The Gyumri Housing Program is a very down-to-earth project that helps families in Gyumri who have been living in industrial sites for years. Due to the poor living conditions, the people of Gyumri have been suffering on a number of accounts.
This project is a 30-day campaign, and all proceeds will be donated to the Armenia Fund. By donating to the project, you will be helping families acquire a new, refurbished, and secure house where they can finally have somewhere to call home.
Below is further information on the project:
Background:
Gyumri is Armenia’s second largest city (after Yerevan), and the capital of the Shirak Region, in the northwestern part of the republic. Once Armenia’s industrial heartland, Gyumri was devastated by the 1988 Spitak earthquake. Ever since the disaster, Armenian organizations, including Armenia Fund, and the international community have implemented massive reconstruction projects to help in the slow process of recovery.
Problem:
At the time Armenia Fund launched its Gyumri Housing Project in 2014, hundreds of families in Gyumri who had lost their homes as a result of the 1988 earthquake remained essentially homeless.
Most of these impoverished families, numbering over 4,000 people, live in shantytowns consisting of “temporary” metal containers or shacks called “domiks.” Others have found shelter in earthquake-ravaged and abandoned industrial buildings or dormitories.
Living conditions in these squalid places are atrocious. Most are unsanitary, rat-infested huts or tiny spaces in structurally unsound buildings that lack basic amenities such as gas service and restrooms. Other problems include leaky roofs, molded walls, and the necessity to burn tires or wood for indoor heating.
Solution:
If proceeds are raised, the people of Gyumri will be able to receive new, furnished, and permanent homes.
The families receive the apartments on condition that they will become their sole owners and are not allowed to either rent or sell them for a set number of years. The apartments feature all modern amenities, including appliances.
Impact:
The projects goal is to ultimately transform the lives of homeless Gyumri families by providing them with clean, spacious, fully furnished apartments where they can live with dignity, enjoying modern comforts.
As importantly, the project has given these families, who have always worked extremely hard for sheer survival, renewed hope for their future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v8tS7DH6bA
This project is a 30-day campaign, and all proceeds will be donated to the Armenia Fund. By donating to the project, you will be helping families acquire a new, refurbished, and secure house where they can finally have somewhere to call home.
Below is further information on the project:
Background:
Gyumri is Armenia’s second largest city (after Yerevan), and the capital of the Shirak Region, in the northwestern part of the republic. Once Armenia’s industrial heartland, Gyumri was devastated by the 1988 Spitak earthquake. Ever since the disaster, Armenian organizations, including Armenia Fund, and the international community have implemented massive reconstruction projects to help in the slow process of recovery.
Problem:
At the time Armenia Fund launched its Gyumri Housing Project in 2014, hundreds of families in Gyumri who had lost their homes as a result of the 1988 earthquake remained essentially homeless.
Most of these impoverished families, numbering over 4,000 people, live in shantytowns consisting of “temporary” metal containers or shacks called “domiks.” Others have found shelter in earthquake-ravaged and abandoned industrial buildings or dormitories.
Living conditions in these squalid places are atrocious. Most are unsanitary, rat-infested huts or tiny spaces in structurally unsound buildings that lack basic amenities such as gas service and restrooms. Other problems include leaky roofs, molded walls, and the necessity to burn tires or wood for indoor heating.
Solution:
If proceeds are raised, the people of Gyumri will be able to receive new, furnished, and permanent homes.
The families receive the apartments on condition that they will become their sole owners and are not allowed to either rent or sell them for a set number of years. The apartments feature all modern amenities, including appliances.
Impact:
The projects goal is to ultimately transform the lives of homeless Gyumri families by providing them with clean, spacious, fully furnished apartments where they can live with dignity, enjoying modern comforts.
As importantly, the project has given these families, who have always worked extremely hard for sheer survival, renewed hope for their future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v8tS7DH6bA
Organizer
Armenia Fund USA, Inc
Beneficiary