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Projects - Ororotz - Cradle Project
A healthy start for Armenia’s infants
The Armenian Ministry of
Social Security, the Ministry of Health, and various NGOs estimate that there
are currently over five thousand families in Armenia with children under the age
of one living in conditions of extreme poverty. The Ororotz, or “Cradle” Project,
was founded in May 2002 in order to aid rural Armenian families in the care of
their newest members.
Ororotz’s ultimate goal is to promote healthy, warm,
and nourished children growing up in stable families. The project is designed
to help families minimize the cost of caring for their children, which often drives
fathers to emigrate in search of work or pushes desperate parents to place their
children in orphanages.
Ororotz will support newborn children in impoverished
regions by providing their families with pediatric care, medical and nutritional
supplies and awareness programs to ensure healthy development in the critical
first year of life.
The program includes proper prenatal care for mothers
along with child care education in local clinics, hospitals, and community institutions.
Families enrolled in the program will receive - Free inoculations for their
babies
- Four pediatric visits per year
- Deliveries of “Survival
Kits”
The Survival Kits are designed to complement the four maturation
stages of a baby’s first year. The kits will include essentials from baby powder,
bed linens and bottles to hygiene products, blankets and baby clothing. Funding
a full year of an infant’s essential needs through a Survival Kit costs $150.
$900 will fund Survival Kits for six infants, for one year. No overhead is taken
from the funds donated to Ororotz and every dollar results in direct aid to safeguarding
the livelihood of Armenia’s most precious resources.
Ororotz is the first
program to pool the resources of the Armenian Ministry of Social Security, the
Ministry of Health, as well as various NGOs, business people and Diasporan donors
to address early childhood care throughout Armenia.
Ororotz launched in
the spring of 2003. Financing needs for the first year of the program are $860,000
and $750,000 for each year thereafter.
Every Armenian infant’s first
breath is a defining moment in our national destiny. Your support can ensure that
Armenia’s neediest babies make it beyond the cradle, into a life of possibility.
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