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Community centre in Pankisi:
NRC’s community centre in the Pankisi Valley will continue functioning,
providing among other things sewing courses, computer courses and legal
counselling.
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Legal counselling for Chechen refugees:
A counselling office will be established within the community centre in Pankisi,
offering advice on legal issues to Chechen refugees and the local population.
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Legal counselling for IDPs: Several legal counselling offices will be established in cooperation
with Georgian legal NGOs, to provide advice to IDPs from Abkhazia.
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Human rights books:
A human rights textbook, teacher’s manual and parents’ booklet worked out in
2001 will be finalised, printed and distributed in Georgian and Russian.
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Peaceful classroom training:
Teachers at schools in Pankisi and Akhmeta will be given training in teaching
methods and communication skills.
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Creative classroom training:
Teachers in Abkhazia and displaced teachers in Tbilisi and Kutaisi will be given
training in educational psychology, psychosocial issues and health education.
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Income-generation:
NRC’s existing micro-credit programmes in Tskhinvali, Gori and Tbilisi will be
continued.
§ Shelter: NRC will continue refurbishing collective centres and communal facilities in Kutaisi, and will also build 15 small houses for IDPs. In refurbished collective centres IDPs will be mobilised to organise social and sports activities. Plots of land will be prepared for agricultural production in connection with the small houses.
§ In 2002 NRC’s projected activities in Georgia amount to approximately NOK 13 million
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Community centre in Pankisi:
In cooperation with UNHCR, a community centre was set up for Chechen refugees
and the local population in the Pankisi Valley. The community centre included
television, library and sports facilities, and provided English, sewing and
computer classes. It was run by a women’s group composed of locals and Chechen
refugees.
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Human rights training:
Three workshops were held for teachers, two in Tbilisi involving 50 teachers,
one in Abkhazia involving 24 teachers.
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Human rights textbooks:
Authors were selected to write a textbook for human rights education in the 8th
form, a booklet for the pupils’ parents and a manual for teachers. The authors
were trained and the structure and contents of the textbooks were worked out.
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Peaceful classroom training:
In cooperation with the Centre for Applied Psychology, NRC conducted seven
two-day workshops for Chechen refugee teachers and local Kisti teachers in
Akhmeta. The workshops covered interactive teaching methods and effective
communication skills.
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Income-generation:
More than 2 681 IDPs in Tbilisi and Gori received loans, totalling over USD 651
000. The loans impacted positively on the lives of 10 700 people.
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Shelter:
Housing and public buildings for IDPs were refurbished in Kutaisi, benefiting a
total of 1300 IDPs.
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In 2001 NRC’s activities in Georgia
amounted to NOK 10,5 million.
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Assistance to refugees from Chechnya:
More than 2000 textbooks and other
materials were distributed to five schools in the Pankisi Valley. Ten seminars
concerning children in emergencies were conducted.
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Human rights education:
Human rights training was given to more
than 500 teachers, and 11 500 copies of the UN’s Children’s Convention
were printed and distributed.
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Psychosocial rehabilitation:
NRC continued its collaboration with UNHCR
to assist returnees from North Ossetia to Chechen refugees in Akhmeta.
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Art exhibition:
Art training was provided to 110 IDP children from Ossetia, resulting in an
exhibition of their work in Tbilisi.
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Income-generation:
NRC continued managing three revolving loan
funds – in Tbilisi, Gori and Tskhinvali. Two thirds of those who received
loans were IDP women.
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Shelter: A
centre for old people was refurbished and 82 new houses were built in South
Ossetia. In Kutaisi rehabilitation programmes continued at 20 collective
centres, benefiting 2025 IDPs. Various activities were initiated in the
collective centres, including table tennis, basketball, child care and theatre
groups.
§ In 2000 NRC’s activities in Georgia amounted to NOK 15,2 million.
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Emergency assistance to refugees from
Chechnya: NRC
was instrumental in establishing a school for 450 refugee children, and in
obtaining school supplies. In addition, NRC distributed six tonnes of winter
clothing and 3000 blankets, and assisted the UN in the evacuation of the
refugees from the Caucasus Mountains.
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Peace and reconciliation efforts:
NRC continued its collaboration with Boston
Conflict Management Group to facilitate communication between key persons from
Georgia and Ossetia.
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Support to returnees:
NRC worked in collaboration with the UNHCR
to assist refugees to repatriate from North Ossetia to South Ossetia, helping
approximately 50 families.
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Strengthening the rights of the local
population, refugees and IDPs: A
lawyer was hired to work on legislation pertaining to refugee and IDP property.
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Human rights handbook:
A resource handbook for teachers was
completed and 4500 copies were printed. In addition, a draft of the human rights
curricula for the 4th, 9th and 11th grades was
developed.
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Income-generation:
Three revolving micro-credit funds were set
up, one in South Ossetia, one in Tbilisi and one in Gori.
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Shelter: NRC
built and renovated a total of 300 houses in South Ossetia and Georgia. In
Kutaisi and Tbilisi NRC, in collaboration with UNHCR, renovated 10 collective
centres inhabited by total of 5 210 IDPs.
§ In 1999 NRC’s activities in Georgia amounted to NOK 15,2 million.
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Repatriation from North Ossetia to South
Ossetia: In
cooperating with UNHCR, NRC 200 refugee families return from north Ossetia to
South Ossetia.
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Peace and reconciliation efforts:
A number of seminars and meetings between
Ossetians and Georgians were conducted in cooperation with the Boston Conflict
Management Group, in and outside Georgia.
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Human rights education:
Human rights seminars were organised for 60
teachers. In collaboration with the International Centre on Conflict and
Negotiation (ICCN), NRC also conducted a course in conflict management and human
rights.
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Psychosocial rehabilitation:
NRC continued supporting the Federation for the Development of Human Recourses
(FDHR) and its programme on psychosocial rehabilitation for children with mental
disorders.
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Cultural activities/summer camp:
Support was provided to a summer camp in
Bakuriani that was attended by 60 IDP children.
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Income-generation:
A micro-credit service was established in
South Ossetia.
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Shelter: Five
collective centres and three former sanatoriums, rest homes and hospitals were
refurbished in Borjomi. In South Ossetia 200 houses were renovated in
collaboration with UNHCR.
§ In 1998, NRC’s activities in Georgia amounted to NOK 10.5 million.
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Survey of IDPs from Abkhazia:
A qualitative survey of IDP experiences in
Georgia was carried out in June 1997. More than 2 300 families were
included in the survey.
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Survey of IDPs from Tskhinvali:
NRC carried out a survey for UNHCR on the living conditions of IDPs from
Tskhinvali and nearby villages.
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Georgian-Ossetian dialogue: A meeting between Georgians and
Ossetians was organised in Massachusetts. It was the third such session arranged
by NRC and the Boston Conflict Management Group, the previous two being held in
Oslo, Norway.
§ Conflict resolution training: In cooperation with the International Centre on Conflict and Negotiation (ICCN), NRC provided conflict resolution, negotiation and human rights training to key people in Georgian social and political life.
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Support to local NGOs:
The local NGO “Women and Business”
received a grant from NRC to establish a laundry service employing IDP women.
The local NGO “Child and Environment” arranged an exhibition of paintings by
IDPs from Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan.
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Distribution of non-food items: In
cooperation with the UNHCR, NRC distributed hygiene products to 21 450 IDPs in
Zugdidi and Adjara.
§ Shelter: In Adjara 21 collective centres were rehabilitated to minimum standards, focusing on sanitary conditions, and benefiting more than 10 000 IDPs.
§ In 1997, NRC’s activities in Georgia amounted to NOK 15 million.
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IDP survey: A countrywide
survey of the IDP population, focusing on health, education, income and the
possibility of return was carried out in 1994.
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Mine Awareness:
A mine awareness programme was implemented
on both sides of the de facto border between Georgia and Abkhazia in late
1994 and early 1995.
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Georgian-Ossetian dialogue: In 1995 and 1996 NRC facilitated
Georgian-South Ossetian dialogue. Two joint brainstorming sessions took place in
Oslo in 1996, with the participation of key people from both sides of the
conflict.
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Psychosocial support:
A psychosocial rehabilitation programme
targeting children and families in collective centres was started in June 1995.
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Distribution of non-food items:
Personal hygiene items were distributed to IDPs.
§ Income generation: A sewing programme for IDPs was established in June 1995, giving 300 women in Tbilisi, Tskhneti and Tskhinvali a potential source of income, and providing free clothes to medical institutions, collective centres and large families, covering a total of 7000 IDPs. In 1996 the programme was expanded to include Gori, Borjomi and Mtskheta.
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