Nora Aghamalyan and her husband,
Volodya, live in the village of Ddmashen in Gegharkunik province. Their three
sons spend most of the year in Russia, having found work there in the
construction industry. Recently, the family completed a long-running and
extensive renovation of their home’s interior, achieved with the help of Habitat
for Humanity's lending program. Prior to their current residence, the Aghamalyans
lived for a time in Ddmashen's unused community center until they were able to
scrape together enough money to purchase a home of their own.
Entering Nora and Volodya's home
in its current state, rejuvenated and tastefully decorated, where once was but
the bare skeleton of a house, one is struck both by the radical transformation
that has occurred and the obvious joy and pride it has given this family, long
accustomed to worry and hardship.
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