Strengthening the collaboration of Caritas members in the Euro-Mediterranean region to combat human trafficking

Strengthening the collaboration of Caritas members in the Euro-Mediterranean region to combat human trafficking Project Duration: 01.01.2017 – 31.12.2019 Member countries: Caritas Albania, Caritas Armenia, Caritas Bulgaria (Ruse), Caritas Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Caritas Romania (Bucharest), Caritas Kosovo, Caritas Lebanon Migrant Center (CLMC), Caritas Turkey, Caritas Ukraine and SCCF. Target group: Member state anti-trafficking employees, member countries’ population Location: Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Romania (Bucharest), Kosovo, Lebanon, Turkey, Ukraine. Goal: The overall objective is to strengthen the collaboration of Caritas members in the Euro-Mediterranean region to combat human trafficking.

Youth HIV/AIDS Prevention

Youth HIV/AIDS Prevention Project Duration: 01. 01.2016 – 30. 06.2016 Number of Beneficiaries: about 250 students Location: Shirak Province Puberty is a time of discovery, rousing feelings and investigation of new behaviours including engagement in unprotected sex, sex with multiple partners, and experimentation with substance use (alcohol, illicit drugs and other substances). Lack of easily available counselling services, trained personnel, information and educational programmes on healthy lifestyle, reproductive health and prevention of drug abuse, spread of sexually-transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS puts many Armenian young people,

Parish Social Ministries in Northern Armenia

Parish Social Ministries in Northern Armenia Project Duration: 01.06.14-31.05.2017 Beneficiaries: The target group of the project is the parish leaders and volunteers in 5 villages in the Lori region of Armenia. The final beneficiaries are about 75 % of the population (average 2500) of the 5 targeted vilaages. Location: Lori Province- Katnarat, Katnaghbyuir, Petrovka, Saratovka, Blagodarnoye villages Goal: The goal of the project is to improve social conditions in 5 villages in Northern Armenia by encouraging Catholic Social Teaching inspired behavior change in parish leaders in order to increase their capacity to promote Christian inspired volunteerism and to mobilize volunteers in their community to support self-determination and community development.

Migration and Development I II III

Migration and Development I II III Project Duration: 01.03.2010- 28.02.2019 Number of Beneficiaries: Returnees from the EU: till now 484 persons, 218 families, till the end of 2019 will be accepted 70-80 RA citizens annually Young people from communities having high migration risks 565 potential migrants (retraining courses and job fairs’ participants) Awareness raising campaigns for population of high migration-risk communities and university students total 583 participants 60 returnees from EU, young entrepreneurs from communities having high migration risks and Syrian Armenians,

Reduce Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Armenia

Reduce Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Armenia Project Duration: 01.01.2016- 31.12.2018 Number of Beneficiaries: 1601 in 2016 Target group: pupils, teachers and community residents Location: Shirak, Lori and Gegharkunik provinces Goal: To raise awareness on migration and trafficking Objectives: Organize training sessions and campaigns for Shirak, Lori and Gegharkunik provinces’ community residents and pupils or students on migration and human trafficking (human exploitation) Integrate the topic of migration into school curriculum Cooperate with stakeholders in state and non-governmental sector to raise awareness on the topics Beneficiaries: