Since 2011, the Natakhtari Fund, with the professional support of the “Association Our Home – Georgia”, has helped up to 750 young people without parental care with a total of 1 192 593 GEL. As a result, hundreds of young people have started living independently and are successfully managing daily challenges. This impact has been made possible through the fund’s three core priorities: higher and vocational education, employment, and psychological support.
Over the past 14 years, the Natakhtari Fund has allocated its resources based on the individual needs of each beneficiary. During this time, with the support of the fund:
- 361 beneficiaries received vocational education;
- 73 young people earned higher education degrees;
- More than 235 young people learned a craft and completed internships with professionals and local craftsmen in various fields;
- 748 beneficiaries received individual psychological support.
Today, 90% of the young people involved in the project are employed, with over 70% holding stable jobs.
Through the joint initiative of the Natakhtari Fund and the “Association Our Home – Georgia”, a social advocacy campaign was conducted in Batumi, Zugdidi, Kutaisi, Rustavi, and Tbilisi. As a result, support for young people who have left the state care system has been strengthened within the framework of local social programs. In Rustavi Municipality, this program has been expanding year by year.
The funding ensures the upholding of the right to education for young people leaving the state care system, providing vocational training, rent coverage, and financial support for essential household items.
The Natakhtari Fund’s 2025 report is as follows:
In 2025, as a result of the Natakhtari Fund’s activities, 30 young people received services. Notably, 66% of the year’s beneficiaries are employed: 10 hold stable positions, one is a student working part-time, three are periodically employed in the service sector and five are unstably employed. Additionally, one beneficiary moved abroad to continue both studies and work. To support independent living, 12 young people received scholarships. All project participants received psychological counseling and, where necessary, professional career guidance.
It should be noted that throughout 2025, cooperation was established with several non-governmental organizations: Association “Life Chance”, “World Vision Georgia” (Crisis Center), and Association “SOS Children’s Villages Georgia.”
The Natakhtari Fund, founded in 2011, aims to prepare youth without parental care for independent living by providing education and employment assistance. The project is carried out in collaboration with an experienced non-governmental organization, “Association Our Home – Georgia”. In the process of preparing young people for an independent life, it is important to provide them with psychological services: psychological counseling, psychodiagnostics, and, if necessary, psychotherapy.
For each young person, the resources are allocated according to their individual needs. Within the framework of the project, the types of support provided to beneficiaries include: support for receiving professional or higher education, scholarship, coverage of utility costs, payment of travel expenses, purchase of textbooks and daily household items, financing of medical research and treatment, purchase of medicines, etc.
