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Save the Children in Armenia works to strengthen the capacity of families to care for their children and supports the development of family-based alternative care options for children who cannot remain with their families.

The adverse impacts of institutionalisation have long been proven by researchers around the world. Children in residential institutions face higher chances of having poor health, physical underdevelopment, motor skill delays, hearing and vision problems, and reduced cognitive and social ability.

Disaster risk reduction (DRR) is one of Save the Children´s main areas of operation. It aims to increase the resilience of the most vulnerable children, including those with disabilities, towards disasters.

On October 13, 2014 the “Disaster Risk Reduction in Armenia” project was launched in Yerevan, funded by the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection – ECHO under the DIPECHO programme and implemented by the Armenian Red Cross Society, OXFAM Armenia and Save the Children. The project closely collaborates with the Republic of Armenia Ministries of Emergency Situations, Education and Science, Labor and Social Affairs, Territorial Administration, and the Disaster Risk Reduction National Platform.