At the suggestion of the Shirak regional administration, the organization acquired and provided the province with PPE – Personal Protective Equipment /200 protective goggles and 200 protective medical clothing/. They will be given to the Gyumri Infection Hospitaland other hospitals. The initiative was made possible with the financial support of Renovabis, CaritasInnsbruck/Austria and the USABishopsConference .
If necessary, the Armenian Caritas will also acquire and provide requested items with the remaining money.
“Organizational, preparatory works are being carried out. There is a great need for protective, disinfectant supplies worldwide. It is true that professional institutions are provided with these items,
Armenian Caritas organized a 3-day training in the cultural and warm atmosphere of «Machanents» Guesthouse from February 21 to 23 for those pupils who will become peer to peer educators spreading the values of inclusive education among their peers to build together more inclusive school and become the driving force for changes in their schools.
Under the guidance of their trainer Artashes Torozyan pupils got acquainted with the principles of inclusive education, their rights and responsibilities, learnt about the best example of inclusive school: the Finnish school. They acquired skills to conduct trainings, worked in groups and presented their suggestions.
January 30-31, 2020 in the framework of the “ArmenianCaritas” BNGO’s “ARAMAZD: SMART” project a meeting-discussion by “Open Space” format on the topic “Intergovernmental Partnership as a Community Development Guarantee” was held in Dilijan. Ashot Giloyan, Head of the Department of Local Self-Government of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Armenia, Armine Simonyan, Head of the Territorial (Capital) Program Support Division, Artak Aghbalyan, Head of the Primary (Vocational) and Intermediate Vocational Education Department of the RA Ministry of Education, Science, Sport and Culture, MPs Nazeli Baghdasaryan and Hrant Ayvazyan, representatives of Gegharkunik, Lori and Shirak Marzpetarans (regional administrations), representatives of local governments,
Location: Gyumri, Ghazanchi, Sepasar (Shirak Region)
Duration: 01.02.2020-01.02.2023
Number of beneficiaries: 198 children and their families
Recognizing the importance of food security and healthy nutrition in the growth and development of pre-school age children Armenian Caritas implements Growing Healthy Project in two preschool institutions in Gyumri / “Gyumru Mankik’’ and “Mush” Children Center/and two kindergartens in the villages of Ghazanchi and Sepasar. The Projects aims at improving food and nutrition security of children, enhancing capacities of preschool teaching staff and promoting parental involvement.
BACKGROUND:
Armenian Caritas (AC) is a non-governmental organization registered and operating in the Republic of Armenia. It carries out development programs in four regions of Armenia and in Yerevan, which combine service provision and advocacy work at the national level. The main strategic focus of AC is social protection and integration of disadvantaged children, inclusion of elderly people and children with disabilities, as well as community development and resilience, disaster risk management and migration and integration programming.
With the scope, impact and financing of programs in the country, AC ranks as one of the biggest social service providing organizations in the target regions that brings sustainable change in the lives of its beneficiaries.
Project duration: October 2016 ongoing
Number of Beneficiaries: 73 cases, 163 persons
Vulnerable group: referred voluntary returnees from Netherlands, Austria and Denmark
Location: the whole territory of RA
Goal: assist voluntary returnees from Netherlands, Austria and Denmark to get reintegrated.
Objectives:
1.To provide social assistance
2.House rent
3.Utility costs
Household items and furniture
5.Construction materials
6.Food, clothes and etc.
7.Medical examination, surgery, medicine etc.
Project duration: 1 January 2023 – 31 December, 2025
Project location: Shirak province: Gyumri and 3 rural communities (Maralik, Artik, Ashotsk),
Ararat province: Artashat
Lori province: Tashir, Vanadzor
Number of Beneficiaries:
-7 schools, 3559 pupils and 437 staff members
-7 kindergartens, 710 children and 157 staff members
-200 pupils form pupils’ councils
-225 children with disabilities
– 90 parents of children with disabilities
-50 parents from Parents’ councils
-1 vocational training school 250 students and 25 lecturers
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Project Duration : 8 Months
Number of Beneficiaries: 500 vulnerable families(approximately 1500 people)
Armenian Caritas will respond to the needs of 500 vulnerable families
(about 1500 inhabitants) in 15 Catholic Villages, Gyumri, Gavar, Vanadzor and Artashat in Armenia
Direct Beneficiaries of the Project are people mainly vulnerable families, people living alone in inhuman conditions frequently without elementary sanitary-hygienic commodities with only an extremely low pension allocated by the government that is very low to cover monthly consumption expenses. The list of the most poor families from 15 Catholic villages (Panik,
Project Duration: 2022.01.03 – on going
Number of Beneficiaries: 120 beneficiaries
Location: Gyumri, Vanadzor, Gavar and Artashat
Background: The amount of monthly income of the Armenians is considerably lower than the supposed sum to fully suffice them to organize their lives in a normal way. At present single mothers in Armenia cannot afford themselves to fully meet their basic needs to organize their daily routines. In general, social-economic situation of single mothers in Armenia during the past 25 years has not changed; just the contrary, it has taken a turn to the worse .Free of charge health care service is accessible only for those who are granted with special privileges.
Project Duration: 01.02.2022 – 31.01-2024
Number of Beneficiaries: 300 families-700 children
Location: Gyumri
Background: To prevent the reproduction of poverty the project proposes to introduce a multidimensional poverty reduction approach, which will ensure more prospective support to the young parents (10 parents from 20-30 years old per year), giving them chance to acquire job-related education and skills, thus ensuring small income for caring about essential family needs as well as to the younger age-group of the family (15 children from 16-20 years old per year) by covering their fee at the Educational Institutions.
Project Duration: 01 July, 2019 – 31 October, 2022
Beneficiaries: 100 Children and youth with disability
Location: Shirak Region
Goal: Creating Opportunities for Education, Inclusion and Participation.
Description : The project specifically is designed to support:
- a) children and young people with disabilities so that they may achieve to their maximum level of learning outcomes participation in school and kindergarten activities and social life;
- b) the Institutions (kindergartens and schools) staff will be empowered to work with CWD.
Project Duration: 5 months
Location: Gyumri, Shirak Region and Tashir, Lori Region
Number of Beneficiaries: 110 beneficiaries of Day Care Centers in Gyumri and Tashir
Goal: The aim of the project is to renew the old equipment at both Day Care Centers which will enhance comfort at the Centers and quality of services provided.
Description: The DCC for Elderly in Gyumri operates since 2006 and the one in Tashir – since 2007, they jointly serve 110 beneficiaries. The equipment and furniture at the Centers were obtained the time they were established and over the years a part of it has become worn out and malfunctioning.
