Volodya, Rima, Anzhela, Nazeli, Mariam, Milena, Arianna, Never, David, Edvard – 6 girls, 4 boys: The eldest is 19 years old, the youngest is 1 year and 8 months old. Despite the social difficulties and problems, the Karapetyans living in Akhuryan are not complaining: their 11th child will be born in a few months.
Trying to introduce the children one by one, the 39-year-old mother hurries to assure that no matter how difficult it is, one child is good but many children are better. Only the eldest of the children is an adult and is currently in military service.
Project Duration: 01.01.2026 – 31.12.2026
Number of Beneficiaries: 25
Location: Gegharkunik marz/Gavar city
Goal: Contribute to positive social change in the community by delivering sustainable, home-based care services to elderly individuals and persons with disabilities aged 18 and over who require support and are experiencing challenging life circumstances.
Description: Improve the quality of life of elderly individuals aged 60 and over and persons with disabilities aged 18 and over in Artashat by providing home-based care services and activities that promote social inclusion within the community.
TERMS OF REFERENCE (ToR)
- INTRODUCTION
Caritas Austria is an international NGO implementing activities in the fields of emergency relief and rehabilitation as well as development cooperation, in countries struck by conflicts or natural disasters. Caritas Austria has been supporting projects in Ukraine, Moldova and Armenia for the past 20 years, addressing social needs like care for children and youth, programmes for women and the integration of minorities, elderly care, support of persons with disabilities, agricultural projects, etc.
With the current programme, Caritas seeks to:
Project Duration: April 2022-March 2025
Number of Beneficiaries: Depends on caseload
Target group: Voluntary and forced returnees from EU Member States
Location: All over Armenia
Goal։ Assist voluntary and forced returnees from EU Member States to get reintegrated in Armenia.
Objectives։
Provide social, medical, juridical and small scale business establishment assistance.
Armenian Caritas provides
The following categories of assistance are eligible for Frontex support:
Post-arrival package –
Institutionalising a Volunteer First Responder Service in Armenia (VolFiRe)
- CONTEXT & BACKGROUND
| Title of the project | Institutionalising a Volunteer First Responder Service in Armenia (VolFiRe) |
| Country / Location | Armenia / nationwide |
| Date of the Action | 01.12.2022 – 31.08.2025 |
The Civil Protection system in Armenia is currently mainly based on professional responders from governmental institutions. They are to a large extent on-duty firefighters and other paid staff of the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES).
Project Duration: 15․01․2023- 30.04.2025
Location: RA, Gegharkunik region, Vardenis community
Beneficiaries:
- 85 women who are:
– living below the poverty line (the income is under 54,040 AMD per person monthly);
– with child/children under 18;
– with the status of unemployment;
– single women/female headed household.
- 50 children aged 2-7. The target are children of the women who will benefit from the project activities ensuring that women have the opportunity to dedicate time to themselves.
Gender Analysis and Gender Capacity Building for the project “Green Aregak: Social and economic inclusion of people with disabilities through green agriculture” Emili Aregak Center in Gyumri, Armenia
- Background
“Green Aregak: Social and economic inclusion of people with disabilities through green agriculture” is implemented by Caritas Aregak Foundation between 01.12.2022 and 31.08.2025 and funded by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and Caritas Austria. Set at Emili Aregak Center (EAC) in Gyumri, a holistic and innovative developmental center for people with disabilities (PWD),
Terms of Reference
Position: Project Manager (referred to as Caritas Field Coordinator in the Project budget)
Location: Syunik (possibility to work from other Marzes with need-based travels and short stays in Syunik)
Contract duration: 36 months
Start date: February 1, 2023
Line Manager: Programs’ and ID Officer
Project Summary
Armenian Caritas in the consortium with PIN and WINNET will launch a new project in Syunik in February 2023 aimed to support improved community-based social service provision by placing civil society organizations (CSOs),
Project Duration: 01.11.2022- 31.08.2023
Location: Shirak Region
Overall objective: Contribution to an inclusive and equitable quality education for all, in accordance with Sustainable Development Goal 4, Art 28 and Art 23 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Children, and Art 24 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Project Description:
Project results
• Individual Support: 80 CWD (Children with disabilities) in Armenia and 70 CWD in Kosovo have received individual support to fully enjoy their right to education.
Within the frameworks of the Armenian Caritas BNGO program “Improvement of educational and cultural conditions of the youth centers of Lanjik, Panik and Mets Sepasar” a youth center was opened in the village of Lanjik , Ani community of the Shirak region in 2022 November 22.
It should be noted that within the framework of the program, the youth centers of the above-mentioned villages were equipped with the necessary furniture and modern computers, printers, projectors.As a result of the program, young people from villages will have the opportunity to acquire new knowledge and opportunities in accordance with the current needs and requirements of the country,
Project duration : 27.06.2022-15.08.2022
Location: Bayandur and Yerazgavors villages (Shirak region)
Number of beneficiaries: 100
Target group: children aged from 10 to 15 years
Goal: Contribute to the socialization of children aged from 10 to 15 years and overcoming of traumas of though aesthetic education and art-therapy
Overall objectives:
- To ensure the accessibility of aesthetic education and art-therapy in project target locations for children aged from 10 to 15 years
- Creation of an inclusive environment
- To provide an opportunity to visit cultural centers
Project activities:
Terms of Reference for the Final External Evaluation of the project
“Primary Health Care Center of Armenian Caritas in Gyumri – Support for 01/2020 – 12/2022”
- Background and description of the project
The experience of Armenian Caritas in this sector shows that although officially people can access primary healthcare services funded by the state, still the essential health care needs remain unmet and a big group of vulnerable people, including children and the elderly, get deprived of elementary medical services.
