Social worker who worked at CSDC in 2021–2022. She helped children join the Transit Educational Programme and integrate into school.
Ana Sotishvili is a social worker and worked at the Civil Society Development Center (CSDC) in 2021–2022. Within the Second Chance for Education programme her work included communication with 24-hour shelters and day centres in Tbilisi, enrolling beneficiaries in the Transit Educational Programme, providing the education component, integrating them into educational institutions, and planning cultural, sports and educational activities. Within the programme Ana held information meetings with pupils’ parents to raise awareness, supported school teachers, cooperated with school administrations and organized regular meetings to identify additional needs.
Ana completed the Coalition for Early Childhood Development’s pre-basic certificate course and holds a master’s degree in social work. In 2013 she worked as a caregiver in a small family-type home. In a Polish project (NGO “Our Home – Georgia”) she advised staff of small family-type homes. In 2014 she was a trainer-consultant at the NGO Child and Family. She worked at the Crime Prevention Centre in 2014–2019, at the National Agency for Crime Prevention, Execution of Non-custodial Sentences and Probation in 2019–2021, and at the Georgian Association of Social Workers in 2021–2022, where she took part in the pilot project “Bio-psycho-social Assessment of Disability and Status Determination System”. Since 2021 she has been an early development specialist at First Step Georgia.