Goals

Problem statement:

Due to lack of information and geographical access in villages, the potential of the gifted and active young residents remains unused or undeveloped.

Specifically, in three villages of Shida Kartli (Shindisi, Kvemo Khviti and Kelqceuli) there is no circle, club or place where the pupils and youth to receive informal education and acquire the skills that will increase their civic engagement and solve the existing hard social and economic problems independently.

To help this, we would like to create an alternative environment in which the youth will spend their time pleasantly and usefully.

Proposed Solution:

With the aim of creating alternative environment, we decided to arrange a mini-library, where the youth will be able to get the needed information, have discussions, literature evenings and meet public persons of interest.

In this process, the teenagers of the local public schools will be involved (about 50 students). In agreement with the three schools, we established an eco-club and a club of human rights protection. We want to build a space for these clubs in the central village.

The club members are already actively collecting waste paper (to exchange them for books), remains of wood and laminate material (for shelves), already used bottles (to make poufs). We will make library items from second-hand materials, and in this way we are also beginning to take care of the environment at the same time.

However, we need help to achieve the result: transportation of waste paper to Tbilisi, glue and other materials for assembling shelves and poufs, internet, monitor (we have been gifted a case already), computer desk and stationery items.

Sustainability:

Since it is possible to use the building for an indefinite time, the existence and development of the library isn’t limited in time either. Any interested residents of the three villages can use the library and internet in accordance with the established rules. The engagement of the pupils will be constantly updated, based on their age. During the next year together with the children we will plan and carry out projects related to ecology and human rights protection.

Equal gender opportunity:

The use of library is not limited on any grounds and the club members involved in the project are the representatives of both sexes, with a minor contrast.