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UNOMIG Zugdidi sector.

 I issued this note at the request Mr. Merab Gamsakhurdia, Head of the NGO “Save The Future Generation”. In this connection, first of all, hereby, I would like to extend my gratitude to Mr. Gamsakhurdia for being a resource person for me during my assignment period. Since I took up my position as UNOMIG Civil Affairs Officer, Zugdidi Sector in June 2007 till 31 January 2007, I paid several visits to the “Save The Future Generation”. During this assessment and wok visits, I found out that the organization has displayed a strong interest in the establishment of a Civil Society Development Center and worked on IDP issues. 

Thus, in this regard, the NGO has successfully designed, developed and implemented several programs. Inter alias, capacity building of  NGOs. Therefore, in the light of above mentioned, I would recommend the  NGO “Save The Future Generation” for any further competitive proposals related to the IDPs and also Civil Society.

Please, feel free to contact me at your convenience should you have any questions/comments.

 NB: This is my personnel point of views/comments and UNOMIG cannot vouch for the accuracy veracity of the aforementioned statement.

Best regards,
Pollock Ndonodji
UNOMIG Civil Affairs Officer,
Zugdidi Sector.
E-mail: ndonodji@un.org; ndpollock@hotmail.com

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Hello,
  My Name is Major Colin Smith and I’m the Operations Officer, Zugdidi Sector, UNOMIG (UN Mission In Geogia).  I’m an Officer in the United States Marine Corps, and I’m currently assigned to the United Nations as a military observer. I’ve been here in Goergia now 5 months and I’ve had the opportunity to meet a lot of Georgians not only  here in the Zugdidi area and surrounding villages but throughout Georgia including Abkhazia.  For work I have patrolled from the Inguri Dam South to the Black Sea and East from the Inguri River to Senaki.  During that time I was able to interview many people of all ages, many of whom are IDPs (Internally displaced persons).  Many were very friendly and on occasions we were even invited into their homes and offered food and to share a drink or two with them.  My overall impression has been that most Georgians are very hospitable, and even go out of their way to make a guest feel at home, even if they have little or nothing to offer.
  Here in Zugdidi I rent part of a house from a local family and I share it with a few other UN military personnel. Recently my landlord informed me about a relative of hers who had a very unfortunate accident.  The entire second floor of their home was burned and their house is no longer livable.  They lost almost everything.  They are a young couple with two small children. She asked if I could help.
  As I asked around, I was shocked to discover there is no formal or informal organization here in Zugdidi, or for that matter anywhere in Georgia that is designed to help people who have suffered a natural tragedy such as a fire, or flood.  This was very surprising because I know there are quite a few non-governmental organizations throughout Georgia and even here in Zugdidi.  The majority focus on the IDPs and human rights.  Even more puzzling is that no help seemed to be coming from family friends or neighbors.  Considering the hospitality I have been shown as a perfect stranger in this country I couldn’t imagine a community that didn’t come together to help their own. 
  I’ve witness the power of a community and what even a little from each family friend or neighbor can do to help out a family in need.  As a kid I used to go to my grandparents summer home in Northern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan.  Just like going to a Dacha on the sea for a holiday.  In the small village a local family’s house burned down and they lost everything.  Within a matter of weeks I watched as an entire new house was built all from local donations and the efforts of neighbors.  No government funding was provided, and the work was done by local carpenters.  Material was donated from local stores or bought from small donations.  Of course the local church also helped.
  We have a number of volunteer non-profit organizations in the USA whose sole purpose is to help those in need.  Two of the largest are called Good Will, and The Salvation Army.  They put fliers (pamphlets) on peoples doors saying that they will be pack in a certain period of time, usually a month, and if any one has anything old they don’t’ use anymore and would like to give away, to let them know, and they would come to their hose and pick it up.  The organization then sorts and stores all the goods they collect in a warehouse until such a time as it’s needed.  As their warehouse gets full, they sell the excess goods in a local shop owned and operated by the organization.  The goods are sold very cheap, and the money goes to help fund the organization.   On numerous occasions when I’ve needed to find old clothes for costumes for my daughter’s school or for my own use, that’s the place I go, because you can find a very large variety of things, especially clothes, that you can no longer find in the markets, because styles have changed over the years.
  In a country where unfortunately un-employment is high, it shouldn’t be hard to find volunteers.  There are a number of old buildings not occupied that could be used for storage.  The key to the success of the organization is not only in collecting goods, but ensuring that those goods donated go to those that need them the most.  Those people then in better times donate themselves.  We have a saying “One man’s junk is another man’s treasure.”   Instead of dumping old things in local trash heaps, give it away.  Eventually someone somewhere will need it.  A few old chairs and bed frame can go a long way to helping a family with nothing to get back on their feet.
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I am Lela, I am 31yers old. I am Georgian and I live in Georgia. I graduated from university of Sulkhan Saba Orbeliani in Tbilisi. I am biology - ecologic by profession. Among the issues of the day in the world, the protection of the environment is the most essential. While solving the problem the emphasis is given to timely and right decision of the agricultural ecological issue for producing healthy product; with effects on the health and viability of modern and future generations. The basic means for The rehabilitation of the soil productivity in order to increase its biological activity and reproduce the crop is fertilizing the soil , besides organic and mineral fertilizers there are natural resources and minerals which can mobilize in the soil. Such mineral is zeolite  lomontite which becomes active in certain conditions   zeolite  is aluminosilicate with sheletion   structure and  is occupied with water ions and molecules.  They can   move freely which is lead to ionic change and dehydratation.    In west Georgia the widely spread mineral is Nakili. The total supply of it in Zugdidi and Senaki district reaches to 800-900 million tones. Our ancestors used ground Nakili to fertilize the soil, about tones on 1 hectare. The main advantage was that the soil was fertilized for 15 years, it was also used in unexploited places and as a result they got the richest harvest ever.

Sincerely Lela Gvasalia

Dr. of Agricultural serence the head specialist of Samegrelo and Zemo-Svaneti

Regional office of Environment protection and Natural Resources

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