Armenian Caritas implements family oriented support for children and their families in critical circumstances in five “Little Prince” Day Care Centers since 2009. Based on the gained experience Armenian Caritas will continue creating and developing community-based services for vulnerable children and their families. Community-based systems are essential and need to be expanded. Therefore, we will establish small group homes as substitutes for large institutions, intended for children whose homes are not conducive to the vital principles of development, nurture, support, and protection. The first Small Group House will be founded in Vanadzor for 10 children without parental care in April 2018.
Since the day of its establishment in 1995 “Armenian Caritas” has implemented numerous projects targeting children and their families. As a result of implementation of these projects “Armenian Caritas” came to the decision to continue its efforts to family-based support, keeping main focus on child care and protection in family environment. Creating day care social centers for children and families since 2009 “Armenian Caritas” provides community- based complex services to the disadvantaged children and parents by means of multi professional staff. Read More …>>
Project background:
Since the day of its establishment in 1995 “Armenian Caritas” has implemented numerous projects targeting children and their families.
Monica Khorotyan, has been selected as our Volunteer of the Month for October, 2017!
Monica has been volunteering in “Armenian Caritas” Gyumri Head Office since 2014. She is actively involved in administrative works and mainly helps with
“I volunteer because it continuously teaches me something new about people, about cooperation, about compassion, and about myself. In helping others, I am reminded that we are all in this together and we need to remember to support each other.
At the beginning of my volunteering I was not self-confident and in some cases may feel uncomfortable,
From the 7th to 10th of November, Valentina Chupik, one of the representatives of Tong Jahoni International NGO in Moscow, visited Armenia within the framework of Promoting Protection of Labour Migrants by Strengthening Partnership in Kyrgyzstan, Armenia and Russia program implemented by Armenian Caritas Benevolent NGO. Valentina Chupik is an experienced human rights defender in Russia more specifically specialized in the field of migrants’ rights. So, the purpose of her visit was to conduct training sessions for the employees of State Employment Agency under the Ministry of Labour and Social Issues of the Republic of Armenia, as well as for the employees of “Armenian Caritas” NGO and other NGOs.
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,
Glossary/ Acronyms and Abbreviations
| AC | Armenian Caritas |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| CI | Caritas Internationalis |
| CRS | Catholic Relief Services |
| CSO | Civil Society Organization |
| ECG | Electro-cardiograms |
| FGD | Focus Group Discussions |
| HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus |
| HRD | Human Resource Development |
This ToR defines the modalities and deliverables of the task that is to be carried out for the purposes of the project titled “Community Action for Full Inclusion in Education “, funded by European Union, Austrian Development Agency and Caritas Austria.
Armenian Caritas (AC) with partnership of “National Association of School Parent Council Members” NGO (NASPCM) implements a project “Community Action for Full Inclusion in Education”. The overall objective of the project is as follows: “Children with disabilities who are currently out of education enjoy their human rights for inclusive education, as specified in the article 24 of UNCRPD”.
Hermine Badoyan, has been selected as our Volunteer of the Month for September, 2017!
Hermine has been volunteering in “Armenian Caritas” National “Home Care” Project since 2014.
Hermine has two daughters. Despite her busy daily life, she finds time for volunteering with great pleasure. Within the scope of the project Hermine makes home visits and cares elderly’s primary needs with great devotion.
“Volunteering is the appetence to help those in need. It’s a big happiness for me when the beneficiary knows the days of my visits and waits for me. I love to talk to them and ask for some advice.
