Vera Grigoryan eagerly waits for Naira every Tuesday. She takes small steps to walk to the building entrance, leans on her cane and stares at the steps below.

Tuesday is the only day of the week that fills the emptiness of the 81 year old for a couple of hours. On that day, social worker Naira Mkhitaryan comes, and cleans Vera’s small apartment and cooks for her.

Vera is one of the 45 beneficiaries of the “Armenian Caritas” charity organization that helps elderly and lonely people in Vanadzor.