Helping people in Georgia | ASB Foreign Aid

The ASB was active in Samegrelo to provide economic support to internally displaced persons, returnees and host communities. The ASB helped the founders with establishing the companies and also provided them with advice afterwards. 

Project title: Economic empowerment of internally displaced persons and host communities in Georgia
Project region: Samegrelo, Gali, Ochamchire
Project volume: € 372,456
Financing: Bureau for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM)
Duration: 2 years (24/09/2018 - 23/09/2020)

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The ASB supports people in Tbilisi, Imereti, Kakheti and Racha-Lechkhumi who have experienced gender-based and domestic violence. The focus is on internally displaced persons, economically vulnerable women or women with disabilities and members of the LGBTQIA+ community.

Project title: Providing access to support for survivors of gender-based and domestic violence (PASS)
Project region: Tbilisi, Imereti, Kakheti, Racha-Lechkhumi
Financing: European Union in Georgia
Project volume: € 947,393
Duration: 2 years (01/01/2022 - 31/12/2024)

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The ASB is active in Georgia and Armenia in helping countries to prepare for disasters, especially health emergencies. The aim is twofold: on the one hand, the emergency medical teams (EMTs) in Georgia and Armenia are to be trained. On the other hand, cooperation and coordination between EMTs in both countries in emergencies and disasters is to be improved.

Project title: Together we are stronger – cooperative action to respond to cross-border emergencies
Project region: Georgia, Armenia
Financing: Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO)
Project volume: € 1,363,853.09
Duration: 2 years

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The ASB organises a summer school for children and adolescents in Tbilisi and Batumi. The focus is on children (aged 7 - 13) and adolescents (aged 14 - 18). 

Project title: Summer school for Ukrainian and Georgian schoolchildren
Project region: Tbilisi Batumi
Financing: Aktion Deutschland Hilft e.V. – Bündnis deutscher Hilfsorganisationen (ADH)
Project volume: € 15,957.45
Duration: 2 months (01/08/2022 - 30/09/2022)

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With the “Ukrainian cash transfer programme” project, the ASB assists Ukrainian war victims with special needs who are currently in Georgia. The beneficiary groups will receive cash for six months. Cash is mainly used to help people with disabilities, the elderly, families with many children and single households. 

Project title: Ukrainian cash transfer programme
Project region: Tbilisi
Financing: Federal Foreign Office
Project volume: € 1,490,891
Duration: 7 months (15/08/2022 - 15/03/2023)

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The aim of the project was to establish social enterprises to provide various services to communities affected by conflict. In the first two phases, five social enterprises were set up and supported in the neighbouring areas along the administrative boundary line (ABL) between Abkhazia and Samegrelo in Western Georgia. The third phase focused on securing peace through cross-regional cooperation. The project mainly supported the elderly, people with disabilities, as well as young people and marginalised groups.

Project title: Social enterprises: promoting peace through the active participation of internally displaced persons and their host communities in economic activities in Samegrelo, western Georgia
Project region: Georgia, Zugdidi
Financing: Federal Foreign Office
Project volume: € 270,000
Duration: 01/03/2012 - 31/12/2015 (three projects during this period)

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