Joseph Karapetian, his wife and eight daughters had lived in a small and shabby hut for years before the story by RFE/RL’s Armenian Service telling about their plight caught the attention of an individual philanthropist in Germany last year. This spring the large family from the village of Mayisyan in Armenia’s western Armavir province has moved into a newly built spacious house equipped with all modern amenities that has been granted to them by their benefactor. (A photo story by Karen Minasyan)
