“Little Prince” Day care social centers

Gyumri and Vanadzor Artashat   “Little Prince” Day care social centers / Gyumri and Vanadzor Project Duration: March 2024 – February 2027 Number of Beneficiaries: 400 children and their family members Location: Gyumri (Shirak Province) and Vanadzor (Lori Province)   Goal: To contribute to the social protection of disadvantaged children and child protection reforms in Armenia.

Sabine: Children and Youth Assistance Services

Family type alternative care service for children in difficult life situations Project duration: 01.05.2021-01.05.2024 Location: Vanadzor, Lori Region Number of beneficiaries: Up to 10 children and their families Goal: In Lori Region, the right to grow up in a safe family type and nurturing environment is  upheld  for  children in difficult life situations Description: The Project suggests Small Group Home as an alternative care option for those children who due to lack of opportunities to live with their biological families,

Little Green Guardians: Eco Learning Hub

Project Duration:  01.11.2023 – 30.04.2024 Number of Beneficiaries: 250 children, 200 children from the community Location: Vanadzor   Goal: To establish an integrated environmental education hub within the day care center premises, fostering a generation of environmentally conscious citizens from an early age.    Description: The project aims to address environmental issues by  establishing an environmental education hub within the day care center premises. This hub will develop and implement age-appropriate educational programs and materials to raise environmental awareness among children.

Growing Healthy: balanced nutrition and improved development opportunities for children

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.

Warm Winter. Today and Tomorrow

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.