UMCOR Armenia Foundation

What UMCOR Armenia Foundation does

UMCOR Armenia Foundation is the Armenian field office of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), the non-proselytizing humanitarian relief and development agency of the United Methodist Church, headquartered in New York City. Established in Yerevan in 1994, the organization delivers humanitarian relief and development programming across eight program areas: Health, Agricultural, Anti-Human Trafficking, Nutrition/Food Security, Small Reconstruction, Education, Microfinance, and Disaster Risk Reduction. Service delivery mechanisms include a toll-free anti-trafficking hotline and shelter for survivors, a mobile medical team serving rural clinics, in-kind supply distribution channelled through UMCOR's Sager Brown warehouse, tractor and agricultural input provision to consumer cooperatives, food and nutrition assistance to institutionalized populations, and education scholarships tied to its microfinance subsidiary.

UMCOR Armenia wholly owns Aregak UCO, a Universal Credit Organization registered with the RA Central Bank in March 2006 and the largest microfinance institution in Armenia by number of active clients, with a country-wide branch network across Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. Aregak renders a broad range of financial services while operating within the social mission of its parent.

The organization is funded by institutional donors rather than through commercial pricing: documented funders include the US Department of State (Small Reconstruction Project, PHAIP, INL- and GTIP-funded anti-trafficking initiatives), the Norwegian Government (via Norwegian Church Aid, 2006-2009 anti-trafficking capacity building), the Foods Resource Bank (FHSLD sustainable livelihood programs), UNDP, and parent UMCOR USA. Services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries. The operating model is therefore grant-funded program execution, with the Aregak MFI subsidiary generating interest income separately. UMCOR Armenia is a member of the DRR country team coordinated by the UN Armenia office and a co-founder of the ACT Armenia Forum alongside the Armenia Inter-Church Charitable Round Table Foundation and ECLOF Foundation in Armenia.

Name

UMCOR Armenia Foundation

Legal name

United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)

Website

https://umcorarmenia.am

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

UMCOR Armenia Foundation is the Armenian field office of the United Methodist Committee on Relief, delivering donor-funded humanitarian and development programming across health, anti-trafficking, nutrition, microfinance (via subsidiary Aregak UCO, Armenia's largest MFI), and disaster risk reduction.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Relief and Development Services

NAICS

Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Community Food Services (62421), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Refugee, IDP & Migration Humanitarian Assistance (BPAGAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Food Assistance & Nutrition Relief (Emergency Feeding) (BPAGAAAD), Emergency Food Assistance & Nutrition Response (BPADADAE), Refugee, Migration & Displacement Support (BPAGABAH), Food Assistance & Safety Nets (In-Kind, Vouchers, Cash Transfers) (BPADAJAA)

Keywords

• Humanitarian relief services
• Disaster risk reduction
• Anti-human trafficking
• Microfinance lending
• Food security programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Yerevan

HQ country

Armenia

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Others

Core offering

UMCOR Armenia Foundation delivers donor-funded humanitarian relief and development programs across eight program areas: Health, Agricultural, Anti-Human Trafficking, Nutrition/Food Security, Small Reconstruction, Education, Microfinance, and Disaster Risk Reduction. Specific offerings include the Aregak UCO microfinance subsidiary (the largest MFI in Armenia by active clients), a toll-free anti-trafficking hotline, a shelter for human-trafficking survivors, monthly mobile medical team visits to rural communities, tractor-supported consumer cooperatives, the PHAIP cheese-distribution program for institutionalized populations, the FHSLD sustainable-livelihood program, and education scholarships.

Product overview

UMCOR Armenia Foundation operates as a humanitarian relief and development organization offering a portfolio of interconnected programs. The organization provides in-kind supplies distribution, health services (including mobile medical teams), agricultural support with equipment provision, anti-human trafficking services (hotline and shelter), nutrition/food security programs, small reconstruction of health facilities, education scholarships, and microfinance through its subsidiary Aregak UCO. The program areas include Health, Agricultural, Anti-Human Trafficking, Nutrition/Food Security, Small Reconstruction, Education, Microfinance, and Disaster Risk Reduction. Key programs include PHAIP (cheese distribution to institutions), FHSLD (sustainable livelihood development), and the Aregak microfinance program which is the largest MFI in Armenia by active clients.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Aregak UCO: Aregak (meaning 'sunrise' in Armenian) is the microfinance program of UMCOR Armenia, providing financial services to low income people in Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh.

Products and services

• Aregak UCO Microfinance Microfinance institution rendering a broad range of financial services to low-income individuals through a country-wide branch network across Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh; became the largest MFI in Armenia by number of active clients.
• Anti-Trafficking Hotline Toll-free telephone hotline (0-800-50-558) operational since July 2004, providing information to vulnerable people and referring callers to anti-trafficking assistance services.
• Shelter for Victims of Trafficking Victims' shelter providing shelter, medical services, psychosocial support, employment counseling, and legal counseling for human-trafficking survivors; capacity of 8-10 survivors at a time.
• FHSLD (Fighting Hunger through Sustainable Livelihood Development) Foods Resource Bank-funded program supporting vulnerable families and state institutions with agricultural inputs, technical training on sustainable farm management, beekeeping, poultry, and sheep-raising.
• PHAIP (Provision of Humanitarian Assistance to Institutionalized People) US State Department-funded program distributing locally produced cheese to 7,241 vulnerable institutionalized children and elderly people across 62 institutions in Armenia.
• Small Reconstruction Project U.S. Department of State-funded project creating proper working and sanitary conditions (including running water) in rural health facilities across Armavir, Ararat, and Kotayk regions to enable quality healthcare service delivery; 13 facilities renovated 2005-2012.
• Mobile Medical Team (MMT) Services Mobile medical team of two STI/TB doctors and one laboratory specialist visiting targeted rural communities monthly, delivering clinical services and on-the-job training for clinic personnel.
• In-Kind Supplies Distribution Distribution of humanitarian supply kits assembled by United Methodist communities in America and processed through the Sager Brown warehouse in Baldwin, Louisiana.
• Consumer Cooperatives Support (Tractor Provision) Provision of wheel tractors (Belarus 921, Belarus 82-1, New Holland TD85 F ROPS) and agricultural accessories to 21 consumer cooperatives in Armavir, Ararat, and Vayots Dzor regions of Armenia.
• Higher-Education Scholarship Program Scholarship program providing tuition fee coverage to children of families receiving business loans through Aregak UCO, enabling low-income families' children to pursue higher education.

Quantifiable outcome

• 7,241 vulnerable people supported with improved nutrition across 62 institutions
• +4 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UMCOR USAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1994UMCOR USA is the parent organization - the non-proselytizing humanitarian relief and development agency of the United Methodist Church. UMCOR Armenia operates as a field office of this global organization headquartered in New York City with nine field offices worldwide.
• Armenian Round Table FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Armenian Round Table Foundation since 2008 on disaster preparedness and response initiatives. In 2011, combined efforts to help rescue staff of Ministry of Emergency Situations working in landslide zones and assisted Syrian-Armenian refugees.
• Armenia Inter-Church Charitable Round Table FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSigned MOU with this foundation and ECLOF Foundation in Armenia to form the ACT Armenia Forum to amplify impact of resources in responding to disasters.
• ECLOF Foundation in ArmeniacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of the MOU signed to form ACT Armenia Forum for coordinated disaster response alongside Armenia Inter-Church Charitable Round Table Foundation.
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperated in joint program with GoA starting in 2004 to develop counter trafficking policy and prevention components including specialized materials, seminars, awareness campaigns, hotlines, and shelters.
• Government of Armenia (GoA) / Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn 2010, GoA approached UMCOR to develop joint model for national shelter for victims of trafficking with state financial support covering shelter premise rent. GoA has ratified international counter trafficking instruments.
• UN Armenia OfficecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUMCOR Armenia is a member of the DRR country team involved in hygiene and safety cluster coordinated by UN Armenia office. Participated in and endorsed the Inter-Agency Contingency Plan for Armenia.
• ACT AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipated in workshops on emergency preparedness and response planning for ACT Armenia Forum and partners conducted by ACT Alliance staff and emergency advisors.
• Crises Management AcademyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConducted disaster preparedness training series through professors of this academy as part of 2008 pilot project on disaster aid preparedness.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Counterpart International Armenia: INGO implementing humanitarian assistance, civil society, and economic empowerment programs in Armenia through US government funding. Comparable institutional donor model and programming for vulnerable populations.
• Armenian Red Cross Society: National humanitarian society delivering disaster preparedness, health, and social assistance across Armenia. Closely comparable disaster risk reduction and humanitarian relief mandate in the same geography.
• Norwegian Church Aid: Faith-based INGO and ACT Alliance member delivering counter-trafficking and humanitarian aid, including funding UMCOR Armenia's anti-trafficking capacity-building project. Closely aligned counter-trafficking, DRR, and humanitarian programming.
• World Vision Armenia: Faith-rooted international NGO operating child-focused humanitarian and development programs across Armenia, including food security, livelihoods, and disaster response. Directly comparable multi-program portfolio and donor-funded operating model.
• UNDP Armenia: UN development agency coordinating counter-trafficking programs with UMCOR Armenia and chairing the DRR country team. Comparable humanitarian, anti-trafficking, and disaster preparedness mandate across the same population segments.
• Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Armenia: US-based faith-rooted INGO implementing humanitarian relief, livelihoods, and health programming in Armenia. Comparable multi-sector humanitarian portfolio and institutional donor funding profile.
• Save the Children Armenia: INGO delivering health, education, child protection, and humanitarian assistance in Armenia. Overlaps with UMCOR Armenia's health, education, and child-focused nutrition programming for vulnerable populations.
• ACT Alliance (Armenia Forum): Global faith-based humanitarian coalition of which UMCOR Armenia is an active member through the ACT Armenia Forum for coordinated disaster response. Closely aligned consortium-based humanitarian coordination model.

Regional players

• CARE International in the Caucasus: INGOs delivering humanitarian response, food security, and women's economic empowerment across the South Caucasus region. Operates adjacent humanitarian and livelihoods programming in the same regional context.

Others

• Foods Resource Bank: US-based donor organization funding the FHSLD sustainable agriculture and food security programs implemented by UMCOR Armenia. Functions as a key funding partner rather than an operator, but materially comparable in the food security/livelihoods domain.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Subsidiaries2 records

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