War and peace. East on the West.

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“If we would be healthy and happy – we will not need the money”, – this is the credo of the most part of locals I’ve heard at the Synevyr valley. They look healthy and happy, but apparently that it is not enough, and then everyone in business.
These people are living in a very difficult medium: unpredictable weather conditions, the rocky ground, they are need to protect themselves from wild animals and connection with a big land is broken roads, which floods washing away every spring. They have increased in recent years due to deforestation, and new plantings are not able to retain water in the soil. And all of that is without any support from the government.

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