Social protection – Page 3 – Armenian Caritas

07Apr

Installation of Solar Photovoltaic Small Power Station

Project Duration: January 01 – May 31, 2021 Location: Gyumri Beneficiaries: Students and teachers of Gyumri branch of FAAA Goal: Installation of Solar Photovoltaic Small Power station Description: Alongside with the truly significant achievements during these years, unfortunately today the Academy of Fine Arts has a number of problems. The most important of these is the university budget and budget allocation. The problem is that the bulk of the university’s budget goes to staff salaries and building maintenance,

27Jan

Warm winter for the Elderly

Project Duration: December 1, 2020– March 31, 2021. Location: Shirak and Lori Provinces/Gyumri, Tashir Beneficiaries: 100 elderly people from 2 Day Care Centres Goal: To assist 100 of the poorest old people over the winter by providing heating in their houses Description: Payment of bills for gas, electricity and provision of firewood Donors: Caritas Innsbruck Budget: 7000 EUR Project manager: Tigranuhi Tarakhchyan

26Feb

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.

23Jan

Social Assistance to Vulnerable Families in 15 Catholic Villages, Gyumri, Tashir, Gavar and Artashat.

Project Duration : 8 Months Number of Beneficiaries: 500 vulnerable families(approximately 1500 people) Armenian Caritas will respond to the needs of 500 vulnerable families (about 1500 inhabitants) in 15 Catholic Villages, Gyumri, Gavar, Vanadzor and Artashat in Armenia Direct Beneficiaries of the Project are people mainly vulnerable families, people living alone in inhuman conditions frequently without elementary sanitary-hygienic commodities with only an extremely low pension allocated by the government that is very low to cover monthly consumption expenses. The list of the most poor families from 15 Catholic villages (Panik,

23Jan

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.