Artsakh Refugees with Nanor Shahin, Nonna Poghosyan, and Adrineh Gregorian
After nine months of blockade that resulted in shortage of food, medicine and essential supplies, Azerbaijan attacked the autonomous enclave of Artsakh. The military action lasted 24 hours. At the end, the indigenous Armenians of Artsakh surrendered. Over 120,000 Artsakh Armenians fled to neighboring Armenia resulting in a massive refugee crisis. The ethnic cleansing has meant 120,00 people have left behind their homes, communities, land, animals, loved ones gravesites, churches, schools, businesses, it has meant leaving behind spaces and the memories they carried. Among those who fled were developmentally disabled children. Today, we look at their experience as well as the challenges of the Artsakh refugees and of post-conflict reconstruction, and discuss what our listeners can do to contribute.
Nanor Shahin is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and Founding Board member of 2BHappy, a non-profit organization. 2Bhappy is dedicated to empowering individuals of all abilities; including but not limited to those with developmental and physical special needs, and individuals on the Autism Spectrum. For the last 3 years, we have been in close collaboration with Artaskh & Armenia, providing free professional trainings to more than 50 professionals as well as free consultations and parent education classes for families with children in Autism Spectrum. One of our major Projects are Annual Autism Awareness Telethon which takes place in April. During our years of working with Armenia and Artsakh we recognized the need for providing professional behavioral services to underprivileged families, and professional enrichment. This Year one of the projects that we have in collaboration with Artsakh/ Armenia is AIM4LAV (lavaguyn behavior).
Nonna Poghosyan is a displaced Artsakh resident. She worked for the American University of Armenia managing a continuous education program in Stepanakert, Artsakh. She is currently working in Yerevan and is actively engaged in regional development of Armenia.
Dr. Adrineh Gregorian works with Sose Women's Issues NGO in the Artsakh/Armenia border city of Goris, as the Director of Development. Her dissertation is on “Peacebuilding and Gender Inclusivity: the case of Nagorno-Karabakh.”
This show is co-hosted and co-produced by SWANA collective members Ankine Antaram and Soraya Zarook. You can listen to this and our previous shows on Spotify, Anchor, Google Podcasts, Breaker, and Radio Public. You can also follow our updates on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. SWANA Region Radio is run entirely by the volunteer efforts of our collective: Ankine Antaram, Nyma Ardalan, Inara Khankashi, David Lloyd, Hamoud Salhi, Rana Sharif, and Soraya Zarook. We appreciate any amplification of our work. Thanks for listening and for sharing!
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