We are supporting Lchkadzor community in Tavush marz.

1. OXFAM in Armenia
LIFTING LIVES
IN LCHKADZOR COMMUNITY OF
RURAL ARMENIA

2. We are empowering young women from Lchkadzor
community by engaging them in social enterprise in a
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form of green house.
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.

3. On March 2014 Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian
Apostolic Church of the Holy See Cilicia and Oxfam
in Armenia Partnership MOU singed
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HOW IT STARTS
What we aimed
Join efforts of Oxfam and Diaspora to promote rural
economic development and sustainable growth in rural
Armenia.
HOW
Pilot 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.

4. 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
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Cooperative establishment
meeting held in Lchkadzor
on 12. 08. 2014.
Organizational and legal
consultancy to the
cooperative upon need and
request has taken place.

5. 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
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Delivery to the cooperative
were prepared by the lawyer
signed by all involved parties
Hiring workers to start
constriction

6. Establishment of green house –
construction
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Land Preparation works
 Greenhouse
Construction
Soil Transportation
Fertilisation

7. Establishment of green house – seedling
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.
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8. How we spent the money
GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION EXPENSES IN LCHKADZOR
Dates Description Amount (AMD)
Amount
(USD)
30/09/2014DONATION FROM DIASPORA -4,039,875 -10,113
23-
29/10/2014
Land Preparation works for
Greenhouse 800,000 1,969
24/09-
10/10/2014Greenhouse Construction 2,654,600 6,600
16/10/2014
Soil Transportation, Fertilisation,
seedlings 472,500 1,200
16/10/2014Transportation Expenses 112,775 274
Total Expenditure
AMD
4,039,875
$
10,043.00

9. Donate to Oxfam in Armenia and help to transform
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lives in Armenia
http://donate.oxfam.org.uk/armenia
“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.