DonateIn April 5-6, 2018 Pyunic organized roundtable training in Vanadzor. Representatives of civil society organizations, local municipalities participated in the event. Invited national and international experts touched the topics like Rights of migrants with disabilities and elderly persons with disabilities, Persons with disabilities deprived of their liberty, Civil society participation in the CoE monitoring bodies… Read more »
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Training Session in Gyumri
In November 30 –December 1, 2017, Pyunic organized a roundtable training in Gyumri. During the two days seminar representatives of 45 NGO that cooperate with Pyunic within the frameworks of the project “Promoting the Social Rights of Persons with Disabilities by Building the Capacities of Armenian Civil Society Organisations to Engage with Council of Europe… Read more »
Protecting the Social Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The Armenian Association for the Disabled “Pyunic” together with its international partner, the Advocacy Centre on the Council of Europe Standards (ACCESS, Strasbourg, France) implementsed a two-day conference on “Protecting the Social Rights of Persons with Disabilities”. The event is organised by the project “Promoting the Social Rights of Persons with Disabilities by Building the… Read more »
Ascent to Mountain Aragats
This event will be organized on the occasion of the Day of Independence in Armenia. The aim of the event is to raise the awareness of the public at large on the rights of persons with disabilities and to showcase the strong will power. The event will start on the 20th of September. About 50… Read more »
Sport Rehabilitation Camp
According to the data of the Ministry of Social Affairs, there are 200000 / two hundred thousand people with disabilities, of whom 8600 / eight thousand six hundred / eighteen years old. Pyunic initiates summer sport rehabilitation camp projects to address the problem of children and youth with disabilities to become more active and integrated…. Read more »
Sport and Recreation
Sports are one method of rehabilitation and integration of people with disabilities into society. It gives the opportunity and the necessary space to people with disabilities to find new ways of dealing with the daily challenges of life. With this in mind, Pyunic has been offering sports for people with disabilities from the earliest days… Read more »
Car, Accessible vehicle
Since 1990 “Pyunic” has been using two vans, one donated by Rotary Club of Ath, the other by the Armenian Community of Belgium. In 2009 another van “Renault” was donated to Pyunic’s Gyumri branch by Philip Kizirian and in 2012 Jeep “Nissan Patrol” was donated to “Pyunic” in the initiative of Patrik Ottamian from France…. Read more »
Success stories
Below are testimonials from some of the families who participate at Pyunic. “When we faced the autism for the first time, as other parents of children with disabilities we thought that our family will no longer be as happy as it used to be before. However, due to “Pyunic” NGO, very quickly we shifted the… Read more »
Vocational Training
This project was composed of two components, professional training and awareness raising. Within professional training component 40 individuals participated in silver and goldsmith, applied wood-carving, clothing design and sewing, and bookbinding classes. Project staff had permanent meetings with parents of children with disabilities, teachers and employers. 15 teachers, 45 employers, and 100 pupils along with… Read more »
Public education
Public Education Marathons On the occasion of the Day of Independence of Armenia. 50 people in wheelchairs along with 50 volunteers cross the distance from the Opera House up to Mother See of Holly Echmiadzin (22km). The aim of the event is to show the public at large that people with disabilities exist and are… Read more »