OXFAM in Armenia

LIFTING LIVESIN LCHKADZOR COMMUNITY OF

RURAL ARMENIA

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Due to your support

• It is established an innovative social enterprise scheme in a form of green house in Lchkadzor.

• 12 women has got jobs.

• Community benefits from social enterprise and social projects.

We are empowering young women from Lchkadzor community by engaging them in social

enterprise in a form of green house.

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On March 2014 Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of the Holy See Cilicia and Oxfam

in Armenia Partnership MOU singed

HOW IT STARTS

What we aimed Join efforts of Oxfam and Diaspora to promote rural

economic development and sustainable growth in rural Armenia.

HOWPilot of site to site partnership between the St. Illuminators Armenian Apostolic

Cathedral of NY with Lchkadzor sister community in Tavush, Armenia

Contribute to the empowerment of the rural women in Armenia via initiatives supported by the Eastern Prelacy

Facilitating children/youth (hereinafter the youth) to youth networking between Diaspora and Armenia.

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Establishment of “DEBED” cooperative

St. Illuminator Cathedral’s Annual Contribution to Lchkadzor sister Community in 2014 was directed to the establishment of a social enterprise in a form of green house in Lchkadzor sister community

Cooperative establishment meeting held in Lchkadzor on 12. 08. 2014.

Organizational and legal consultancy to the cooperative upon need and request has taken place.

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Establishment of green house – planning

Visits were conducted on greenhouse land plot identification and selection together with the constructor.

All the legal documentation and contracts for the greenhouse Construction

Delivery to the cooperative were prepared by the lawyersigned by all involved parties

Hiring workers to start constriction

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Establishment of green house – construction

Land Preparation works Greenhouse

Construction Soil Transportation Fertilisation

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Two greenhouses with 550sq m area were constructed and delivered by 15th of October.

2500 seedlings of high value crops has delivered by the experts in the greenhouse with new technology of drip

irrigation.

Establishment of green house – seedling

How we spent the money

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES IN LCHKADZOR

Dates Description Amount (AMD) Amount (USD)

30/09/2014DONATION FROM DIASPORA -4,039,875 -10,11323-

29/10/2014Land Preparation works for Greenhouse 800,000 1,969

24/09-10/10/2014Greenhouse Construction 2,654,600 6,600

16/10/2014Soil Transportation, Fertilisation, seedlings 472,500 1,200

16/10/2014Transportation Expenses 112,775 274

  Total Expenditure AMD 4,039,875

$ 10,043.00

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“We are so thankful to St. Illuminator’s Cathedral and the Diocese. They now have a sister community in us. We worked together and they trusted us with their funds so that this beautiful workplace could be created in Lchkadzor, people could support their families and have hope for better future in our community”, said Lusine, the head of “Debed” women cooperative in Lchkadzor.