What does freedom require from a person? Who can be fre? “Uneducated person does not like freedom, does not struggle to obtain it because s/he is raised in bondage and is accustomed to obedience, patience...” - the great Georgian humanist Vazha Pshavela wrote. see more (geo)…

Talks about human rights, equality, liberalism, rights of women, internationalism, nowadays considered as negative words by a lot of people, in Georgia started from the nineteenth century. “...love of our homeland within us has taken the same sacred direction as the advanced, best part of European democracy is lately heading to. In the past we had a much wider national ground than this; but together with sacred bread Asian weeds and rye were often sown on this ground. That is why we have to return the national ground from the past, while for sowing select sacred bread from the fields of mind, morality and economics developed by Europe”, - Iakob Gogebashvili has stated. see more (geo)…

“Nukriani Workshops” is an organization that works to retain traditions and support their development. Its members have managed to realize their capabilities and improve their economic situation as a result of vocational trainings.

Niko Nikoladze was a man of advanced thinking of his epoch who, thanks to acquired education and discernment, studied a lot of best practices of European life and attempted to introduce them in Georgia as far as possible. “Is it really possible to do better than others without getting to know them? Does studying language of others, getting to know life of others really suppress or persecute patriotic sentiments?” – he used to say. see more (geo)…

“Since 2009 to date, the volunteering has been and still is the powerful tool that helps us solve problems existing around us”, - states Tinatin Meskhi, founder of “Helping Hand”. Take a look at what is done by the organization that has changed the attitude towards volunteering in Georgia. Listen to people who think that what you do not like can be replaced by sincere activism. see more (geo)…

Ambrose Khelaia is one of the distinguished clergymen in the history of Georgia. He was strictly opposing the Russification policy and pursued a path to European education. Take a look at what he wrote to the Embassy of Germany in regard to Grigol Peradze. see more (geo)…

Social campaign #ThisCountryIsYours The Human Rights Center (HRC) got established in 1996 and at that time it was one of the first organizations working directly on human rights in independent Georgia. The goal of the center is to increase respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, as well as to facilitate promotion of peace processes in our country. Read more about activities of the organization. see more (geo)…

Social campaign #ThisCountryIsYours Enthusiasts who created a Bediani Orphanage. Funds that this house was built with and the activity that it does till to date. Learn the real-life story that Zviad Khapava retells. see more (geo)…

The third sector struggles for improvement of the third government. Fortunately, it is not alone in this fight - society demands an independent and well operational judicial power. The reform that is split into waves and is offered to us by the government in order to change this system fundamentally, raises further more questions. How should a really independent and well operational judicial power look like, what should be done for this purpose, what is done and what is not done? Giorgi Mshvenieradze, current Head of the "Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary”, Chairman of the "Georgian Democracy Initiative”, will talk to us about challenges that the judiciary of Georgia faces. Read more (geo)…

Social campaign #ThisCountryIsYours “It all started in the beginning of 90’s, when the situation got mixed up with us and children first appeared on the street. It was a shock to us all, because there were no street children, as such, in Georgia before. It was during this period that children began to rob and beg as a group “... Take a look at the story of Nana Iashvili, a founder of the organization "Child and the Environment”. see more (geo)…

''Children are not voters, that is why nobody cares about their benevolence'', - states Ana Arganashvili, Executive Director of ''Partnership for Human Rights'' (PHR), a human rights defender, who has been interviewed on issues related to complex causes of violence against children, shortcomings existing in the child protection system and level of influence of civil society organizations on solution of these issues. Read more (geo)…