Education Ministry to offer free psychological counseling to Ukrainian children in Georgia

The services will be provided on a total of 10 locations throughout Georgia. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

Agenda.ge, 17 Mar 2022 - 22:37, Tbilisi,Georgia

The Georgian Education Ministry’s Office of Resource Officers of Educational Institutions will offer free psychosocial counselling to Ukrainian children and adolescents stranded in Georgia due to war in their home country.

The services will be provided on a total of 10 locations throughout Georgia, including in the cities of Tbilisi, Telavi, Rustavi, Gori, Kutaisi, Batumi, Akhaltsikhe, Poti and Zugdidi.

A 24-hour hotline for psychological help has already been activated, the Education Ministry said on Thursday.

Those wishing to register for individual or group counselling, should call the following number: 08 00 00 00 88.

Volunteers are also invited to undergo training to help with the implementation of the initiative.