The park as a workplace

New profession for unemployed middle-aged women 

Nazik Hakobian packes golden apricots in wooden boxes with flexible finger movements, keeping all the rules so that when they reach Moscow consumer can taste apricots in a perfect shape.

Nazik equally works with women of various ages from Metsamor, Armavir, Echmiadzin. Their group leader Naira Arakelyan says that this is a new type of work that has been formed in recent years, it is her pleasure to participate in the work with middle-aged unemployed women who  still who do not receive pension.

“Director of Araratfood” comoany of International freight “Spaika” LLC Hamlet Tadevosyan notes that this year is expected to double the volume of apricot exports  up to 5000 tonnes  instead of 2500 of the previous year.

Residents of Jrashen consider this year as exceptional for apricots as they lost their hope for apricots in spring during the freeze 10 degrees.

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