her husband died, leaving her to care for their five children. Despite the challenges, she raised the children alone and ՝ a small village, Akori, in Armenia’s northern Lori Province. Today her children live far from her, some in the Armenian capital Yerevan and others in Russia. To stay in touch, they bought her a tablet and taught her how to use Viber. Svetlana quickly discovered the riches of social media. Today she watches films as well as videos about sewing and cooking on her tablet or smartphone. Best of all, the devices allow her to stay in touch with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
A coffee with a grandma via skype
A mother of three school-aged children has to choose between buying food or paying for the internet in a rural village in Armenia. When Armenian schools moved online due to the pandemic, the family of 43-year-old Lousine faced a dilemma: her three children needed the internet and computers to attend school classes but the family didn’t have money for either. Despite the family’s challenges, Lousine’s oldest daughter, Meri, found a way to attend online programming and English classes to pursue her dreams of becoming a programmer.
No Food, no bytes
Once an Armenian emigre living in Germany, a young woman tries to bring change to a rural community in Armenia.