Institutional Development of AC

Goal: Improved program design and quality management capacity of Armenian Caritas  Resulted from the tendency of continuously widening activities of the organization it becomes difficult to ensure proper follow-up and unified approach towards the diverse programmatic basis. Thus the main processes of institutional development often lack the due attention and response. To improve the program design and quality management capacity of Armenian Caritas a Program Design Quality (PDQ) Unit and procedures need to be established. The PDQ Unit will be responsible for the establishment and follow up of the quality control mechanisms, for overseeing and providing staff development possibilities with its special attention to the Advocacy and Communication fields as well as the diversification of the funding sources and fundraising capacities of the organization.

Disaster Risk reduction and emergency response

Goal: Enhanced individual and community resilience towards disasters through preparation, response and recovery The overall goal of this strategic programming is to enhance preparedness of AC personnel, its beneficiaries and stakeholders through ongoing knowledge, capacity and resource enrichment with the aim of facing possible emergencies with enough knowledge and behavioral skills. The program will aim at taking actions and measures at three levels: before, during and after possible disasters and emergencies. Initiatives will be undertaken to raise resilience in communities and their public awareness, improve emergency behavioral skills, acquire necessary technical resources and capacities,

Social inclusion and care of the elderly

GOAL: Mechanisms of meeting social needs, integration of the elderly in community life and mechanisms of active ageing are ensured for the disadvantaged elderly that live in difficult conditions of life. According to the data of the RA National Statistical Service, birth rate reduction and migration outflows have led to a situation when as of January 1, 2016, the working age population (16-62 age group) makes up 66.3% (2 995,1 million) of the total number of the RA  resident population. The population below working age (0-15 age group) is 20.8%, and the number of people aged 63 and over makes up 12.9% (387 659 people) of the total number of the resident population.

Social Inclusion of People with Disabilities

Goal: People with disabilities are empowered and enabling environment for inclusion is created  Persons with disabilities especially children and their families are one of the vulnerable groups supported by the Armenian Caritas. Persons with disabilities and their whole families are often times separated and isolated from the rest of the society because they are seen as an embarrassment or weakness for the entire society. In many cases, one family member is given the responsibility of caring for the disabled individual. Another concern is that society members in general are not aware of or sensitive to the living conditions of disabled people.  

Community Development

Goal: Sustainable communities built through improvement of socio-economic conditions and realization of community potential AC started its community development program intervention yet in 1998, when the Organization understood the necessity of sustainable investments not only into the improvement of infrastructures, but also in mentality change of people. Inherited from the Soviet era, the mentality of people had to shift from the demanding character of consumer to initiator and participant of change in one’s own life and community. Almost 20 years have passed since the first steps in community mobilization. AC adapted its methodology of work and utilized tools according to the demand of the times and the growth of own capacities.