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Day Care Center for The Elderly

Project Duration: 01.07.2021 – ongoing

Number of Beneficiaries: 100

Location: Gyumri City(Shirak Province) and Tashir City(Lori Province)

Goal

To contribute to the improved quality of life for elderly people in Gyumri and Tashir cities.

Description:

The beneficiaries of the project are 110 elderly people, the majority of them live alone and need geriatric care and socialization. The target locations are Gyumri (50 elderly) and Tashir (50 elderly).
The project provides social,

Covid-19 resilience in Armenia and Georgia and Nagorno-Karabakh conflict response(CONAKA)

Project duration: 01․05․2021 – 31.08․2024

Target regions: Yerevan, all regions

Direct beneficiaries

  • Displaced families from Nagorno-Karabakh living temporary or permanently in Armenia.
  • Nagorno-Karabakh conflict affected local families.

Number of beneficiaries: 1151 families / 4605 persons

 

Goal

To contribute to resilience of Covid-19 affected people in Armenia and Georgia and to those affected by the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in Armenia.

Background

To increase resilience of Covid-19 affected women,

Assistance to Affected Population as a Result of Conflict Escalations in Artsakh Republic during September, 2020

Project Duration:   February 1, 2022- October  1, 2022

Direct beneficiaries:  displaced population from Artsakh Republic and from the settlements near borders of Armenia.

  • Households with minors under 14 (preferably female-headed; more than 3 children);
  • Households with pregnant woman;
  • Households with new mothers;
  • Households with members suffering from chronic illnesses;
  • Households with members demonstrating an urgent medical need or urgent need for access to healthcare services;
  • Households with disabled members;
  • Households with no monthly income or any government entitlements (i.e.

Emergency Assistance for Conflict-Affected People, wounded soldiers, prisoners’ families in Shirak region in Armenia

Project Duration: December 1, 2021-April  1, 2022

Project implementation area: Shirak Region

Direct beneficiaries:

  • Refugees from Nagorno Karabakh;
  • Prisoners’ families;
  • Wounded soldiers

Number of beneficiaries200 vulnerable families in the region of Shirak.

Project goal:

The project proposes providing material assistance, hygienic items, Food, medical support, Non Food Items to 200 refugees, wounded soldiers and prisoners’ families in Armenia.

Specific objective:

Call for the selection of a Consultant/Company to conduct research study on Labour Market Integration in Armenia

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Armenian Caritas Benevolent NGO in the framework of “CoNaKa: Covid-19 resilience in Armenia and Georgia and Nagorno-Karabakh conflict response” project

Call for the selection of a Consultant/Company to conduct research study on Labour Market Integration in Armenia

Project title: CoNaKa: Covid-19 resilience in Armenia and Georgia and Nagorno-Karabakh conflict response

Place of implementation: Republic of Armenia

Deadline for the applications: 30.01.2022

Start date: ASAP

Duration: Short-term Service contract

E-mail for applications:

Call for the selection of a trainer/supervisor on post-traumatic psycho-social support

 

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Armenian Caritas Benevolent NGO in the framework of “CoNaKa: Covid-19 resilience in Armenia and Georgia and Nagorno-Karabakh conflict response” project

Call for the selection of a trainer/supervisor on post-traumatic psycho-social support

Project title: CoNaKa:  Covid-19 resilience in Armenia and Georgia and Nagorno-Karabakh conflict response
Place of implementation:  Republic of Armenia
Deadline for the applications:  10.11.2021
Start date:   20.11.2021
Duration:  Short-term Service contract
E-mail for applications:  l.stepanyan@caritas.am,

TERMS OF REFERENCE for the interim evaluation of the project

 “PROMOTION OF INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL IN ARMENIA”

Background and short description of the project: 

The project is financed by German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development through Caritas Germany. Project’s aim is to contribute to the establishment of inclusive and equitable quality education for all in Armenia.

Project’s important components are trainings of staffs of 7 partner schools and kindergartens involved in the project to deliver with tools for application of inclusive practices at school as well as the equipment of one model classroom in each school and kindergarten for implementation of inclusive education,

LETTER OF PATRIARCH RAPHAEL BEDROS XXI MINASSIAN TO ARMENIAN CARITAS

“Honorable brothers and beloved sons in Christ, Before the Holy Nativity, Christ and His earthly parents knocked at the doors of many and were rejected until they found a cradle in the manger of the cave. All the suffering, deprivation, and neglect that Christ endured is a reflection of all those who are suffering today, being rejected, and being deprived of their most important rights. Therefore, we urge the staff of Armenian Caritas to pass on the light of Christ’s Nativity and the radiant hope and joy to all those living in difficult conditions, because, even in deprivation, Christ gave us the hope of salvation and guided us to eternal life.

“Sabine” Small Group House: 24-hour care for children in a family-like environment

Project Duration: 01.03.2026 – 28.02.2028

Location: Vanadzor, Lori Region, Armenia

Beneficiaries: Up to nine children aged 6–18 (living simultaneously) and their families in vulnerable situations.

Project Goal: The goal of the project is to ensure that up to nine children deprived of parental care receive the right to grow up in a safe and caring family environment at the “Sabine” Small Group House in Lori Province.

 

Program Description: The Small Group House provides 24-hour care in a stable, safe and caring environment that is as close as possible to a family setting for children who currently do not have the opportunity to live with their biological or alternative families.

ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

Introduction

“It is not science and technology, or the increasing means of economic and material development, but the human person, and especially groups of persons, communities and nations, freely choosing to face the problems together, who will, under God, determine the future”.[1]

Armenian Caritas (AC) shares the Vision of Caritas Internationalis in promoting the values and principles of Environmental Justice and has the Vision of a world in which our environmental interdependence “is met by joint responsibility, our common destiny by solidarity”[2]; where the goods of the earth are shared by all;

Code of Ethics

 Striving to live our values:

Code of Ethics for Caritas Internationalis member organizations

Introduction

The work of Caritas Internationalis is motivated, oriented and defined by Holy Scripture, the teaching and tradition of the Catholic Church and a loving personal encounter with people in need.  “Caritas is the Church’s caress to her people” and embodies a preferential option for and with those who are poor, excluded or marginalised.  Caritas strives to secure the integral development of the whole person, and to relieve the suffering caused by catastrophes,

PROTECTION FROM ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION Caritas Internationalis Children and Vulnerable Adults Safeguarding Policy

1.1 Purpose

Caritas recognizes the right of children and vulnerable adults to protection, regardless of gender, race, culture and disability. Caritas recognizes the power dynamics inherent in working with children and vulnerable adults and the potential for abuse and exploitation by staff of people we work with.

Caritas is committed to creating and maintaining an environment which promotes its core values and prevents abuse and exploitation of all people. Caritas staff [1]and associates[2] are expected to uphold the dignity of all people with whom they come into contact by ensuring that their personal and professional conduct is of the highest standards at all times.