On August 15, Gyumri hosted the forum “Sarapat Consolidated Community: development opportunities and challenges” in the scope of the project “Civic Activism in Consolidated Community”. The “Civic Activism in Consolidated Community” project falls within the scope of the “Support to Capacity Building of Armenian Civil Society Organizations” (Strong CSOs) Project of the EU-funded Small Grants Program. Implemented by the consortium of Armenian Caritas BNGO, Women for Development NGO and Biosophia NGO, the “Civic Activism” project is co-funded by Caritas France. 
In addition to the representatives of regional authorities and partner organizations, the residents of the consolidated communities were also present.

May 15 is the International Families Day, declared by the UN General Assembly in 1993. It provides an opportunity to raise awareness of issues relating to families, as well as social, socio-economic, demographic and other factors affecting it. The UN theme for this year is “Family and inclusive society”.

Although human relations have been transformed over the past decades, the family remains the main basis of society and one of the guarantees for its sustainable development.

First of all, the role and importance of the family is great in the life of the child, but that role is greater when it comes to children who live in their own world,