Solidarity Fund attracts 10 million in 3 years to treat ill children

The Government-initiated Solidarity Fund is continuing its effort to raise public awareness and seek donations so no child with cancer in Georgia dies because of lack of funds for life-saving medicine.

Today the fund presented a report summing up its activities since the day of its creation exactly three years ago.

In the past 36 months private companies and the public have donated funds worth more than 10 million GEL to fund vital cancer treatment for 400 children and adults under the age of 22.

Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili attended the presentation of the three-year report today. He said that Georgians are famous for coming together to help each other when it comes to large-scale disasters, but the Solidarity Fund is what unites Georgians when a disaster happens not to the public but a concrete child and family.

"This is the type of solidarity that modern society is built on”, Kvirikashvili said.

He thanked those who initiated the creation of the fund and those who donated money to save the lives of children.

The Solidarity Fund was created in 2014 through an initiative of former Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, which encouraged the public sector to donate funds that are then distributed to cover the cost of treatment for ill children and other priority social needs.

As word spread about the creation and purpose of the Solidarity Fund, the number of donors increased to 70 private companies, 53 student organisations and more than 60,000 public sector employees, who have donated more than 10 million GEL so far.