Mission Armenia works in the major urban areas of Shirak Marz. It operates four Day Care Centers in Gyumri and Artik. The sites have been provided to Mission Armenia by local municipalities free of charge, based on partnership agreements. Mission Armenia has renovated the sites and furnished them with equipment and supplies.

Mission Armenia offers a broad range of services to the most vulnerable residents of the marz. Currently 850 beneficiaries access services, including day care center-based assistance and in-home services. The services are provided by teams of specialists, each comprising a manager, a social worker, a physician, a nurse, a care provider, a psychologist, and a lawyer. The services include:

• Social/Healthcare: consultation/counseling; referrals; solicitation/advocacy; case management; socialization; amateur groups; self-help groups; primary health services; in-home care; assistance with indoor/outdoor chores, etc.

• Nutrition: provision of hot meals at Day Care Center soup kitchens, home delivery of breakfast, lunch, and dinner for bedridden beneficiaries.

• Trainings/Awareness Raising: private counseling and group discussions on healthy lifestyles as well as legal, social, and psychological issues.

• Mental Health: consultation; group discussions; skills-building; exchange of ideas and experience; self-help groups; socialization; occupational/vocational trainings; work with patient’s relatives, etc.