Family has no money to keep child
Daily visits of Gyumri's Shirak Center NGO to homeless and socially vulnerable families show that early marriages and divorces are significantly high in these families. Great is the number of girls in these families who have married and divorced without official registration. Also, there are numerous single mothers left without the support of ex-husbands.
The new video of Shirak Center tells about the Petrosyan family that has appeared in the clutches of extreme poverty.
Two of the four daughters - Gayane, 19, and Armenuhi, 23 - got married two years ago in one of the remote villages of Armenia. However, they divorced after a short time and returned to the fold. Armenuhi cannot keep her 10-month-old baby; she does not receive social benefits or alimony.
Gayane is ill but cannot afford to pay for treatment.
