Social assistance program in Erebuni district

16.11.2022

The staff of the head of Erebuni administrative district initiated social an assistance program which involve 21 families. The assistance is provided after detailed studies of the needs of the families included in the list. According to the head of the district Hakob Balayan, there are about 3800 needy families in the district and it is vital to be next to them to show all possible assistance to improve the social situation of these people.
The head of the Department of Children’s and Social Protection of Yerevan Municipality Lusine Hovhannisyan informed that the activity of their structure is grounded on the targeted social assistance. They want to improve their work, to make it more flexible so as to have the possibility to respond more rapidly. The program includes various vulnerable groups: families with many children, disabled people, participants of martial activities and families of those fallen during homeland defense.
Installation of the new system of social protection in Yerevan has opened wider opportunities for the administrative districts to develop joint ideas and to show support to socially vulnerable groups. The social assistance programs should not be one-time actions; the community seeks for the ways to show such social support which will later help people solve their problems on their own.

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