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    I went to Armenia and visited some Orphanages there and I had a good time it was troubling it was sad. Im wondering if you had any experiences in a Soviet or former Soviet Orphanage? What is the situation like now has it changed or not?

    Regards

    John

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    Re: Armenian Orphanages

    Originally posted by JohnCanadian View Post
    I went to Armenia and visited some Orphanages there and I had a good time it was troubling it was sad. Im wondering if you had any experiences in a Soviet or former Soviet Orphanage? What is the situation like now has it changed or not?

    Regards

    John
    OxyMoron

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      Re: Armenian Orphanages

      Originally posted by Sero View Post
      OxyMoron
      Sorry I mean I had a good time travelling the country and seeing the people and the wonderful things that Armenia has to offer but when I was in the orphanage it was sad at the time

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        I've never seen an orphanage in Armenia mind telling me what it's like?

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          Re: Armenian Orphanages

          Originally posted by Sero View Post
          I've never seen an orphanage in Armenia mind telling me what it's like?
          It was very Soviet style like it was run down, the hallways were dark and damp there was no proper modern health technology. It lacked the use of proper medical equipment, certain things were left out.

          A lot of the kids were rocking in their chairs some of them had been self mutilating themselves in a way that certain features would show e.g. gangrene.

          It was horrible, it had really bad unhygienic smell. The kids weren't allowed to get out of the cot cause the bars were too high. Often I found the nurses quite rough and talked to the kids in a bossy way.

          From what I read that Armenia has over 100 Soviet style Orphanages.

          I was deeply disturbed I wanted to help these poor helpless children I wanted to take one home

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            Re: Armenian Orphanages

            Originally posted by JohnCanadian View Post
            I went to Armenia and visited some Orphanages there and I had a good time it was troubling it was sad. Im wondering if you had any experiences in a Soviet or former Soviet Orphanage? What is the situation like now has it changed or not?

            Regards

            John
            Dear John,
            I want to find contact with Orphanages in Armenia because I am interested to adopt a child. Could you help me, my e-mail is [email protected].
            Thanks
            Evi

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              Re: Armenian Orphanages

              Originally posted by JohnCanadian View Post
              It was very Soviet style like it was run down, the hallways were dark and damp there was no proper modern health technology. It lacked the use of proper medical equipment, certain things were left out.

              A lot of the kids were rocking in their chairs some of them had been self mutilating themselves in a way that certain features would show e.g. gangrene.

              It was horrible, it had really bad unhygienic smell. The kids weren't allowed to get out of the cot cause the bars were too high. Often I found the nurses quite rough and talked to the kids in a bossy way.

              From what I read that Armenia has over 100 Soviet style Orphanages.

              I was deeply disturbed I wanted to help these poor helpless children I wanted to take one home
              So they are just like your notorious post-Communist era Romanian orphanages? Though they were a result of your country having a long-term policy of encouraging as many children as possible to be born and contraception being impossible to get.

              Anyone know what the Armenian Church's stance on contraception is? And abortion?
              Plenipotentiary meow!

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                Re: Armenian Orphanages

                Originally posted by bell-the-cat View Post
                So they are just like your notorious post-Communist era Romanian orphanages? Though they were a result of your country having a long-term policy of encouraging as many children as possible to be born and contraception being impossible to get.

                Anyone know what the Armenian Church's stance on contraception is? And abortion?
                It's probably identical to the Catholic Church's stance.

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                  Re: Armenian Orphanages

                  A friend of mine tried to adopt from a armenian orphanage but she said all they did was take her money. She finaly got sick of trying and gave up.
                  Hayastan or Bust.

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                    Re: Armenian Orphanages

                    Originally posted by Haykakan View Post
                    A friend of mine tried to adopt from a armenian orphanage but she said all they did was take her money. She finaly got sick of trying and gave up.
                    That's sad. Especially since a large percentage of the Armenian population will have been descended from orphans. The biggest orphanage in the world was in Gyumri in the 1920s - I think it was 30,000 children - all survivors of the Genocide.
                    Plenipotentiary meow!

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