Natakhtari Fund Presents its 2022 Activity Report to the Public
From 2011 to the present, Natakhtari Fund in cooperation with the local non-governmental organization Association Our Home-Georgia, has helped 660 young people with 1,042,593 GEL.
As a result, hundreds of young people without parental care have started to live independently and many are building successful careers. All of this is provided by the 3 main priorities of the Natakhtari Fund: education, employment, and psychological support.
For 11 years, the Natakhtari Fund has allocated resources to the needs relevant to each beneficiary. During this time, with the help of the fund:
340 young people received vocational education.
72 beneficiaries have received higher education or are currently studying in higher education institutions.
More than 220 young people learned the craft and went through an internship with a master of different directions.
660 beneficiaries received individual services of a psychologist.
According to today's data, 90% of the young participants in the project are employed, with over 60% holding stable jobs. The 2022 Needs, Resources, and Report of the Natakhtari Fund indicate the following:
In 2022, under the coordination of the „Association Our Home – Georgia," 20 young people received services, including intensive psychological counseling for all 20 and long-term psychotherapy for 6. 7 individuals benefited from psychodiagnostics services. 13 young people received scholarships to support independent living, and 1 received funding to cover transportation to college expenses. 3 were provided with medicine for chronic diseases, and underwent medical diagnosis and treatment. 2 participants received funding for preparing for national exams, each studying 3 subjects.
Ultimately, due to the activities of the Natakhtari Fund, in 2022, both fund beneficiaries enrolled in undergraduate programs, one at the elementary teacher education program and the other in the faculty of international relations. It is noteworthy that 15 out of 20 beneficiaries found employment. During the year, the association concluded its work with 4 beneficiaries, who had become capable of independent living with the fund's support.
Natakhtari Fund, founded in 2011, aims at strengthening youth without parental care who left the care system and preparing them for independent living by providing education and employment assistance. The project is carried out in collaboration with an experienced non-governmental organization "Our Home – Georgia." In the process of preparing young people for an independent life, it is important to provide them with psychological services: psychological counseling, psychodiagnostics, and, if necessary, psychotherapy. For each young person, the resources are allocated according to their individual needs. Within the framework of the project, the types of assistance to the beneficiaries are the provision of housing, support for receiving professional or higher education, coverage of utility costs, payment of travel expenses, purchase of textbooks and daily household items, financing of medical research and treatment, purchase of medicines, etc.