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Fund for integration of children and youth with disabilities

Project Duration: 01 July, 2019 – 31 October, 2022
Beneficiaries: 100 Children and youth with disability
Location: Shirak Region

Goal: Creating Opportunities for Education, Inclusion and Participation.

DescriptionThe project specifically is designed to support:

  1. a) children and young people with disabilities so that they may achieve to their maximum level of learning outcomes participation in school and kindergarten activities and social life;
  2. b) the Institutions (kindergartens and schools) staff will be empowered to work with CWD.

Acquiring equipment for Day Care Centers for elderly in Gyumri and Tashir

Project Duration: 5 months
Location: Gyumri, Shirak Region and Tashir, Lori Region
Number of Beneficiaries: 110 beneficiaries of Day Care Centers in Gyumri and Tashir

Goal: The aim of the project is to renew the old equipment at both Day Care Centers which will enhance comfort at the Centers and quality of services provided.

Description: The DCC for Elderly in Gyumri operates since 2006 and the one in Tashir – since 2007, they jointly serve 110 beneficiaries. The equipment and furniture at the Centers were obtained the time they were established and over the years a part of it has become worn out and malfunctioning.

Rehabilitation of Day Care Centers for the Elderly in Gyumri and Tashir

Project Duration: March 01, 2019 – March 01, 2020 (12 months)

Location:  Gyumri, Shirak Region and Tashir, Lori Region

Number of Beneficiaries:  110 beneficiaries of Day Care Centers in Gyumri and Tashir

Goal:   The aim of the project is to improve the facilities at Day Care Centers for the Elderly in Gyumri and Tashir and enhance quality of the healthcare services provided at the Centers

Description: The Day Care Centers in Gyumri and Tashir have been operating in buildings that have not undergone any major renovations since their establishment in 2006-2007,

Informative visit to “Little Prince” day care center of Gyumri

December 3rd is the International Day of Persons with Disability. Within the framework of “My Right. Inclusive Education in Armenia and Kosovo” project a visit was organized to “Little Prince” day care center of Armenian Caritas with the participation of children and their parents involved in the project. During the informative visit project’s children and beneficiary children of the center got acquainted with each other. Later, the staff of the center introduced parents the criteria for admitting children to their center, as well as the work done with children, and the activities organized for children. Meanwhile, all children participated in the cooking,

“On the way to a better understanding and concrete implementation of the spiritual principles of Armenian Caritas”.

A reflection for CNEWA on Armenian Caritas identity in the perspective of faith dimension

Armenian Caritas is a part of the large family of Caritas Internationalis-a confederation of national Caritas organizations which all share the same mission of “Caritas”-charity of the Catholic Church to the people in need everywhere and anytime. As our President, Raphael Archbishop Minasyan, told once: “Caritas is the only child of the Universal Catholic Church, or simply the charitable tool of the Church of the Lord: Can you imagine this unique child, with a very special character coming to the world and telling with the evangelist Mathew: