Feb 5, 2024. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
USAID
provides $1 million in additional assistance for the displaced people from
Nagorno-Karabakh.
Due to this funding, 19,300 displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh sheltered in Ararat, Kotayk, Lori, Shirak, Syunik, Tavush provinces, and Yerevan will receive humanitarian support under the Protection, Inclusion, and Empowerment program funded by the United States Agency for International Development and implemented by Democracy International.
This
initiative kicked off in Kanaker-Zeytun district, Yerevan during which
displaced persons received food and hygiene packages. USAID/Armenia’s Acting
Deputy Mission Director Matthew Laird along with Anna Zhamakochyan, Deputy
Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, and Liesbeth Zonneveld, Country Director
of Democracy International Armenia joined the volunteers and the team to
participate in the event.
“Since late
September 2023, USAID has provided $9.27 million to support those impacted by
the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh. These funds are used to provide everything
from food to psychosocial support to help address trauma caused by the violence
and mass displacement,” said USAID/Armenia’s Acting Deputy Mission Director
Matthew Laird in his meeting with the displaced persons.
USAID
remains committed to helping displaced persons through its programs.
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