Nino Katamadze`s charity solo concert - Love Will Save Us
First Step Georgia Concert and Dinner will be held on 5 june at 19:00 at Sheraton Metechi Palace Hotel, Tbilisi, to benefit Children with disabilities. featuring the Concert Nino Katamadze and "Insight"
Friendship Through Art
First Step Georgia celebrated National Disability Day and organized event - "Friendship Through Art" at open air museum of Ethnography. The beneficiaries of First Step Georgia, their famyly members and friends participated in the event.
PR Club visiting the Day Care Center
The Tbilisi Day Care Center of First Step Georgia hosted representatives of the PR Club Georgia - an association of professionals in public relations, marketing, advertising and communications services.
Sensory Integration Room for First Step Children
First Step Georgia launches the Sensory Integration Program for children with special needs at the Sensory Room.
First Step Georgia ‘Winter Gala Dinner & Dance` raises money to support Georgian Children with Disabilities
On Friday, November 30, 2012, First Step Georgia (FSG) held a successful charity Winter Gala Dinner and Dance at the Tbilisi Concert Hall.
Since August 2014, the "First Step Georgia" with the support of the U.S. Embassy, starts 11 month project - “Promote Social Inclusion and Wellbeing of Ethnic Minority Children and Youth with Disabilities and Raise Disability Awareness in Marneuli, Kvemo Kartli Region”
The project aims at promoting protection and fulfillment of the rights of children and youth with disabilities from ethnic minority families and enhancing their social inclusion in Marneuli (Kvemo Kartli Region). Marneuli has been selected as a project site according to the number of ethnic minority group; the city is mostly inhabited by Azeri population – 83,1%. The project will significantly contribute to civic engagement of children and youth with disabilities from Azeri population and their families in decision making processes and promote democratic practices. In addition, the project will support public education and advocacy in disability field. The project will strengthen knowledge and skills of representatives of governmental and non-governmental organizations in disability area and raise disability awareness.
Project Objectives:
· Conduct situation analysis on the barriers and problems hampering social integration of Azeri children and youth with disabilities in Marneuli. This objective will identify the areas that should be addressed by the local and central governments and community.
· Strengthen capacity and knowledge of representatives of governmental and non-governmental organizations and ethnic minority community in disability area.
· Promote implementation of the CRPD and the State Action Plan at the local level through establishing the Disability Advocacy Network.
· Raise disability awareness and promote positive social attitudes.
Project Beneficiaries:
· 24 parents of Azeri children with disabilities and Azeri youth with disabilities; representatives of local government, ethnic minority community, education and health system, social service system, and media.
· 12 members of the Disability Advocacy Network that will be trained in advocacy
· 1000 Azeri children and youth with disabilities and their parents in Kvemo Kartli Region will get information about the disability in general and providing
Project Results:
As a result of the project first in Qvemo Qartli region will be first time studied the condition of ethnic persons with disabilities; raise awareness of the co-operation through training and PR- campaigns. Local governmental and non-governmental resources will retrain in this issues (persons with disabilities). We will set up Advocacy Network, which after finishing of the project will guide processes of social integration.
The 2014 Gala Concert and Dinner - Love Will Save Us
On 5th June 2014, First Step Georgia held a annual charity Gala Concert and Dinner with Nino Katamadze and "Insight" for "Invisible Children" - `love Will Save Us" in Sheraton Metechi Palace Hotel, Tbilisi