Supported by the Education Development and
Employment Center (EDEC), the Charity Fund “Alilo 2015” organized a
meeting in Kutaisi for children of Georgian veterans and of Ukrainian soldiers;
the visitors currently live in a conflict zone and their parents were or still
are involved in anti-terrorist operations.

A total of 20 Ukrainians arrived in Georgia
on July 16 as part of the project “Children Want Peace,”. which is
implemented by the Charity Fund “Alilo 2015” in partnership with the NGO
“Democratic Youth Development Center – Synergy.” They spent most of
their ten days in Adjara, became familiar with the historical and cultural
heritage, and visited the mountainous part of the region. On their day in
Kutaisi, the guests visited the Kutaisi State Historical Museum and Sataplia
Cave.

The goal of the project is to promote peace in
Ukraine and in the world. It also aims to deepen public diplomacy between
Georgia and Ukraine, to encourage the friendship between children from both
countries and to support the rehabilitation process of minors traumatized by war.

The sponsors of the project are:

• ORBI GROUP (main sponsor);
• Georgian International Investors
  Association;
• Shuakhevi Municipality City Hall;
• Khulo Municipality City Hall;
• Anzor Bolkvadze – majoritarian MP from Keda
  Shuakhevi and Khulo;
• Attraction Ltd.;
• VITA Ltd.;
• Acharuli House Ltd.

The project partners are

• the Government of Adjara;
• the Ministry of Education, Culture and The sport of Adjara;
• the Adjara Cultural Heritage Protection
  Agency;
• the Batumi City Council;
• the Adjara A / R Division of State Service
  of Veterans Affairs;
• the Batumi Puppet and Youth State Theatre;
• the Administration of the State
  Attorney-Governor in Imereti;
• the Niko Berdzenishvili Kutaisi State
  Historical Museum;
• TRAVEL SERVICE;
• New Pierre Batumi Ltd.
• the city of Kherson in Ukraine, Lviv
  region;
• the NGO “My dad is protecting
  Ukraine”
• Batumi Municipality City Hall;