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This project is funded by the European Union
REACHING VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN GEORGIA Children Living or Working on the Streets ვიზრუნოთ ყველაზე დაუცველ ბავშვებზე ქუჩაში მცხოვრები და მომუშავე ბავშვები GEORGIA
What:
Who:
The European Union funded project
• UNICEF; • Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs; • Social Service Agency; • Ministry of Education and Science; • Ministry of Internal Affairs; • Ministry of Justice; • the Tbilisi and Kutaisi Municipalities; • the NGOs: Caritas Georgia, World Vision, and
Reaching Highly Vulnerable Children in Georgia - Children Living and Working on the Streets
Where: Tbilisi, Rustavi, Kutaisi
When: August 2012 – May 2015
Child and Environment.
Why: Living on the street severely impacts children. Children on the streets have no access to education or appropriate health services. Often they are unregistered and subject to various kinds of violence. Instability and inappropriate living conditions make these children among the most vulnerable groups of society.
Main outcome: A state mechanism has been established to protect the rights of the children living and working on the streets and to ensure their reintegration into society. Until now there has been no state strategy to support these children. Within this initiative, such children have been identified and involved in specific programmes. The final goal is to place the children working and living on the streets – after a rehabilitation period – into existing state services, such as foster care and small group homes, or, as possible, to reintegrate them into their biological families.