Georgia Celebrates International Children’s Day

In celebration of International Children’s Day various speeches, parties and programs revolving around children were held in Tbilisi, Georgia.

On June 1, populations around the globe celebrate International Children’s Day and honour their youngest members.

In Georgia, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and his family invited dozens of children living with cancer and their families to a special celebration at a Tbilisi park.

Children who had received cancer treatment financed by the state-initiated Solidarity Fund were able to enjoy the celebratory mood that was further enhanced by numerous fairytale characters, singing and dancing.

Ten months after its establishment in July 2014, the Solidarity Fund has gathered more than 2.6 million GEL and financed 97 young cancer-patients. The costs of treatments for 57 patients in Georgia and 40 patients in international clinics in Germany, Israel, France and Turkey have been fully funded by the organization.

Garibashvili congratulated the children and wished them happiness, well being and health.

“Today is an extraordinary day. I’m seeing children and their parents happy, which makes me believe that life is only going forward. We managed to give them the support they needed and that makes me especially happy. Kindness is contagious,” said the PM during the events.

Simultaneously, Georgia’s President Giorgi Margvelashvili, along his wife Maka Chachua, marked International Children’s Day at the Mziuri Park in Tbilisi, and visited an Infant House.