On August 15, Gyumri hosted the forum “Sarapat Consolidated Community: development opportunities and challenges” in the scope of the project “Civic Activism in Consolidated Community”. The “Civic Activism in Consolidated Community” project falls within the scope of the “Support to Capacity Building of Armenian Civil Society Organizations” (Strong CSOs) Project of the EU-funded Small Grants Program. Implemented by the consortium of Armenian Caritas BNGO, Women for Development NGO and Biosophia NGO, the “Civic Activism” project is co-funded by Caritas France.  In addition to the representatives of regional authorities and partner organizations, the residents of the consolidated communities were also present.

May 15 is the International Families Day, declared by the UN General Assembly in 1993. It provides an opportunity to raise awareness of issues relating to families, as well as social, socio-economic, demographic and other factors affecting it. The UN theme for this year is “Family and inclusive society”. Although human relations have been transformed over the past decades, the family remains the main basis of society and one of the guarantees for its sustainable development. First of all, the role and importance of the family is great in the life of the child, but that role is greater when it comes to children who live in their own world,

From now on, a youth center will founction in Gavar. The initiative was launched by the “Armenian Caritas” BNGO with the financial support of USAID and the Peace Corps, thanks to the efforts of Armenian Caritas and Peace Corps volunteer Caleb Barefield. By his initiative the center was repaired and technically replenished, which will serve not only the beneficiaries of the “Little Prince” center, but also other youth of the community. Now the project provides the children of the center with an opportunity to have trainings and meetings in a pleasant and repaired room. Due to the equipment purchased within the framework of the proյect,

Armenian Caritas is proud to announce that the project, “YouthSmartVillage”, has been selected as one of the semi-finalists and is looking forward to representing Armenia at such a prestigious competition. The project aims to establishment of demo-model of “smart village”, which will ensure employment and learning opportunities for youth, decentralization of IT sphere, improvements in spheres of local self-government and agriculture through the establishment of youth innovative technology laboratory in remote village of Armenia. Competition was rather stiff, too, with only 30 projects selected to enter the next phase of the competition out of 731 eligible entries from 39 countries.

Since 2002 “ArmenianCaritas” 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 made to reintroduce geriatrics in modern Armenia. It’s already the third time that Victoria Kaprielian, MD, FAAFP Associate Dean for Faculty Development and MedicalEducationCampbellUniversity Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine came to Armenia with her team. The well-known specialists performed a free-of-charge a-day training for the AC nurses and for the Armenian care institutions and respective NGOs. The training included such topics as confusion,