The approaching start of a new academic year may be a source of excitement for many schoolchildren and their parents, but it also comes as an additional strain on low-income families having to buy clothes, stationery and other school supplies for their kids.
It costs at least 40,000 drams (about $100) to provide a first-former with basic school supplies in Armenia – an amount that many cash-strapped parents say is a significant burden considering their meager monthly budgets.
According to official data, about a third of Armenia's nearly three-million-strong population lives in poverty, surviving on less than $3 a day. Unemployment is also very high in the country.
Armenian News
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