Improving Access to Social Rights in Karakert
Distribution of Passports and Social Security Cards in Karakert, Armavir Region, Republic of Armenia © Onnik Krikorian / ASTP-PADCO
Until I manage to upload a full selection of images shot yesterday for the Armenia Social Transition Program (ASTP) - PADCO, some info from their website.
ASTP organized the changing of passports from the old Soviet type to the new Armenian passports for the most vulnerable people in Karakert village. Almost 100 inhabitants of the village were involved in this project: they have been photographed; applications for passports and Social Security Card applications were completed and processed. As a result of this project already 90 citizens have received passports of the Republic of Armenia and Social Security Cards.
This project will serve as a model of collaboration between the Ministry of Labor and Social Issues and International and local donor organizations and communities which can be replicated in other regions of Armenia and ensure that the most vulnerable in society can access their social rights.
Incidentally, don’t know who shot the photos for this page but I’ll blog more on the visit later as the whole issue of social security cards in Armenia is interesting. Actually, at times it has also been quite controversial.
