Raising Awareness: Meet Young Ambassador Jorjoliani

Georgia Today met Ioseb Jorjoliani, a recently appointed a Young Ambassador of Georgia to the United States. Ioseb is an exchange student at Washington & Jefferson College (W&J) who is in the middle of his sophomore year. He is extremely excited about the new opportunity and sees it as the fulfillment of a lifelong dream.

“I have always wanted to serve my country and assist it on its way to future success. As a Governmental Scholar I already had a huge responsibility to maintain a high academic GPA for my governmental scholarship. However, this project of young ambassadors created a direct opportunity for me to play a real role in my country’s development.”

He heard about the Young Ambassador program through a Georgian woman from Voice of America, a broadcast institution, where he interned last summer.

He said, of applying for the project: “The application was seven pages long and at first I felt lazy to complete it but of course by the deadline I sent my seven page project with its financial plan and all additional documentations to the Ministry.”

He then went on to talk about the project: “The project lasts a year. 140 students aged 18 to 29 applied from 10 different countries. They finally selected only ten. I waited for two weeks and finally they woke me up at 7 am.”

Ioseb said questions followed about his project as well as a second interview.

Now, with this new appointment, Ioseb will have to complete a project that raises awareness of Georgian culture and life.

He said: “I have to organize a Georgian Youth Forum in which Georgian students will gather and discuss the relative world events in relation to Georgia. The government also wants to create a fellowship of Georgia’s friends which will include American and other international students who express interest in Georgian culture.”

Ioseb is an active member of the W&NJR community. He hosts a global news radio show in WNJR, plays on the Rugby team and is the special events and activities coordinator for the W&J International House.

Nini Gegidze