Armenia: Help those impacted by the crisis

by Near East Foundation (NEF)
Armenia: Help those impacted by the crisis
Armenia: Help those impacted by the crisis
Armenia: Help those impacted by the crisis
Armenia: Help those impacted by the crisis
Armenia: Help those impacted by the crisis
Armenia: Help those impacted by the crisis

Project Report | Jun 13, 2024
Armenia: Helping those impacted by the crisis

By Kacy Gardiner | Philanthropy Officer

Since January, through our “Challenge Fund for Emergency Response, NEF has provided ten local Armenian organizations with small grants to supportthe needs of people who were forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2023. 
 
So far, the projects have benefited over 370 displaced people with crucialassistance such as: 

 

  • vocational training and in-kind resources to start or rebuild their livelihoods 
  • delivering necessary household items such as beds, heaters, and appliances 
  • equipping displaced people with disabilities with needed assistive devices 
  • provision of free bread coupled with job training and placement at a small bakery in a border community. 

 *Davit’s Story:  
 
After being forcibly displaced from his hometown in Nagorno-Karabakh,Davit settled in Armenia without any family. Now living alone in an unfamiliar place, he misses his community and the business he built there.  
 
Davit is skilled in woodcraft and plastering, but because he had to leave his home quickly, he was forced to leave behind his tools and equipment.  

 

Local community members told him about Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities (EREO), a local partner organization of NEF’s Challenge Fund for Emergency Response who is supporting displaced people with disabilities obtain skills and materials for economic sustainability in their new community.  

 

Thanks to your support of our Challenge Fund, NEF and EREO provided Davit with the necessary equipment and materials to restart his business.By the end of the projectDavit held a small exhibition of his handicrafts in Armenia. 
 
Though Davit is still homesick, there is hope that the support provided through this initiative will offer him and other displaced people a fresh start, allowing them to earn a living doing the work they choose.  

 

*Name has been changed for anonymity purposes 

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Feb 14, 2024
Armenia: Help those impacted by the crisis

By Kacy Gardiner | Philantrophy Officer

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Location: Syracuse, NY - USA
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Kacy Gardiner
Syracuse , NY United States

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