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3 Rruga Don Bosko 4 str.,
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Sant Salvador 9 AD500 str., |
06May
Sustainable development of Rural Communities in Northern Armenia
Project duration: 01.04.2017 – 31.03.2020
Number of Beneficiaries: 2010 households, 8950 people
Location: Shirak, Voskehask, Vahramaberd, Jrapi, Jajur, Arapi communities
Project goal: The goal of this project is to promote the sustainability and viability of 6 communities in the region of Shirak by offering technical and strategic support to community residents in determining their own development path.
Activities: The three pillars of this project are:
- Constructing/reconstructing agricultural infrastructure (irrigation canals/drinking water pipelines) by engaging and involving the community
- Facilitating economic development through
- professional training on the correct irrigation technology
- introduction of new crops for the backyard garden (mostly vegetables) and the cultivated fields
- setting up of pilot fields and farms.
02May
Humanitarian Support to Syrian Refugees
Project Duration: 01.11.2013 – 01.07.2015
Number of Beneficiaries: 1573 persons, 454 families
Target groups:
The most vulnerable 454 Syrian-Armenian families (approximately 1573 refugees) are beneficiaries of the project. They are part of the following vulnerable groups:
- Single-mother families
- Multi-children families
- Families with disabled persons
- Families with members who are having chronic diseases․
Overall objective:
The project is aiming at supporting of 100 vulnerable Syrian refugee families,
02May
Regional Campaign against Illegal Migration and Trafficking
Project Duration: 01.12.2014 – 30.11.2015
Number of Beneficiaries: 2147
Target group: pupils, teachers and community residents
Location: Shirak, Lori and Gegharkunik Provinces
Goal: To raise awareness on migration and trafficking.
Objectives:
- Organize training sessions and campaigns for Shirak, Lori and Gegharkunik provinces’ community residents and pupils or students on migration and human trafficking (human exploitation).
- Build capacities of three partner NGOs in three target regions.
28Apr
On April 28, within the framework of the cooperation between State Employment Agency and “Armenian Caritas” Benevolent NGO, a training- discussion on labor migration took place in Gyumri. Employees of State Employment Agency regional centers, some community heads from Shirak Province, labour migrants and other people actively involved in the sphere of labor migration took part in the training-discussion. The meeting aimed to update the participants on the latest regulation in the sphere of labour migration. As a result of the meeting, effective tools for targeting the upcoming meetings as well as the module of training session were elaborated.
