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19Jan

Building Bridges: Socio-Economic Integration and Resilience for Refugees and Local Communities in Armenia

Project Duration: 01.10.2024-30.09.2025

Number of Beneficiaries:  1820 households, 9100 individuals

Location:  Shirak, Lori, Syunik, Yerevan

 

Goal: To foster socio-economic integration and resilience building of refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh and local communities in Armenia, ensuring dignified lives and sustainable development

Description: The project consists of following components:

  1. improvement of housing conditions:
  2. a) rental subsidies;

b)renovation/furnishing/equipping of houses.

2.post-traumatic psycho-social support (PTPSS)

  1. economic integration:
  2. a) career orientation,
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09Jan

Christmas Magic for forcibly displaced children and elderly from Nagorno Karabakh

Project duration: December 01, 2024 – February 28, 2025

Number of beneficiaries: 1250/895 children under the age of 10 and 355 elderly individuals

Location: Ararat, Gegharkunik, Lori, Shirak, Syunik provinces and Yerevan

The  aim of the project to bring joy to displaced children and elderly individuals during the Christmas season by providing Christmas presents and sweets.

 

Project donor: Christian Solidarity International CSI

Project budget: 25000 euro/10 825 083 AMD

Project manager:

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09Jan

Terms of Reference (ToR): Communication Specialist

Project Title: “ARAMAZD: SEED (Social Economy and Employability Development)”

Position Title: Communication Specialist

Modality: Consultancy-based contract

Duration: 3 months (March 3 – June 2, 2025)

Reporting to: Project Manager

 

Background

The “ARAMAZD: SEED” project fosters sustainable socio-economic growth in Armenia’s border provinces (Gegharkunik, Lori, and Shirak) by empowering local stakeholders and advancing social economy initiatives. It aims to boost employability and generate sustainable economic opportunities through cross-sector collaboration, capacity building, and the development of social enterprises.

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28Dec

The Armenian Caritas 2024 Annual Summary Meeting took place

On December 26, the Armenian Caritas 2024 Annual Summary Meeting took place, with the presence of the authorized representative of the President of Armenian Caritas, Rev. Father Narek Vrd. Mnoyan, the Director of Armenian Caritas Gagik Tarasyan, Organizational Development Officer Anahit Gevorgyan, Institutional Development Officers, and heads of the Financial and Program Departments.

 

Before discussing the achievements, shortcomings, and upcoming challenges of the year, Rev. Father Narek Vrd. Mnoyan conveyed the gratitude and paternal blessings of the President of Armenian Caritas, His Beatitude Patriarch Aram I of Cilicia, the 21st Catholicos of the Armenian Catholic Church,

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13Dec

TERMS OF REFERENCE (ToR) Expert to produce easy-to-read documents

 

Title of the project։ Institutionalising a Volunteer First Responder Service in Armenia (VolFiRe)

Country / Location։ Armenia / nationwide

Date of the Action։ 01.12.2022 –  31.07.2026

 

  1. Context & background

The Civil Protection system in Armenia is currently mainly based on professional responders from governmental institutions. They are to a large extent on-duty firefighters and other paid staff of the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES). But Armenia has numerous remote areas particularly affected by the limited coverage through the regional fire and rescue services.

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