Social worker, invited lecturer and PhD candidate. She helps street-connected children enrol and adapt at school.
Teona Mamukishvili is a social worker at the Civil Society Development Center (CSDC). Her work includes involving street-connected children in school life and supporting their adaptation to the learning environment. Her duties also include raising subject teachers’ awareness of strategies for working with homeless children.
Teona is an invited lecturer and PhD candidate in social work at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, where she earned a master’s degree in social work in 2017. Since 2010 her practice has focused on protecting children’s rights and supporting young care leavers. Since 2011 she has worked with homeless children as a caregiver and social worker, in both governmental and non-governmental agencies, to improve the well-being of homeless children and adolescents.