Group Homes for Armenian Orphans with Disabilities
Orphans in Armenia disabilities
Summary
Our project provides long-term care to Armenian orphans with disabilities over the age of 18 with no place to call home. We offer them an alternative to the Soviet psychiatric institutions.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
“Warm Hearth is not a project; it’s a home,” says founder, “that’s sustained by the faces of our residents and the harsh fate that awaited them if something was not done.” We serve Armenian orphans with disabilities who are destined for the psychiatric institutions. We believe they deserve basic human rights and this means a loving home and a life of dignity. Our group homes are long-term and address the challenge of having a disability in Armenia.
Activities
We operate a safe & loving group home for residents with disabilities, which reduces abuses of human rights in psychiatric institutions & increases rights through integration. Our staff provides care that encourages residents toward independence.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $8,530
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $16,469
Total Funding Goal: $25,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Resources
- Project's External Homepage (http://www.friendsofwarmhearth.org)
- Friends of Warm Hearth (http://www.friendsofwarmhearth.org)
- The National Peace Corps Association (http://www.rpcv.org/pages/sitepage.cfm?id=1463&ref=&fin=2)
- US Embassy in Yerevan Press Release (http://www.yerevan.usembassy.gov/news/2006/february/news020206.php)
- Worldview Magazine Article (http://www.worldviewmagazine.com/issues/dispatches.cfm?id=43)
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The project will provide a home to 16 residents by 2008, allowing them to live outside institutions. It’s a model for community-based care and a pilot project for moving away from institutionalization.
Project Message
Life here is very good. It’s wonderful; the days are wonderful & we pass time wonderfully. I feel free here. It’s restful here & calm. There are no problems here that I need to think about.
- Gayane, Beneficiary and resident of Warm Hearth Group Home
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Natalie Rizzieri
Founder/Executive Director
Friends of Warm Hearth
P.O. Box 1037
Tempe, AZ 85280
United States
4809211181
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Friends of Warm Hearth, Inc.
Friends of Warm Hearth, Inc. PO Box 50061
Brooklyn,
NY
11205
United States
(480) 921-1181
http://www.friendsofwarmhearth.org
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Armenia
and can also be found under 
Children.
For more information about Armenia, read the Human Development Report on Armenia or the Wikipedia entry for Armenia.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on May 29, 2007
Latest Update from the Field
Autumn Newsletter
By Natalie Bryant Rizzieri - Executive Director & Founder, October 14, 2009 10:55 PM
I hope you enjoy the latest autumn newsletter regarding our residents and the progress of Warm Hearth.
Thank you for your sustained care and interest in our residents.
Sincerely,
Natalie (for us all)
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