Transit Educational Programme
for
homeless children and young people outside the school system
Commissioned by
Ministry of
Education, Science and Youth of Georgia
Cities
Tbilisi, Kutaisi,
Rustavi
The programme aims at the
socialization of children living and working on the street, their
integration into formal education and the prevention of early
school leaving, as well as supporting career guidance and career
planning for homeless children and young people outside the school
system.
Classes take place in an environment
the children know and trust — day centres and 24-hour shelters, and
public schools when needed. We work with each child individually or
in groups, according to their needs.
Programme areas
01Life skills
Self-awareness,
communication, emotion management, interpersonal relationships,
critical thinking, social responsibility and media literacy; with
adolescents — financial and reproductive health education; personal
safety from age 5.
02Academic skills
Reading and writing
in Georgian and English, numeracy, the basics of natural sciences
and civic education — in line with age-appropriate curricula.
03Sport and culture
Joint events at
school with classmates, theatre performances, concerts, film
screenings, sports events and excursions to the city’s
landmarks.
04Career guidance
Getting to know at
least five professions, two-day visits to companies and
organizations, and introductions to vocational college
programmes.
05Young people outside school
Individual learning
plans, preparation for external exams, help choosing and enrolling
in a vocational programme, support during studies and help finding
a job.
06Raising awareness
Meetings with
classmates’ parents, information booklets in Georgian, Armenian and
Azerbaijani, and the campaign “Every Child in School” — to overcome
stigma towards homeless children.
Team: The children work
with teachers, life skills trainers, consultant psychologists,
social workers, career guidance specialists and coordinators.
Results achieved
Within the Ministry
tender “Second Chance for Education for Children Outside the
Learning Process in Georgia”:
2015
the year the programme began
up to 25
children from Tbilisi childcare centres attended classes in life
skills and school subjects
50
public school teachers and administrators were trained with a
specially designed training module
Information
booklets were prepared for parents of pupils in the selected
schools and distributed at meetings.
Support us — “Get Involved and Include Me”
Help single and homeless mothers
We launched the “Get Involved and Include Me” campaign during the
COVID-19 pandemic to help mothers living in difficult social
conditions. Because of the hard economic situation, many single
women still need public support today — our team stays in close
contact with every beneficiary and studies their needs.
100+
women and their families helped
50
citizens and organizations involved
GEL 12,000
raised in the first phase
Help with food or household items: write to us on social
media — Civil Society
Development Center.
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Bank: JSC TBC Bank, SWIFT TBCBGE22
Account: GE93TB7620136080100007
Recipient: NNLE Civil Society Development Center (CSDC)
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