Starting from 2009 Armenian Caritas (AC) is directly involved in child protection work in Armenia and at the moment operates 4 Little Prince day care centers for children with difficult life circumstances and Emili Aregak center for children and youth with multiply disabilities. Starting from June 2016 AC has been implementing “Child Safeguarding Policy” Read more…>>
Starting from 2009 Armenian Caritas (AC) is directly involved in child protection work in Armenia and at the moment operates 4 Little Prince day care centers for children with difficult life circumstances and Emili Aregak center for children and youth with multiply disabilities.
June 25, 2016 has been a day of a magic when renaissance of soul and the revival hope was at its highest peaks. The visit and Mass of His Holiness Pope Francis and His Holiness Garegin II were a once in a lifetime experience for all Gyumri people and thousands of its visitors. The air was filled with a spell of divine spirit..
“Pope Francis’ visit to Gyumri is a spiritual renewal for the faithful of the region of Shirak”
June 25, 2016 has been a day of a magic when renaissance of soul and the revival hope was at its highest peaks.
The elder people medical needs are immense and special care and medications are to be provided and prescribed by geriatricians (aged care specialists), which lack in Armenia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Since 2002 “Armenian Caritas” has been providing a care to the older people promoting their well-being. To increase the social responsibility of local authorities and society and to promote specialized care, an attempt has been…
A Benevolent Training by Victoria Kaprielian, MD
The elder people medical needs are immense and special care and medications are to be provided and prescribed by geriatricians (aged care specialists),
A four- day visit of Caritas Europa Communication Officer Mr. Alain Rodríguez to «Armenian Caritas» offices in Gyumri and Yerevan was an unforgettable experience for all «Armenian Caritas» staff.
The visit was especially important in the frame of a newly adopted “Communication Strategy for Advocacy” which to be used as for the ongoing so for new projects of “AC.” …
A four- day visit of Caritas Europa Communication Officer Mr. Alain Rodríguez to «Armenian Caritas» offices in Gyumri and Yerevan was an unforgettable experience for all «Armenian Caritas» staff.
The visit was especially important in the frame of a newly adopted “Communication Strategy for Advocacy” which to be used as for the ongoing so for new projects of “AC.”
The consultations made by a well-known specialist in the area were a real asset for the Communication Unit and AC Centers communication responsibles in particular.
On June 3-4, a conference in the scope of project “Building Local Capacities to Reduce Illegal Migration and Trafficking in Armenia” took place. The main goal of the conference was to found a migration policy platform in the RA. Other goals of the conference were the presentation of the research, conducted by the AUA Turpanjian Center expert Valentina Gevorgyan, illustration on the migration policy by RA SMS Deputy Head Irina Davtyan….
On June 3-4, a conference in the scope of project “Building Local Capacities to Reduce Illegal Migration and Trafficking in Armenia” took place.
Mrs. Victoria and Mr. Volodya is a cheerful couple with over 50 years of a happy marriage with four children. Both parents fell in love and thought of a happy life for the entire family. Mr. Volodya still proudly recalls the days of his work at Soviet “Banvor” newspaper and even at “Pioneer Call” magazine. At the times the work of a correspondent at those editorials was prestigious and fulfilling.
Today they live in a decaying house with two of their four kids on miserable pension and allowances.
A newly built apartment building in the front of Gyumri Governor’s office looked very nice and it seemed that all the inhabitants must finally found a refuge after the long post-earthquake years of darkness and cold… A new door was still a hope, but as soon one opens the door a dreadful picture and odor turns back into the old days of disaster and despair. A broken bed is the only place where Mrs. Lyuba spends her days a whole year round without leaving the room.
A rotten container dreadfully catches a sight and at first it is hard to imagine that a human being is able to survive in a pile of rusted iron. A room with adjourning kitchen-like area accommodates 6 people: a young couple with 4 children of 18,15,13 and 1.7 year-old children. Lack of bathroom made the picture more unbearable and walks to “shower” seemed a picture from the distant years of blockade.
The mother, young woman with a permanent flu and a man with amputated ankle grow up the kids with no basic conveniences and stable income.
A neat and light house seemed a place where an energetic and still young couple with grown-up children live a happily-after life. But that was unfortunately an illusion which immediately evaporates after one enters the distant room, where a 69-year old woman with swollen abdomen and hyper blood pension was confined to bed for over 6 years, alone, just in the company of her old books and her daughter-in-law’s few pieces of outdated furniture.
Ms. Roza, formerly a happy wife, mother of 5 children, a strong woman with almost 30-years of work experience in the former Soviet Gyumri sock factory became a senile and abandoned weak woman who has no one to be cared of.
Through DRM “Armenian Caritas” will focus on 2 objectives: pre- and post- disaster interventions.
Pre-disaster activities: community public awareness and education on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), risks assessment, community based mitigation projects, etc.
Post-disaster: provision of humanitarian assistance to the victims of the disasters, as well as, further support to the victims at the rehabilitation stage.
Advocacy, Lobbying and Network collaboration
“Armenian Caritas” acts as the voice of the voiceless when they are unable to speak for themselves and does so by “observing, analyzing and acting” to contribute to more just and cohesive society.
Advocacy is an organized attempt to change policy, practice and/or attitudes by presenting evidence and arguments for how and why change should happen. At the heart of advocacy is the assumption that change can happen through building awareness, presenting evidence and arguments for why change should happen, and engaging people who have the power to make those changes.
