Telavi YMCA
After the war in Georgia in 2008 which forced about 16 000 people to leave their homes many of these families are still living in poor conditions in emergency accommodations.
They have no prospects of returning to their homes and the bad economic situation of the country hits them hard.
Telavi YMCA looks after refugee children, whose families still have not found a real home.
Aside from non-formal education programmes the YMCA wants to give a piece of home to these children, where they can feel save and accepted and where they can assimilate their experience of escaping.
The education programmes and varied courses enlarge the opportunities for the children to develop their personality and improve their chances to have a good start into working life.
On the initiative of FIB e.V. a house for the YMCA was bought and renovated in huge parts.
There programmes are running and the house is filled with a buzz of activity.
Furthermore there are plans to renovate the rest of the house and offer a greater variety of programmes.
What can I do?
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Help with financial support for the renovation of further parts of the house |
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Help to finance a full time staff member to look after the children and for the work with programmes and youth groups |
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Commit to a volunteer service focused on organizing programmes for the children (language courses, Ten Sing, handicrafts, open youth work...) |
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Become part of the godmother/godfather programme and sponsor a refugee child (€ 30/month) |
Persons in charge:
FIB e.V.: Matthias Hettinger
YMCA Telavi: Paata Abramishvili