Georgian Gov’t to provide financial aid for Ukrainian children with UNICEF support
The package will see the families that have arrived in Georgia after February 1, 2022 receive the financial aid. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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The Georgian Government will provide a one-time financial aid to Ukrainian families with children who have been stranded in Georgia by the ongoing conflict in their country with the support of the United Nations Children's Fund.
The package will see the families that have arrived in Georgia after February 1, 2022 receive ₾470 ($173) per child, the UNICEF representation to Georgia revealed on Thursday.
Qualifying parents and legal guardians have been called to apply to the Georgian Social Service Agency by March 1 with documentation, while a hotline for information on the aid has also been set up on the number 1505.
The Georgian Government extended its assistance programme for Ukrainian nationals in the country to May 1, 2023 in October.
Launched in July, the programme includes monetary provisions for accommodation and living expenses, and applies to Ukrainian citizens and those with the right to permanent residence in Ukraine but unable to return to the country who have entered Georgia after February 1, 2022.
The Georgian Embassy in Ukraine has handed over 25 power generators to authorities in the country in the latest aid package sent from Georgia amid the ongoing military conflict, the Georgian Ministry of Economy announced on Friday.
Ukrainian children affected by the ongoing conflict in their country will spend 10 days travelling across Georgia with the support of the Georgian parliament and government, Archil Talakvadze, the Georgian parliament vice speaker, said on Monday.
The Georgian parliament on Friday hosted more than 30 Ukrainian children affected by the ongoing conflict in their country, with MPs giving the young visitors souvenirs after guiding them through the institution and its museum.
Andriy Kasianov, the charge d'affaires of Ukraine in Georgia, on Friday thanked the Georgian government for extending its socioeconomic support programme for Ukrainian refugees stranded in the country by the war in their homeland, and welcomed the opening of an information centre for Ukrainian nationals at Tbilisi airport.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Sunday “strongly” condemned the “atrocious attack” on a residential building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.