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26Feb

Growing Healthy: balanced nutrition and improved development opportunities for children

Location: Gyumri, Ghazanchi, Sepasar (Shirak Region)

Duration: 01.02.2020-01.02.2023

Number of beneficiaries: 198 children and their families

 Recognizing the importance of  food security and healthy nutrition   in the growth and  development  of pre-school   age  children Armenian Caritas implements Growing Healthy Project in two preschool institutions in Gyumri / “Gyumru Mankik’’ and “Mush” Children Center/and two kindergartens in the villages of Ghazanchi and Sepasar. The Projects aims at improving food and nutrition security of children, enhancing capacities of preschool teaching staff and promoting parental involvement.

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21Feb

Terms of Reference Documentary movie production for the 25th anniversary Of Armenian Caritas BNGO

BACKGROUND:

Armenian Caritas (AC) is a non-governmental organization registered and operating in the Republic of Armenia. It carries out development programs in four regions of Armenia and in Yerevan, which combine service provision and advocacy work at the national level. The main strategic focus of AC is social protection and integration of disadvantaged children, inclusion of elderly people and children with disabilities, as well as community development and resilience, disaster risk management and migration and integration programming.

With the scope, impact and financing of programs in the country, AC ranks as one of the biggest social service providing organizations in the target regions that brings sustainable change in the lives of its beneficiaries.

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06Feb

Returnees from Netherlands, Austria and Denmark.

Project duration: October 2016 ongoing

Number of Beneficiaries: 73 cases, 163 persons

Vulnerable group: referred voluntary returnees from Netherlands, Austria and Denmark

Location: the whole territory of RA

Goal: assist voluntary returnees from Netherlands, Austria and Denmark to get reintegrated.

Objectives:

1.To provide social assistance

2.House rent

3.Utility costs

Household items and furniture

5.Construction materials

6.Food, clothes and etc.

7.Medical examination, surgery, medicine etc.

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23Jan

Promotion of Inclusive Equitable Quality Education for all in Armenia

Project duration: 1 January 2023 – 31 December, 2025

Project location: Shirak province: Gyumri and 3 rural communities (Maralik, Artik, Ashotsk),

Ararat province: Artashat

Lori province: Tashir, Vanadzor

Number of Beneficiaries:

-7 schools, 3559 pupils and 437 staff members

-7 kindergartens, 710 children and 157 staff members

-200 pupils form pupils’ councils

-225 children with disabilities

– 90 parents of children with disabilities

-50 parents from Parents’ councils

-1 vocational training school 250 students and 25 lecturers

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23Jan

Social Assistance to Vulnerable Families in 15 Catholic Villages, Gyumri, Tashir, Gavar and Artashat.

Project Duration : 8 Months

Number of Beneficiaries: 500 vulnerable families(approximately 1500 people)

Armenian Caritas will respond to the needs of 500 vulnerable families

(about 1500 inhabitants) in 15 Catholic Villages, Gyumri, Gavar, Vanadzor and Artashat in Armenia

Direct Beneficiaries of the Project are people mainly vulnerable families, people living alone in inhuman conditions frequently without elementary sanitary-hygienic commodities with only an extremely low pension allocated by the government that is very low to cover monthly consumption expenses. The list of the most  poor families from 15 Catholic villages (Panik,

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