A fresh start for a homeless Gyumri family
april 27, 2018: www.armeniafund.org
Old address: Manushyan Street, makeshift metal container No. 230/360.
New address: Mush 2 district, Street 7, Building 4, Apartment 4.

The family consists of six members: Mr. and Mrs. Paruyr and Ruzanna Senekhchyan; their children Julietta, 8, and Armenak, 7; and Paruyr’s parents Armenak and Shahandukht. Paruyr works at a building-supply store, earning a little over $100 a month. His wife works part-time, selling cosmetics. The family’s only other source of regular income is the government assistance they receive for the children, totaling about $54 a month.Despite the indignities of living in a domik, the Senekhchyans have never lost hope that someday things would get better. That day, at long last, arrived toward the end of 2017, when representatives of Armenia Fund visited the family at their hut and surprised them a wonderful gift: the keys to a bright, spacious apartment in Gyumri’s Mush 2 district. Made possible by a donation from Armenia Fund benefactor Jean-Marie Atamian of New York, the Senekhchyans’ apartment came fully furnished and with a complement of modern amenities, including home appliances. The Senekhchyans are the 33rd family to receive a new home through Armenia Fund’s Gyumri Housing Project. When the Senekhchyans were taken to their new home later that day, they could hardly believe their eyes. They kept marveling at the sparkling, sizeable roo

A fresh start for a homeless Gyumri family

