Humanitarian Support to Syrian Refugees
Start: 2013 November – 2015 July
Overall objective:
The project is aiming at supporting of 100 vulnerable Syrian refugee families, who have searched refuge in Armenia. It enables vulnerable Syrian-Armenian refugees (outside of hostels) to access secure and healthy living conditions and to ensure their safety and well-being.
Specific objectives:
To enable 100 vulnerable Syrian-Armenian refugee families (outside of hostels) to access secure and healthy living conditions in wintertime and to ensure their safety and well-being. Food, hygienic items, essential household items, clothes, medicine and house rent are the most priority needs to be addressed.
Target groups
The most vulnerable 100 Syrian-Armenian families (approximately 400 refugees) are beneficiaries of the project. They are part of the following vulnerable groups:
- Single-mother families
- Multi-children families
- Families with disabled persons
- Families with members who are having chronic diseases
Expected results
- Vulnerable refugees from Syria live over winter 2013/14 in rented apartments assuring healthy and safety living.
- Vulnerable refugees from Syria have over wintertime 2013/14 access to thermal clothing and food to ensure their dignity, health and well-being during the winter season.
- 100 Syrian families (=400 persons) have been supported with apartment rent and utility payment (electricity, gas, water) for a period of about 6 months
- 100 Syrian families have been supported with medicine, where necessary
- 100 Syrian refugee families received thermal clothes and food vouchers and
- 100 families received hygienic Items or vouchers and
Activities
- Provision of information on available flats and / or houses, house rental agencies, job vacancies, schools for the children, medical services, trainings, etc.
- Providing legal consultations
- Provision of social assistance to 100 refugee-families.
- Provision of bank vouchers for house-rent and utility payments according to their payment receipt.
- Provision of monthly vouchers for food, household and hygiene items to 100 families.
- Provision of winter clothes / the families will receive cash and return the bills / receipts/
Partners: Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC) and Caritas Austria
Project Manager Lusine Stepanyan