Microloans for IDP Women in Shida Kartli and Samtskhe-Javakheti Regions

Funds raised through the Megobari Project will finance microloans for IDP women in Shida Kartli and Samtskhe-Javakheti. Loan payments will be used to issue addition projects in the future.

Through a 20-hour business training in Khashuri, this project will provide low income IDPs, specifically women, in the Shida Kartli and Samtskhe-Javakheti regions with the capacity to increase family income and standard of living through improved business activity by building human and financial capital.

Training topics include:

1. Money, cost, budgeting and household saving
2. Basic market-based economics and basic accounting
3. Defining the mission and business goals of your business
4. Basic marketing
5. Pricing and distribution
6. SWOT Analysis and Risk Management
7. Production plan of operation and production process
8. Management
9. Sales and Promotion
10. Business Planning Financials

Throughout the course, participants will write a business plan for their own business. Week 11 of the project, participants will make business plan presentations to a panel of actual micro finance lenders working in Georgia. This panel will choose the best plans to receive financing.

The Gori Regional Education Fund: Scholarships for those effected by conflict

Mission: To support families in the Republic of Georgia affected by the August2008 South Ossetia conflict by providing scholarships to students inthe Gori Region

About GREF:The Gori Regional Education Fund (GREF) is a registered NGO in theRepublic of Georgia and a partnership between the University ofGeorgia, Gori University, and former Peace Corps Volunteers. The Fundwas established in August 2008 as a result of Russian military actionin Gori and its surrounding villages.

GREF raises money to providescholarships for students from Gori University, recruits and selectsparticipating beneficiary students, and manages the transfer of funds from GREF to Gori University. The Fund collaborates heavily with student volunteers from the University of Georgia, who contribute their time and energy to help those affected by this crisis.

GREF Scholarships: Scholarships are awarded to students of Gori University unable to paytuition due to the effects of recent Russian military action in the Gori region. Participating students must complete an application andare selected by GREF based on academic performance and need.

Scholarships are awarded each semester and cover the cost of tuition(the cost for one student, each semester, is 750 Georgian Lari orapproximately $535). Tuition funds are transferred directly to the University from the Fund on behalf of each participating student.

Charity Humanitarian Center “Abkhazeti” Information: Child Friendly Spaces

www.chca.ge.com

Funds to CHCA will fund resources for Child Friendly Spaces. These spaces provide IDP childen and youth with activities and resources to take a break from the reality of collective center life.

Charity Humanitarian Center “Abkhazeti”, established in 1995, is the Georgian, non-Governmental, non-profit organization, striving to increase the role of individuals and communities in building civil society and strengthening democracy, to improve the social and economic conditions of internally displaced and other vulnerable populations through building capacity and increasing self-reliance. The activities of the organization are carried out transparently, and are based on the principles of professionalism, equality, long-term partnership and sustainable development.