Reducing carbon-based emissions and providing support to the running of 7 social centers in Shirak and Lori Provinces of Armenia

Project Duration: 01․11․2019- 31․12․2024 (extended) Project Location: Shirak and Lori Provinces, Armenia   Project Target Groups The project’s main target group representatives are mostly the beneficiaries of ongoing projects of Armenian Caritas.  Elderly people living alone Children without parental care Socially vulnerable people with health problems Children and adolescents living in critical circumstances  Community members living in non-gasified communities. Project Goal: The goal of the Project is to reduce carbon-based emissions in Shirak and Lori Provinces of Armenia through solar energy use and energy efficiency comprehensive measures.

Tackling educational disadvantage in rural Armenia through arts

Project duration : 05.06.2022-31.07.2023 Location: Bayandur and Yerazgavors villages (Shirak region) Number of beneficiaries: 100 Target group: children aged from 8 to 15 years   Goal: Facilitate the socialization of children aged 8 to 15 years and aid in the healing of traumas through aesthetic education and art therapy.   Overall objectives: To ensure the accessibility of aesthetic education and art-therapy in project target locations for children aged from 8 to 15 years To create inclusive environment To provide an opportunity to visit cultural centers  

Partnership for Syunik-Enhanced Community-based Social Services

Project Duration: 01.02.2023 – 30.06.2026 Location: Syunik province of RA Project Purpose: Contribution to development of more resilient system of social protection in Syunik province, by supporting sustainable financing of community-based social services that better serve the needs of the country’s most vulnerable people, thus reducing poverty, inequality, and vulnerability.   Project Description: Aimed at sectoral reforms, the “Partnership for Syunik-Enhanced Community-based Social Services” project closely cooperates with the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure, all 7 municipal governments of Syunik province,

“ARAMAZD: Social Economy and Employability Development” project

Project Duration: 2022-2025 Number of Beneficiaries: Local State Government, CSO, SME, VET representatives and active youth. Location: Shirak, Lori and Gegharkunik Provinces of RA Goal: To contribute to the promotion of social economy and employability among the population of the unified bordering communities of Gegharkunik (Vardenis), Lori (Alaverdi), and Shirak (Ani) Provinces of RA.   Description: “ARAMAZD: SEED” project offers community socio-economic rehabilitation and activation program, which will continue in 2022-2025. The logic of all the implemented actions, promoting economic and civic development processes,

CapSLoc: Capacities for Sustained Locally-Led Development

The Goal of CapSLoc: Capacities for Sustained Locally-Led Development is to increase the capacity and resilience of Akhuryan consolidated community to lead its development. Project Duration: 23.01.2023-23.01.2026   The project will achieve the goal through the following objectives: Objective 1: to strengthen capacity and commitment of Akhuryan community to lead their development through continuous learning, identifying and responding to local priorities;   Objective 2: to enhance citizen engagement and oversight in decision making process of Akhuryan community through mobilizing settlements,