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I am a member of the Facebook group that the Repat Armenia Foundation maintains. I am, in fact, a fan of that organization, which provides assistance to Armenians who wish to move to the Homeland, whether in terms of technical or legal information, employment, or some guidance on housing. It’s the sort of function that one would have wished the state to perform, that one might have expected the Ministry of the Diaspora to take on, via Armenian embassies or otherwise. To be fair, we are talking about a big deal, highly resource-heavy in realization, and also ideologically and philosophically heavy in its own right.
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Hi,
My husband and I want to move to Yerevn for a few years and hear so many different versions of what living in Armenia is like. Somebody help!
Hi Linda:
I cannot give you personal advice on this matter, but below are some links for you to explore.
First, please read this young lady’s article @ArmenianWeekly, then visit her blog.
http://armenianweekly.com/2013/09/14/letter-repatriation-absent-in-arf-discourse/
Didn’t know who she was other than her article @AW, and then I heard about her blog. She moved to Yerevan some time ago. She has an email at her blog, so you might pose your questions to the author directly.
Here is her blog:
http://notyourgrandmasarmenia.wordpress.com/
There is a gentleman by the name of Antoine S. Terjanian, who posts frequently @AW about his positive experiences living in RoA.
You might want to search Youtube for his vids: very educational.
Here is an article by an AW columnist:
http://armenianweekly.com/2012/09/18/15-years-later-is-it-getting-any-better/
another link:
http://repatarmenia.org/eng/solo-female-travel-in-armenia/
{“I loved this place so much that I moved here.”}
An finally, a very interesting video about the experience of one repat: Վահե Կոշգերյան
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CGNimpiIMw&feature=c4-overview&list=UUpDmKr8LFapW_-45tEW5tmg
You will also hear some negative stories as well, like in any other country: some of it factual, most of it based on nothing.
There is too much unfounded doom & gloom disinformation and misinformation in the blogosphere about Armenia.
(…long story as to why that is).
Hope this helps.
Best wishes.
sorry about that: for some reason the youtube link got chopped up in the post, so some random, unintended video got linked.
this one should work better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CGNimpiIMw