Love to children made me endure hard years

This room is particularly favorite place for her, she has been doing work which he is fond of for many years and starts everyday with particular motivation.

70-year old Larisa Toria is working in the Buffet of the Public School, having fed and brought up many generations, among them famous persons.

Single old-aged woman in waiting for pardon of her son

A single 82-year old-age has to live in hard social conditions. She has been deprived of a husband for years, with her only son already imprisoned for the second time.

Possible amendments to be proposed in the Code of Imprisonment

Imprisoned persons often have to pay certain amount of sum for submitting official correspondence to Supreme Council of Ajara A.R. As verified by the Commission of Protecting Human Rights, the above-mentioned issue represent a serious problem for the inmates and their family members, which is indicated by the lack of correspondence recently received from Prison.

Petition system and identified drawbacks at Guria Municipality

Working on two petitions out of three new petitions referred in 2017 is stills continued in Ozurgeti Municipality.
Review results of the petitions initiated during 2016-2017 in the frame of the project “Petition – People’s Voice in the Self-Governance”, the drawbacks identified in practice were the issues on which the meetings were held in Lanchkhuti, Chokhatauri and Ozurgeti Municipality.

Case launched in prison

According to him, a prison employee having been systematically committing violence over prisoners is himself a prisoner now. Kakutia brought a case against other sufferers in the Court and won a dispute.

Life changed with drug-addiction

61-year old Amiran is a driver, having been employed on the cargo transport in Russian during years, having high salary and earning sufficient income for the family. Though, later as the result was drug-addiction has changed everything. He returned to Georgia, where due to his bad habit, family conflict became were frequent, which was also added by a heavy disease of his son. For covering his medical expenses he was forced to sell the house, remaining homeless, though failing to save his son’s life.

How could family manage rehabilitation after imprisonment?

The family is socially unprotected. Zurab (name is conditional) has a wife and two minor children. For searching incomes for the family he has left for Turkey, though due to health state he failed to work physically and returned back home. His health problem started during his imprisonment period.    After being released from prison, he has undergone treatment and became healthier, though he still has difficult with physical work, therefore he cannot perform all types of work.

Crime for assisting the family

Project for supporting former inmates has been implemented in four regions of Georgia more than a year. Former inmates, inmates’ families and probationers are applying rehabilitation service. Huge interest and involvement of beneficiaries towards employment and self-employment programs is expressed in the fact that it considers supporting launching of the enterprises through their employment in various private companies and their own companies with small grants.

New Platform in Khobi and Senaki Municipalities

At the web-sites of Khobi and Senaki Municipalities, an instruction was placed upon the persons authorized to refer the petition and the ways of filling in the petition. 

Former Inmate – Successful Bee-keeper

Visiting the Todua Family in Samegrelo a head of the family met in his usual style, observing bee hives, organizing them and working silently, as if communicating with the insects.  As he noticed the guests he gave a business and invited us for introducing with his favorite activity.