“We didn’t enjoy the house we built even for two months, we left it and went away…”

Born in Artabyunk village of Yeghegnadzor district of Vayots Dzor, Paytsar gets married in Artsakh. She studied at the Pedagogical University of Goris, majoring in elementary methodology, but his studies remain incomplete due to the war… Being burdened with family worries was not an obstacle for Paytar to do manicure as well. Her daily life has always been full: finances, child care, studies, work, it seemed that life was going on in its own way…

Before the war, despite the deafening news, people in Yeritsvank continued to live their daily lives, they knew that the situation was tense, but they tried to silence the impact of the depressing news by being busy with work.

War broke out anyway. The young women of the village left the village with their young children a long time ago. Pyatar’s husband was on the front line, and the family members were convinced that the war would not last long, and when they were convinced that it could continue, they decided to follow the neighbors.

It is the second year that Paytsarn has been living with her family in the village of Arpi in Vayots Dzor. May I ask, how did you end up in Arpi?

It turns out that Paytsar lived with her children in her father’s house in Artabuynk for three months after the displacement. The husband sometimes came home from the front line to meet the family. Father-in-law lived with his wife in Geghahovit village of Martuni region. They lived divided like this for some time, after which they moved to the village of Arpi on the advice of their acquaintances, where they live in the offered house free of charge. She does not complain, they have adapted, the children attend the local school, her husband has joined the Yeghegnadzor police, after the death of her mother-in-law, her father-in-law lives with her son’s family.

A new period began for Paytsar. With the support program of one of the international organizations, she learned sewing, received a certificate and a sewing machine. Already accepting bedding orders today. And since she can’t continue her studies, she decided to create her own business, have a small sewing workshop and expand the product range.

Paytsar believes that only through work will it be possible to get rid of the bitter memories of the past or at least mitigate them. In order to make the dream come true, you need to take a step, which has already been done in the case of Paytsar. Well, in terms of implementation of plans, it is firm, if it is supportive, even better.

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