02Feb

Day Care Center For The Elderly (DCCE)

Day Care Center For The Elderly (DCCE) Project Duration: 01.01.2017-31.12.2018 Number of Beneficiaries: 110 Location: Shirak Province, Gyumri City Location: Lori Province, Tashir City Goal Enable 50 disabled elderly citizens of Gyumri (located in Shirak region, Armenia) to integrate into society and receive equal treatment through the provision of a range of supportive services, including legal and social assistance. Description: This project involves a variety of services (directions) that include both human (humanitarian) and material resources (assistance),
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13Nov

Child Safeguarding Policy

var htmlDivCss = unescape("%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A"); var htmlDiv = document.getElementById('rs-plugin-settings-inline-css'); if(htmlDiv) { htmlDiv.innerHTML = htmlDiv.innerHTML + htmlDivCss; }else{ var htmlDiv = document.createElement('div'); htmlDiv.innerHTML = '' + htmlDivCss + ''; document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(htmlDiv.childNodes[0]); } Child Safeguarding Policy Project duration: 01.06.2016 – 28.02.2017 Beneficiaries: “Armenian Caritas” beneficiaries (children, young people and their families), staff and volunteers. Location: “Armenian Caritas” Child Care Centers. Goal: To ensure the safety of children within all child-oriented projects through elaboration and application of the Armenian Caritas Child Safeguarding Policy.
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11Nov

The Earned House of an Honoured Woman

var htmlDivCss = unescape("%0A%0A"); var htmlDiv = document.getElementById('rs-plugin-settings-inline-css'); if(htmlDiv) { htmlDiv.innerHTML = htmlDiv.innerHTML + htmlDivCss; }else{ var htmlDiv = document.createElement('div'); htmlDiv.innerHTML = '' + htmlDivCss + ''; document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(htmlDiv.childNodes[0]); } Horomsima Davtyan was born in 1929 in a family of a musician. She has born and raised in Ghukasyan village, attending the local school. Her father Stepan Davtyan was a musician and her mother was a housekeeper. In 1944 after many years of living in the village, the family decided to move to Gyumri. Mrs. Horomsima began to work at Gyumri’s Textile factory.
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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,
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