Неприбуткова організація Регіональний Освітній Фонд міста Горі (Грузія) пропонує усім бажаючим допомогти в пошуку коштів у межах своєї країни (в університеті, організаціях, спільнотах тощо) для надання стипендій студентам з міста Горі та оточуючих сіл, які, внаслідок спустошення під час серпневих військових дій, були позбавлені можливості платити за навчання.

Сконтактувати з Фондом можна через е-мейл k.gordadze@gmail.com (Kakha Gordadze). Детальнішу інформацію про організацію можна знайти на сайті http://www.gorifund.org/.

Ось текст листа, якого отримала Неофіційка:

"Hello!

I am writing on behalf of the *Gori Regional Education Fund (GREF)*, a
non-profit organization in the Republic of Georgia. GREF's mission is to
support families in the Republic of Georgia affected by the August 2008
South Ossetia conflict by providing scholarships to students in the Gori
Region.

As you are well aware, Gori and the surrounding region were devastated by
Russian military operations and the subsequent occupation. Not only did
people lose their homes, belongings, and jobs, but due to the destruction to
the rural economy, many families have lost their livelihoods as well. Many
of the affected are students of Gori University, a University of 1,400 that
serves mainly low-income students, 90% of which come from Gori, the
surrounding villages, and ethnic Georgian villages in South Ossetia. Many of
these students are no longer able to afford tuition, the University's main
source of income, and are unable to continue their education.

As many of you know, I started working at Gori University 4 months ago. The
GREF is my second voluntary work. The Fund is a registered NGO in Georgia
and a partnership between the University of Georgia, Gori University, and
former Peace Corps Volunteers. GREF raises money to provide scholarships for
students from Gori University, recruits and selects participating
beneficiary students, and manages the transfer of funds from GREF to Gori
University.

If some of you would like to fundraise in your country, university,
organization or community for GREF please find attachment of this e-mail - a
zip file containing the GREF fundraising toolkit and PowerPoint presentation
(in addition to some other materials). Both files provide more information
about our organization, our scholarship program, and the students we hope to
support. The toolkit also details fundraising and donation options. If you
have any questions, please contact me at k.gordadze@gmail.com. We look
forward to hearing from you.

Best,

Kakha Gordadze

Project Coordinator

Gori Regional Education Fund

Tbilisi, Georgia"

http://gazeta.univ.kiev.ua/