“ARAMAZD: SCALE (Social Collaboration Advancement for Local Economy)”

Project Duration: 2025 – 2027 Project Location: Gegharkunik, Lori, Shirak regions, Republic of Armenia Number of Beneficiaries: CSOs, Local Authorities, SMEs   Goal: To promote Social Economy as a key driver of inclusive socio-economic development and community led-solutions in rural areas in Armenia. Description: ARAMAZD SCALE project represents a strategic and institutionalized phase in the development of social entrepreneurship (SE) in Armenia. Building on previous initiatives, it aims to establish a well-functioning SE ecosystem through inclusive collaboration between government, civil society,

Summer School in Rural Communities of Armenia

Project duration : 01.07.2025 – ongoing Location: Bayandur, Yerazgavors and Getk villages (Shirak region) Number of beneficiaries: 150 Target group: children aged from 6 to 16 years   Goal: The project aims to enhance the socialization and educational development of children aged 6 to 16 in border communities through aesthetic education, art therapy an English communication club.   Overall objectives: Provision of access to aesthetic education for children aged 6 to 16 Improvment of English communication skills for 12- to 16-year-olds Increasement of the level of self-awareness and emotional literacy among children aged 6 to 16  

Enhancing Support and Empowerment for Displaced Families and Children in Vardenis, Gegharkunik, Armenia

Project Duration: October 2024 – February 2025 Number of Beneficiaries: 150 households / approximately 600 persons Location: Vardenis consolidated community, Gegharkunik Province, Armenia   Goal: To improve the quality of life for displaced families and children by providing essential household appliances, stationery, warm clothing, and psychosocial support, fostering their resilience and integration. Description: The project aims to support 150 displaced families in the Vardenis community. Beneficiaries will receive essential household appliances, stationery, and warm clothing. At the same time,

Partnership for Syunik-Enhanced Community-based Social Services

Project Duration: 01.02.2023 – 30.06.2026 Location: Syunik province of RA Project Purpose: Contribution to development of more resilient system of social protection in Syunik province, by supporting sustainable financing of community-based social services that better serve the needs of the country’s most vulnerable people, thus reducing poverty, inequality, and vulnerability.   Project Description: Aimed at sectoral reforms, the “Partnership for Syunik-Enhanced Community-based Social Services” project closely cooperates with the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure, all 7 municipal governments of Syunik province,

“German project Friendship”

“German Friendship” Start: 2003 End: Open -Ended Background The idea of the project has been initiated by the teachers, students and parents of Kardinal Frings Gymnasium of Bonn, Germany, in 2003. Up to now the gymnasium organizes annual fundraising activities to the benefit of children living in remote villages of Armenia, aimed at improvement of their educational conditions and solving of the primary problems of the targeted schools. The project also assists to building of community capacity by encouraging community participation in all the stages of project implementation.