ASSOCIATION  STAGES

  Who are we?

Association “Stages” is a Georgian non-profit, non-governmental (NGO) humanitarian organization officially registered in March of 1998.  Our mission is to help the vulnerable, disabled, and underprivileged.  Since our foundation we have voluntarily assisted those facing problems of extreme poverty and homelessness.  We are dedicated to improving the quality of life of these socially unprotected groups.

Our organization was officially registered in 1998, however our roots began much earlier.  In 1992 war broke out in the Georgian region of Abkhasia.  At that time our program founders were teenagers with the desire to help the refugees who fled to Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.  Many of these people were wounded and disabled. 

During this period of social crisis many of our fellow countrymen suddenly found themselves below the poverty line.  With our own means and the assistance of our families and friends we formed an alliance to care for those in need.  We began by helping in hospitals, delivering food and medicines to those in the street, caring for old people who were alone in their flats, and providing clothing to those in need.  Gradually the amount of people we were assisting expanded and it became impossible for us to help them with our own means.  Thus in 1998 our group decided to register and establish an official organization with the goal of finding donors who could assist by extending humanitarian help to others.

Our organizational focus is directed toward the assistance of three distinct populations:

·        Children living in the Martkopi Orphanage

·        Infants hospitalized in the Tbilisi Infant’s Hospital #2 or living in the Tbilisi Infant’s orphanage.

·        Adults, children, and the elderly who are homeless, handicap, or facing extreme poverty.

Every country in the world takes care of their poor and needy.  In Georgia, it is needless to say that due to the current conditions, our country’s state budget is not able to meet all or even part of the basic needs many members of society.  Socially unprotected groups such as orphans, the elderly, the homeless, the handicap, and the extremely poor are often the most distressed and forgotten.  Our organization as a NGO aims at cooperating with the government to provide assistance to those who have no other alternative but to depend on others for their care.

The following website is an introduction to our organization and our individual work with these focus groups.  We hope to enlist your support as we strive to assist those in need.

Contact us on:   

Tel/Fax:   (995 32) 990236
E-mail:     stagesngo@hotmail.com

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