Through the Aurora for Artsakh program, the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative helps those people of Artsakh facing a grave humanitarian crisis in the aftermath of the 2020 Artsakh (NagornoKarabakh) war.
Since the launch of the humanitarian aid program for Artsakh, Aurora has allocated $1,740,000 USD to support 80 projects in Artsakh, implemented by both local and international partners. These projects include the Hayastan AllArmenian Fund, which provides urgent humanitarian assistance to the people of Artsakh and facilitates the region’s longterm social development.
About 131,000 people have benefitted from this program. Aurora for Artsakh has also contributed to strengthening Aurora’s partnerships with distinguished international entities like SOS Children’s Villages, iACT, Near East Foundation and the Aznavour Foundation, among others.
The program also includes bringing world humanitarian leaders to the region to find new opportunities to help local people, support Artsakh’s international standing, and ensure effective solutions on the ground.
The Aurora for Artsakh program is being implemented through the #AraratChallenge movement.

HUMANITARIAN AID PROJECTS
Almost half of Aurora for Artsakh’s projects are dedicated to providing people in need with appropriate clothing, heaters, shelter, bedding, food, agricultural goods, kits with essentials, hygiene product packs and supplies, gas canisters and furniture.
The program has also delivered laptops to children with hearing impairments, gave displaced children access to theatre performances and entertainment, organised transport and ensured psychological assistance and physical rehabilitation for those who required it, and sent Christmas presents to the children of Artsakh.

CHRISTMAS MIRACLE FOR ARTSAKH
More than 500 people from different countries, as well as 12 corporate companies became Secret Santas for the children of Artsakh.
With the funds raised, we purchased gifts for these children who did not get their Santas, as well as about 3000 gift sets for children
who simply could not and did not have a chance to send us a letter.

HEALTHCARE PROJECTS
Healthcare projects cover the involvement of medical professionals from Armenia and abroad in medical institutions in Artsakh. It also covers: the procurement of tools and materials for lower limb prosthetics, provision of orthopaedic items to wounded soldiers, provision of vital medication to elderly people, new ambulances for Artsakh, psychological support to servicemen and their families, equipment for the transfer of wounded soldiers with mobility issues, the development of a mobile clinic to provide healthcare services to the wounded, the rehabilitation of children and adults in Artsakh, organising at-home medical services for the wounded with limited mobility in hard-to-reach regions of Artsakh and Armenia, and an acupuncture training program for medical professionals in Artsakh for pain relief and mental health care in war and post-war context, amongst other things.

EDUCATION / CULTURE
Educational/cultural projects have, so far, aimed to create spaces to organise sports and educational programs for young women and children in Artsakh, organise Wushu classes for children living in the border villages of Artsakh, support a bilingual workshop (French Armenian) on Dramatic Art, facilitate the launch of football academies in Artsakh and the border region in order to support recently displaced community members impacted by war, and support the organisation of vocational culinary training for displaced people, amongst other things.


SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Social development projects have included the production of rehabilitation equipment that was designed and manufactured in Armenia during the war, as well as support for small businesses creating jobs for displaced people in Armenia; the economic empowerment of displaced youth; the development of an online platform to engage the Diaspora’s resources to mitigate the humanitarian crisis and boost the economy of Artsakh; professional training and new job opportunities for the displaced people; the “Made in Artsakh” brand; a humanitarian needs assessment survey; and a Social Integration Program for wounded soldiers, amongst other things.

HOUSING & INFRASTRUCTURE
Housing and infrastructure projects support the renovation of houses; restore and repair appliances in Artsakh hospitals, schools and kindergartens; restore the city’s infrastructure in Martuni; provide supplies to schools and kindergartens; support the renovation of Chartar hospital in the Martuni region and the restoration of water supplies in the villages of Taghavard and Dashushen; and provide diesel generators to communities without electricity in Artsakh.
Projects
- PRIVATE AGENCY FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
- IDeA EUROPE
- DISCUSSION PAPER “AT THE CROSSROADS”
- HUMANITARIAN PLATFORM
- AURORA HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE
- 100 LIVES
- MARINE ALÉS “ONE OF YOU”
- AURORA PRIZE FOR AWAKENING HUMANITY
- AURORA DIALOGUES
- AURORA INDEX
- #ARARATCHALLENGE
- AURORA COMMUNITY
- CHRONICLE OF COMPASSION
- AURORA GRANTS
- AURORA FOR ARTSAKH
- SYRIAN-ARMENIAN RELIEF INITIATIVE
- TOURISM AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM
- LARGER TATEV
- DILIJAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
- PILOT REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CO-FINANCED BY THE EU
- SOUVENIR SHOPS
- GYUMRI FRIENDSHIP PARK
- ARTSAKH PROJECTS
- CACTUS RESTAURANT AND KOOR WINES
- URBAN STANDARDS
- EDUCATION PLATFORM
- UWC Dilijan
- DUMFRIES HOUSE
- UWC | EVENTS
- NATIONAL COMMITTEE
- JUST DILIJAN IT!
- DILIJAN COMMUNITY CENTRE
- SCHOLARSHIPS
- SCHOOL №20 PROJECT
- CULTURE AND HERITAGE PLATFORM
- ARMENIAN MEMORY ACT GRANTS
- DILIJAN ART INITIATIVE
- SUPPORTING CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
- RESTORATION
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
- FAST
- FAST | EDUCATION
- FAST | RESEARCH
- FAST | COMMERCIALISATION
- ECOLOGICAL PLATFORM