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11/09/23

Supporting Energy Efficiency in the Tusheti highlands

Meet Ia Bashinuridze, a dedicated woman entrepreneur and recent recipient of a grant from Akhmeta Local Action Group (LAG). She embarked on her journey to develop Hotel Tusheti in 2007, which is nestled in the historic and breathtaking region of Tusheti National Park, where three picturesque valleys converge.

25/08/23

Nona Qajaia - Tailor-made Success

Nona Qajaia, is an IDP from Abkhazia. Currently, she lives in Ingiri and has small sewing salon in a house where she lives with her family. Nona is one of the beneficiaries who received grant support from the project “Improving local governance through inclusive development approaches” funded through the Austrian Development Cooperation. We asked Nona about how she learned about this grant opportunity and how accessing this grant has supported her in improving her business. Here’s what she had to say!

10/08/23

Action Against Hunger South Caucasus hosts its Bi-annual Programmatic Workshop

From the 31st July to the 3rd August, the Action Against Hunger South Caucasus team hosted its bi-annual programmatic workshop in the Coordination office in Tbilisi. The workshop was held after several weeks of preparatory work to establish the Technical Programming Framework, Modalities and Priorities for the mission over the next 2 years. The workshop was facilitated by Teresa Caterino and Ana Maria Muedra Sánchez from the Action Against Hunger headquarters in Spain. Representatives from the offices throughout the South Caucasus journeyed to Tbilisi to participate and provide their input.

04/08/23

Georgian LAGs learn from Austrian LEADER experience.

Over the summer, to support the further development of the Local Action Groups (LAGs) of Akhmeta and Zugdidi municipalities, Action Against Hunger organized a four-day study tour to Austria. This study tour was made possible through the financial support of the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) under the project “Improving local governance through inclusive development approaches”

03/08/23

International humanitarian organizations call for humanitarian access to Nagorno-Karabakh and warn of a looming humanitarian disaster

International humanitarian organizations call for humanitarian access to Nagorno-Karabakh and warn of a looming humanitarian disaster

31/07/23

Action Against Hunger Hosts Coordination Round Table in Syunik Province, Armenia

On the 27th July 2023, within the scope of the project “Providing humanitarian cash assistance and MHPSS to displaced people from Nagorno Karabakh in Syunik province, Armenia” funded by Spanish Cooperation, a round table discussion was held in Syunik province organised by Action Against Hunger in cooperation with “Partnership and Teaching”. The event was attended by the majority of international NGOs, UN agencies from Syunik province as well as by the provincial and local authorities. The main aim of the round table was to create an environment for all actors to raise and discuss the existing humanitarian and development needs and challenges faced by the communities in Syunik, which have occurred as a result of the 2020 Nagorno Karabakh (NK) war, the escalation of the conflict in September 2022 and ongoing blockade of the Lachin Corridor.