Teacher and special education teacher in CSDC’s Transit Programme since 2021. Since 2014 she has been a senior caregiver at World Vision’s crisis shelter in Kutaisi.
Lela Kokhreidze holds a bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Pedagogy of Akaki Tsereteli State University and also graduated from the D. Jikhaishi Music School (piano). Since 2021 she has been a special education teacher in CSDC’s Transit Educational Programme for homeless children, and since 2014 a senior caregiver at World Vision Georgia’s crisis shelter for homeless children in Kutaisi. Before that she worked as a caregiver at Samtredia Kindergarten No. 4 and the Samtredia boarding school.
She has completed World Vision Georgia trainings on working effectively with children living and working on the street and on supporting the development of academic skills and literacy in adolescents. She completed Caritas Georgia’s course in psychology covering violence, special educational needs and specific learning disorders. In recent years she has taken courses in behaviour management and early childhood intervention, and the Kavkasioni College programme on working with children with special educational needs.