ATP Provides Fruit Trees for Syrian-Armenian Refugees in Artsakh

ATP provided fruit and nut trees to 200 families in the Kashatagh region of Artsakh including 34 Syrian-Armenian families who settled there recently
STEPANAKERT””The ongoing civil war in Syria has had a negative impact on its entire population, and its 80,000 Syrian-Armenians are no exception. Since 2011, a large number of Syrian-Armenian refugees moved to Armenia not only because it is their ancestral homeland but also because its migration policies and repatriation program made the move relatively easy.
Some Syrian-Armenian refugees have chosen to settle in Artsakh. The Kashatagh region is currently home to 34 Syrian-Armenian families who originate from Kessab and Qamshli. The climate and land is similar to their native towns. They’ve been provided with aid and loans for houses and land in Kovsakan, Berdzor and Ishkhanadzor.
Many have large families and are experienced farmers who were engaged in agriculture in pre-war Syria where they had working farms. The refugees are trying to employ themselves in agribusiness and have already begun sowing wheat, barley and chickpeas.
“One of Armenia Tree Project’s goals is to combat poverty by creating jobs through the use of trees and promoting self-sufficiency by distributing fruit bearing trees to those with few resources,”