In Sochi, the quarantine continues, along with the situation with the shortage of medical masks in pharmacies. But, fortunately, in this difficult time, many people find the strength to help each other. For example, the Sochi Barseghyan family is forced, like many people now, to stay at home and not work. They have established their own family production of protective masks, which they are happy to share with other people.
The translation of the interview: " First, the size of the workpiece is prepared here. Father is doing all this. The process is long, if there is no pattern. If there is a blank 15-20 minutes. If you do everything from the beginning, it will take a long time. In the beginning, it is cut to size, then from here it goes to the workpiece. This way. Mom show me how you iron it. What we have now is a problem. Maybe someone remembers in the USSR, was decorated with yarn ties for the masks. We also do this, the process is also very long. Sewing, cutting-it takes time. We just want to take advantage of the moment. If there are more options or the administration gives more people, the process will go faster. Maybe someone at home has the time or the way in which it will be better, we will be very grateful for your help. We were specially given this material, the mask is not a disposable one. Put on, came home, washed, ironed and can be worn again. So it's not just for once. Reusable masks with special material. We iron several times to kill all possible germs. How many masks do you make a day? If there is an elastic band, then 150-200 pieces. And with ropes 50, 60. Because it takes more time. Then it goes from here to here. It takes a long time with ropes, so we will be very grateful if someone responds. If there is something rubber, it will help. That is, you have to sew pieces of rope? Well, Yes, from the beginning there is a preparation, then I sew the ropes, then I give them back to the girls to continue the work. Now we will show you the whole process, so that those who wish can also do it. It's not hard or difficult. You can do things at home and help people. If someone has a desire, they can contact the administration. The administration will help with the material. And at the same time they will not be bored, there will be something to do. This is done for free. After that, we go here.So, turn to the other side, look to have beautiful edges and iron again. One side, then the other. We make folds. Again we iron, the other side and again we make folds. We make triple folds. So that it is evenly here. and we do the same on the second side. what are they for? Do you have to do them? No. To open them. Now I tell my brother that he will sew again. After that, you need to sew again. These are ready-made masks with ropes that are tied on one side and tied on the back. And with elastic bands, we have these. When there are 25-50 pieces of them, we pack them in bags. Here are 50, 25, 30 pieces. Then we call, come from the city administration and take it away. They give this masks to hospitals. We do our good deed like this, and then they already know where to give and what to do. Once again I want to address, if someone at home has or can buy, provide elastic bands, please respond to our administration. It doesn't matter what width or length, as long as the elastic bands are like this. I am a welder by profession, I worked by profession. Father is a cook, mother is a housewife. My sister has her own salon, she is a hairdresser. We have an Armenian TV channel, sometimes we watch news on it and we have shown the city of Alaverdi. There, too, the husband and wife sit and they also turned to the local administration and told them to give them a job. Stay at home, quarantine, nothing to do. We will help people. My mother saw it on the news and says: "Let's do something, too, a good deed. We need to do something during the quarantine." My mother pushed me to do this, I have a friend and we went to the administration. They provided us with material and started teaching us. The administration was not surprised? Everyone was surprised. not only the administration, even now friends call and say: "What do you get out of it?" Yes, nothing, there is something to occupy the time and nothing more. This is done absolutely for free. Did you have to learn or did you know how to do it before? No, when I had free time, I sewed for myself at Amateur level. No one taught me, I taught myself. You said that you can do about 150 a day if there is a scheme. How many days have you been doing this? How much have you already done? Somewhere 500-600 pieces were made. As if no one demands anything from us, we also have household chores. We do it for ourselves, we don't give it to the administration. Our nameplate with the Russian flag and the Armenian flag. It's just for us when we go out into the city."