Former Inmate Freelancer

G.T. is a former inmates and nowadays, he is working as a freelancer, producing web-sites in various design. Initially, he got only entertained with compute games, though for some years he got seriously interested with internet technologies. In the recent period, web-site was produced for up to 10 Georgian organizations, planning cooperation with the business companies of the international level, for which English language knowledge could be very useful.

Moped Master Beneficiary

Currently, many people are using the mopeds for transportation in Georgia. Due to economy, available price and the fact that driving license is no longer needed for driving, moped is becoming more and more popular

Former inmates’ wooden workshop

Former inmate was working in the wooden workshop before imprisonment. He was sure that he would be back to his old craft after imprisonment, though majority of his tools were not found in the wooden workshop after custody.

Free Ophthalmic examination of prisoners

The medicines and optical glasses prescribed by the doctor-ophthalmologist will be purchased by the Institute of Democracy in the frame of the project supporting former inmates, inmates’ families and probationers. 16 beneficiaries participated in the Medical Action. Similar Medical Action is also planned for former inmates in Guria, Samegrelo-Upper Svaneti and Imereti region.

Training on Effective Communication for former inmates

Similar evaluations were left at the end of the trainings by the listeners.  Majority of attendants decided to advertise their own business during the training, jointly discussing webs-sites and advertisements of various business companies through practical assignments.

Greenhouse Economy Run by the Inmate’s Family

One year remaining before his release from custody, he is fully aware about his future plans, though as his mother thinks that his son’s activity will be related to family business.

 Inmate’s family has been running a nursery economy for years, growing the saplings of kiwi, feihoia, walnut under greenhouse conditions, being highly demandable and realized in the whole westerner Georgia.

Announcement by the Institute of Democracy

The Institute of Democracy working ion the program supporting former inmates, inmates’ families and probationers responds to the evaluation by the President of the NGO “Georgian Alliance for safe roads” in relation to the issue, according to which taxi drivers should not have previous   convictions and be dangerous to the society https://bit.ly/2y62J2N

Blind beneficiaries on the needs of the persons with disabilities

42-year old Alex Tsevelidze is blind, though his physical state is resulting from the injury caused during arresting, when he was beaten with the weapon barrel by the special service unit office of the Finance Police, damaging his eye and losing eyesight. In 20166 he was sentenced with the accusation of economic offence.

Internship Program for former inmates

Internship is one of the important components together with employment and self-employment. This program actively supports re-qualification of the beneficiaries in such companies and enterprises, enabling their further employment.

School Action for former inmates’ children

At the Institute of Democracy office, socially unprotected former inmates’ children were granted with the notebooks, pens, pencils, linear, bangs and other inventory necessary for the schools, after which they were served with a delicious tart and taken at the first night performance at Batumi Puppet Theatre.