Armenia’s Growing Foster Families
Ministry of labour and social affairs promotes alternative to placing vulnerable young people in orphanages or children’s homes.
Ministry of labour and social affairs promotes alternative to placing vulnerable young people in orphanages or children’s homes.
Experts warn children are experiencing huge psychological distress as a result of the conflict.
Parents are forced to shoulder a significant burden to ensure that their children receive proper schooling.
The problem predates the pandemic, but coronavirus restrictions have exacerbated it.
Inadequate infrastructure and miscommunication have dogged more than a year of remote schooling.
Abuses, including the sexual exploitation of children, rising under lockdown.
US praises Nur-Saltan as “global leader” in repatriating former fighters and their families.
Concerns remain over whether they present a more long-term public danger.
Efforts are underway to identify and repatriate dozens of youngsters.