HART partners with the Tekeyan Centre Fund (TCF) to provide crucial support to families who have been forcibly displaced from their homes. With funds raised by supporters, our initiatives help to sustain the needs and restore the hope of hundreds, as they rebuild their lives in Armenia.
In Armenia’s capital and surrounding provinces, traumatised families who fled Nagorno Karabakh face housing insecurity, lack of employment and higher costs of living. We visited New Artamet, a small village hosting 130 refugees – 7 of whom are registered as having additional needs. Most families can barely afford food and rent, and are concerned about the cost of heating their homes during the winter.
Tekeyan Centre Fund renovates homes to accommodate struggling families. Refugees are able to settle in the homes for a period of five years without paying rent. TCF also coordinates the distribution of humanitarian aid, providing vulnerable families with essential supplies such as grains, sugar, wheat flour, oil, milk, soap and nappies. They aim to distribute additional supplies to refugee families as the harsh winter months set in.