I have never been to an orphanage before. The language professors at Yerevan State University go every year to the same one in Gyumri. Many of the children who live in the orphanage are there due to the deaths of parents or more often than not, socio-economic reasons that make it impossible for guardians to continue living with the child.
The university students brought gifts and the children performed a small holiday festival of sorts for us. Some lovely Armenian dancing was on display, but the best part of the day was one teenage boy sang the beautiful song by Salvatore Adamo, "Tombe La Neige" in perfect French.
Adamo on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-DKXuWuoYM
Unicef puts the number of children in Armenia currently in orphanages at 50,000, I am not sure where this falls comparatively with other nations, but for a country of less than 3 million it's pretty sobering.
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