Images of collecting honey from bees.
BAGHANIS — On February 4th, ONEArmenia, a non-profit organization focusing on building sustainable economies in Armenia, launched a new campaign to initiate beekeeping activities in the border village of Baghanis.
About 800 people live in Baghanis, a small village located a few kilometers away from the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia, where the economic situation is dire. Most of these lands are inaccessible because of unsettled border issues, landmines and occasional sniper fire. There is no industry in the region, and the lack of jobs causes high emigration rates, as the men leave to find work in Armenia’s capital, Yerevan, or in neighboring Russia.
“What’s at stake is the creation of sustainable income-providing activities in Baghanis, so that families need not be torn apart, nor uprooted,â€
