Supporting Small Organizations Helping the Disabled & Socially Vulnerable

Believe Foundation is launching a new funding strategy to support small organizations operating in Poti, Georgia. This new initiative will help us to best achieve our vision of ‘Every vulnerable, unprotected and disabled individual deserves care, support and improved conditions for a better life.’

We are starting a Grant Competition – a pilot funding project for small organizations whose mission is to improve the lives of disabled and socially vulnerable children and adults and who are working across our program areas for socially vulnerable groups and individuals with disabilities:

• Improving housing and living conditions at residential places and educational centers;

• Providing health and recreational therapies as well as medical examinations and preventive health care;

• Providing food, clothes, textbooks and other necessary items for disadvantaged children and adults;

• Supporting the building of a stronger community in areas of poverty.

Before launching the Grant Competition we delivered a Project Design and Management (PDM) training together with Peace Corps volunteer Randi Deighton for non-profit organizations where the attendees received information about filling out grant application forms, project writing and implementation.

“This training will make it easier for applicants to write a grant project. We are open to talk with them and support in any way possible as we believe that small organizations serve an important role in supporting communities where we deliver our work,” says Marika Nadaraia, Board Chairwoman of Believe Foundation. “Grants will be from GEL 1000 up to GEL 3000 for each project. We plan to award 15 grants initially,” she adds.

Currently, Believe Foundation is looking for organizations working in Poti who can demonstrate how Believe’s support and funding can help them to strengthen their organization.

Grant Applications opened on September 1, 2016 and will close on September 30, 2016.