PH International is pleased to announce a new partnership with McLain Association for Children (MAC), a Georgian non-profit serving children with disabilities and their families. Using the PH on-line grant making platform, www.initiatives.ge, students and teachers across Georgia wil compete for funds donated by MAC for projects that contribute to more inclusive environments.
In March, 2016, MAC and PH Georgia signed a partnership agreement to challenge school students and teachers across Georgia to submit ideas for making their schools and communities more inclusive. This competition is open to the 480 schools that are involved in the “Momavlis Taobacivic education project.
It is expected that more than 10 winners nationwide will be awarded with 1000 GEL each to support local, community led initiatives hat will contribute to the building of inclusive environments. The mini grants competition will be administered by the PH managed grant making online platform, www.initiatives.ge – the first online grant making platform in Georgia designed to host grant competitions supporting local student and community-led civic initiatives.
Through this platform, the USAID funded and PH implemented Applied Civic Education and Teacher Training program (ACETT) distributed funds to more than 555 projects. There will be another 180 projects funded within “Momavlis Taoba” Project. InitiativesGE was also used by Micro Finance Organization “Crystal as part of their corporate social responsibility strategy supporting student and school led initiatives in different regions of Georgia.
