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