Five projects were funded within the framework of the grant competition “Innovative Social Ideas in Response to Covid-19” announced by Center for Training and Consultancy. The competition was aimed at supporting innovative ideas of non-governmental organizations that will improve and / or expand access to social services and integration opportunities for the following groups affected...
School Meal Programme (SMP) in Georgia (Preliminary study) The project is implemented in close cooperation and coordination with UNICEF and with the financial support of Bread for the World (BfdW) Recent studies implemented in Georgia indicate that: School-age children experience malnutrition problems (Oxfam, 2016); 35% of grade 4 students indicated that they feel hungry...
Tata Kvaratskhelia & Irakli Jikia, Zugdidi Tatia Kvaratskhelia and Irakli Jikia are 2018 alumni of the Civic Leadership Program from Zugdidi. They say the main concern for their region is a low level of employment and increased outward migration of youth, especially those from rural communities. “You can hardly find 5 or 10 young people...
Alex Tsevelidze is a chair and founder of a non-profit organization The Voice of the Blind. In Georgia, where learning and working environments suffer a dire lack of universal design or adapted infrastructure, where comprehensive research into the needs of persons with disabilities is lacking and no updated statistical data pertaining to the situation of...
Implementing agency: Petre Shotadze Tbilisi Medical Academy and Alliance for Better Mental Health Project duration: 6 months Background Information and Problem Statement From 2017 to 2019 a budget for the state program for mental health had increased by eight million GEL. 70 per cent of the beefed-up budget was distributed among outpatient services to provide...
Mariam Osiashvili, a participant of the Civic Leadership Program from Kakheti, is a public participation and awareness raising activist in the village of Eniseli, Kakheti. “The goal of our organisation is to raise awareness of the local community and improve their wellbeing. We strive to provide various services to the community, trainings in leadership and...
Marina Kakiashvili-Ruadze is a 2018 alumna of the Civic Leadership Program. Among just a handful of organisations working on social issues in Gurjaani municipality is Women from Regions for Public Development, a non-profit that Marina founded. She is concerned with the plight of women and children in her region. According to Marina lack of information...
“Georgia is a unique country with unique potential. It has been keeping me charmed and amazed for thirteen years already – a life may not suffice to discover Georgia”, says John Kapanadze, an activist, founder of The Adventure Tourism Development Association, and a 2018 alumnae of the Civic Leadership Program. John’s ultimate goal is to...
Ketevan Mchedlishvili, an inclusive education specialist from Tbilisi, joined the Civic Leadership Program in 2018. Previously she had been working with children with special needs in schools for five years. Currently she works closely with Wolfram Syndrome – Georgia, an organisation focusing on needs of people with multiple disabilities. Ketevan, together with the founder of...
Bachana Basilaia, a participant of the Civic Leadership Program from 2018, lives in Khoni IDP settlement. He is a member of the local initiative group that has been helping the community solve local problems since 2009. Bachana says inconsistent water provision had been the most pressing issue for local residents, a problem that was resolved...