Community Fundraiser for My Senior Friend program

2011-06-05

<p>On Saturday, June 4, In Vake Park, UN Association of Georgia in partnership with the Ministry of Justice of Georgia and the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, hosted a community fundraiser for<a href="http://www.una.ge/eng/MySeniorFriendProgram.php">My Senior Friend</a>program.</p> <p>Fundraiser also intended to celebrate the International Children’s Day and remind the public about the children’s rights, one more time. The event centered around the exquisite photo exhibit, specially developed for this fundraiser by a young photographer,<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Guram-Muradov-Photography/179462515409565?ref=ts">Guram Muradov</a>. The photo exhibit-sale, together with the sales of the handmade works that were donated by several professional colleges (Mermisi, Profesionali and Balavari), intended to raise the funds in support of the My Senior Friend, a joint project of UNAG and MoJ.</p> <p>Total of GEL 2,000 was raised on the fundraiser, which will be used for further development of My Senior Friend program. The program was developed by the Ministry of Justice of Georgia in cooperation with UN Association in Georgia and it aims to work with youth who have certain set of problems in their lives and are in need of extra positive impact.</p> <p>UNAG wants to extend its deepest gratitude to everyone for joining on that beautiful day and for donating to the program. Special thanks to the photographer, Guram Muradov, who created that amazing photo exhibit for the fundraiser, to the students of the professional colleges that donated their marvelous handworks, to our partners for all their help and exemplary cooperation, and last but not least, to our hard-working volunteers for making the fundraiser a success.</p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.135085899900275.33046.111649432243922">Click here to see the fundraiser photo gallery on My Senior Friend facebook fan page</a>, or follow the facebook link to the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.215041321851684.53208.179462515409565">photo exhibit created by Guram Muradovfor the fundraiser</a>. </p> <!-- EndFragment -->