Project – Page 5 – Armenian Caritas

03Nov

“Healthy mentality-healthy family”

“Healthy mentality-healthy family” Location: Shirak region, Gyumri Project Duration: since 2010 – 01.09.2012 Description: The project “Healthy mentality-healthy family” is very unique in its type, emphasizing the importance of the formation of healthy families and raising of healthy generation, the value of the family and creation of the “third one” with the unity of “two”. The ultimate goal is to emphasize the importance of the Holy Matrimony, the daily “work” to be done by the couples to maintain their families,

25Oct

Disaster Preparedness as a First Step to Sustainable Development

Disaster Preparedness as a First Step to Sustainable Development(joint project in Armenia and Georgia by Caritas Romania) Project Duration: 01.10.2016 – 30.09.2017 Location: Arapi, Voskehask, Jajur (Shirak province) Background: Armenia and Georgia are both prone to different types of natural disasters, the most important amongst them floods, earthquakes and landslides. Maybe the best known example of disasters in the province is the Spitak earthquake from 1988, which killed about 25.000 persons. Disasters happen frequently affecting large groups of the population and causing important damages in infrastructure (transportation infrastructure,

29May

Disaster Risk Management (DRM)

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29Sep

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20Oct

Emergency Preparedness and Response

Emergency Preparedness and Response Through DRM “Armenian Caritas” will focus on 2 objectives: pre- and post- disaster interventions. Pre-disaster activities: community public awareness and education on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), risks assessment, community based mitigation projects, etc. Post-disaster: provision of humanitarian assistance to the victims of the disasters, as well as, further support to the victims at the rehabilitation stage.