Tbilisi. Three mobile teams, 4 day care and overnight centres have already become operational in Tbilisi to address the needs of hundreds of children working and living on the streets. The services are part of the two year project beingimplemented by the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs in partnership with UNICEF and funded by European Union.  The initiative has established services and mechanisms that identify children living and working on the streets, offer them immediate support and protection and work with them and their families with the ultimate goal of integrating them into existing social and child protection services. The initiative also involves the Ministry of Education and Science, Ministries of Justice, Internal Affairs, Finance, and the Tbilisi Municipality. The NGOs World Vision, Caritas Georgia and Child and Environment are providing the children with appropriate, individually tailored services.

Source: unicef.ge