Humanitarian Support to Syrian Refugees

Project Duration: 01.11.2013 – 01.07.2015

Number of Beneficiaries: 1573 persons, 454 families

Target groups:

The most vulnerable 454 Syrian-Armenian families (approximately 1573 refugees) are beneficiaries of the project. They are part of the following vulnerable groups:

  • Single-mother families
  • Multi-children families
  • Families with disabled persons
  • Families with members who are having chronic diseases․

Overall objective:
The project is aiming at supporting of 100 vulnerable Syrian refugee families, who have searched refuge in Armenia. It enables vulnerable Syrian-Armenian refugees (outside of hostels) to access secure and healthy living conditions and to ensure their safety and well-being.

Specific objectives:
To enable 454 vulnerable Syrian-Armenian refugee families (outside of hostels) to access secure and healthy living conditions in wintertime and to ensure their safety and well-being. Food, hygienic items, essential household items, clothes, medicine and house rent are the most priority needs to be addressed.

Expected results:

  • Vulnerable refugees from Syria live over winter 2013/15 in rented apartments assuring healthy and safety living.
  • Vulnerable refugees from Syria have over wintertime 2013/15 access to thermal clothing and food to ensure their dignity, health and well-being during the winter season.
  • 454 Syrian families (=1573 persons) have been supported with apartment rent and utility payment (electricity, gas, water) for a period of about 6 months
  • 454 Syrian families have been supported with medicine, where necessary
  • 454 Syrian refugee families received thermal clothes and food vouchers and 
  • 454 families received hygienic Items or vouchers and

Activities:

  • Provision of information on available flats and / or houses, house rental agencies, job vacancies, schools for the children, medical services, trainings, etc.
  • Providing legal consultations
  • Provision of social assistance to 454 refugee-families.
  • Provision of bank vouchers for house-rent and utility payments according to their payment receipt.
  • Provision of monthly vouchers for food, household and hygiene items to 454 families.
  • Provision of  winter clothes / the families will receive cash and return the bills / receipts/

Partners: Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC), Caritas Austria

Budget: 639 313 €

Project Manager:  Lusine Stepanyan

Coordinator: Tatevik Tovmasyan, Liana Ohanyan