Migration and Development I II III

Project Duration: 01.03.2010- 28.02.2019

Number of Beneficiaries:

1. Returnees from the EU: till now 484 persons, 218 families, till the end of 2019 will be accepted 70-80 RA citizens annually
2. Young people from communities having high migration risks 565 potential migrants (retraining courses and job fairs’ participants)
3. Awareness raising campaigns for population of high migration-risk communities and university students total 583 participants
4. 60 returnees from EU, young entrepreneurs from communities having high migration risks and Syrian Armenians,

Reduce Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Armenia

Project Duration: 01.01.2016- 31.12.2018

Number of Beneficiaries: 1601 in 2016

Target group: pupils, teachers and community residents

Location: Shirak, Lori and Gegharkunik provinces

Goal: To raise awareness on migration and trafficking

Objectives:

1. Organize training sessions and campaigns for Shirak, Lori and Gegharkunik provinces’ community residents and pupils or students on migration and human trafficking (human exploitation)
2. Integrate the topic of migration into school curriculum
3. Cooperate with stakeholders in state and non-governmental sector to raise awareness on the topics

Beneficiaries:

Handicraft workshop for women

Project Duration:01.07.2015 – 30.06.2017

Number of Beneficiaries: 50 women

Location: Gyumri (Shirak Province)

Background

During the implementation of the different projects Armenian Caritas discovered the need of vocational trainings the insure somehow the economic stability of poor and marginalize families. Started with similar pilot project which was implemented in 2005-2006 and involved a small number of women who suffered domestic violence, since 2007 the project grew into a fully operating workshop with locally recognized quality education.