Vardenis Development Initiative Project

Beneficiaries Description: 20 rural communities of Vardenis region (approximately 14,000 community inhabitants)

Project Areas: Vardenis, Gegharkounik marz

Project Goal: to empower Vardenis region communities to find durable solutions to socio-economic problems within communities through the mobilization of internal and external human and financial resources.

Project Objectives:

  1. To facilitate communities mobilization and help to find solutions to local community-based problems through capacity development and practical trainings.
  2. To encourage the mobilization of community resources to address community based projects and grass roots civic initiatives by supporting financially and technically community projects. 
  3. To facilitate a network of collaboration and synergy between communities at regional level and between NGOs and donor organizations acting in the region.
Project Type: Self-Developed
Start Date:March 1, 2013
End Date: April 1, 2014
Coordinator / Responsible Person:Gevorg Aboyan
Implementer:JMF
Project Cost by JMF:AMD: 22,655,000   USD: 55,938
Partner Organization:WV Vardenis Area Development Program 
Project Cost by Parter Organization:In-kind/technical
Beneficiaries Number: 14,000

Vardenis Photos ....
Launching the Vardenis Development Initiative (VDI) project ....
Meeting with the VDI Working Group ....