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16Jan

Fund for integration of children and youth with disabilities

Project Duration: 01 July, 2019 – 31 October, 2022 Beneficiaries: 100 Children and youth with disability Location: Shirak Region Goal: Creating Opportunities for Education, Inclusion and Participation. Description : The project specifically is designed to support: a) children and young people with disabilities so that they may achieve to their maximum level of learning outcomes participation in school and kindergarten activities and social life; b) the Institutions (kindergartens and schools) staff will be empowered to work with CWD.

19Jul

My Right. Inclusive Education in Armenia and Kosovo

Project Duration: 01.07.2019 – 30.06.2023 Location: Shirak Region Overall objective: Contribution to an inclusive and equitable quality education for all, in accordance with Sustainable Development Goal 4, Art 28 and Art 23 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Children, and Art 24 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Project Description: Project results Individual Support: 80 CWD (Children with disabilities) in Armenia and 70 CWD in Kosovo have received individual support to fully enjoy their right to education.

02Feb

Warm Winter

Warm Winter 2020 .Respectable Life for Vulnerable families and Elderly Project Duration: December 1, 2019– April 30, 2020. Number of Beneficiaries: 1180 Direct beneficiaries of the program are the lonely and disabled elderly that are included in other projects of Armenian Caritas. Among those 140 elderly people are from AC “Home Care for the Elderly” project in Gyumri 60 elderly people from Day Care Center Project in Gyumri: 200 elderly from SDC (Supplementary Project to Day Care Center); 100 lonely elderly from “Home Care for the Elderly” in Vanadzor,

20Aug

“Little prince” day care centers

“Little prince” day care centers Gyumri and Tashir Gavar and Vanadzor Artashat Family oriented support for children and adolescent in critical circumstances “Little Prince” social centers / Gyumri and Tashir Project Duration: January 2023– December 2025 Number of Beneficiaries: 270 children and their family members Location: Gyumri (Shirak Province) and Tashir (Lori Province) Goal To contribute to the social protection of disadvantaged children and child protection reforms in Armenia.

09Aug

“Emili Aregak” Center for Children and Youth with Multiple Disabilities

“Emili Aregak” Center for Children and Youth with Multiple Disabilities Project Duration: 01.06.2008 – 31.12.2018 Number of Beneficiaries: 60 children Location: Shirak Province: Gyumri city Background: Disabled people are separated and isolated from the rest of the society because they are seen as an embarrassment or weakness for the entire family. In many cases, one family member is given for the responsibility of caring for the disable individual. According to “Armenian Caritas” research,