Samtskhe-Javakheti. The organization "Akhaltsikhe Youth Center” has echoed the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty with the youth festival. The festival was preceded by the project, which involved civic clubs of 66 schools of the region, and the results of which were summarized at the festival. The festival with the slogan "Let’s fight against poverty together” was launched in the central park of Akhaltsikhe, where the members of the civic clubs have disseminated to the population the booklets on social topics, developed based on the information collected by them on the existing social background in various communities. The event continued in the conference hall of the Akhaltsikhe Municipality. NGOs, students, their parents and representatives from the Social Service Agency were invited to the festival. Finally, the civic club members have presented the photo and video materials created on the topic of poverty. Authors of the videos were awarded and the social programs implemented in the country and the ways of poverty reduction were discussed.