Photos re: previous post

Instead of figuring out where to attach photos to my previous post, I'll just include them here as an addendum.

Meeting at Syunik re: technical colleges

Newly built Kindergarten units at Camp Siranyush

Example of preparation for eventual SMART classrooms inside units

Bishop Apraham

Meeting two of three Artsakh refugee families still left over at Camp Siranyush,
where once there were 130 refugees

Cafeteria (see exterior view below...)

Picture does NOT do justice to the beautiful scenery just outside...

Artsakh-Armenian dictionary for helping understand refugees,
left over on the wall 


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  1. Kerem19 January 2021 at 06:26

    This is amazing Aram! Thank you for sharing these pictures.

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