As part of her working visit to the Lori region, Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan visited the “Sabine” Small Group Home in Vanadzor, a facility dedicated to supporting children in difficult life situations. Founded in 2018 by the “Armenian Caritas” benevolent NGO and funded by “Caritas Austria (Innsbruck),” the center serves as an alternative family-type care service where children receive essential care and support. Accompanied by the Project Manager Tamara Simonyan and the center’s staff, the Defender toured the facility to observe the building conditions, infrastructure, and the daily operations of the staff, as well as the children’s everyday life and living conditions.

  Position Information Post title: External financial auditor(s) Project: Primary Health Care Center of Caritas Armenia in Gyumri – Support for 04/2023 – 12/2023 Duration of the position: July 15,2024- July 31, 2024 Location: City of Gyumri, Shirak region, Armenia Employer: Armenian Caritas NGO   Background Information and Rationale Prior to initiation of the Primary Health Care Center Project Armenian Caritas was engaged in relief medical projects, among which Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) Medicines Distribution project to clinics and hospitals was the most significant one.

Counseling and assistance to migrants Contributing to Better Protection of Migrant Workers through Strengthening Partnership in Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia Within the framework of this project a free of charge and 24-hour number for legal assistance and counseling operates. You can call and get legal assistance with regard to migration related issues.  You can also call through WhatsApp and Viber. +79268347602 Project Duration: 01.09.2018- 31.08.2019 Number of Beneficiaries: In 2018, 769 trained pupils and community residents and 356 counseled and referred migrants,

Building Local Capacities to Reduce Illegal Migration and Trafficking Within the framework of “Building Local Capacities to Reduce Illegal Migration and Trafficking” Project implemented by “Armenian Caritas” Benevolent NGO, a report titled “Armenian Labour Migrants in Russian Federation: Difficulties Abroad and Challenges at Home” was conducted. The target regions were, and Gegharkunik, Lori and Shirak provinces and it was conducted through regional partner NGOs’ channels and compiled by the expert, Valentina Gevorgyan. The report aimed at finding out what the reasons for Armenian migrations to leave for the Russian Federation are, what kind of challenges they face in the Russian Federation and what the issues encountered in Armenia after their return are.