Armenian Caritas (AC) sees itself as the expression and an instrument of charity of the Armenian Catholic Church. Accordingly, Armenian Caritas seeks to organize and implement humanitarian and charitable actions in favor of persons and social groups living under difficult conditions without religious, national or racial discrimination. Armenian Caritas views itself as an important force in actively promoting the democratic and developmental changes in Armenia and strives to work with families, uphold family values, and empower parents to be involved in healthy parenting values, thus implementing more, than 40 projects in different spheres of its Strategic priorities. Read More …>>

For many years now Armenian Caritas BNGO with the support of Caritas Austria/Diocese of Feldkirch has been involved in efforts of solving the problems of persons with disabilities, specifically in Gyumri, Armenia with the establishment of the Aregak Day Care Centre for Children with Multiple Disabilities in 2008.
In September 2015 the project activities moved to a newly constructed building and became the Emili Aregak Centre.
A joint assessment of Armenian Caritas and Caritas Austria resulted in the idea of a bakery and coffee shop as the most promising opportunity for a social business in Gyumri. Besides the financial objectives for the business,