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New Employment Opportunities for IDPs in Shida Kartli UNHCR Georgia, June 2011 On 29 June 2011 at 14:00, Governor of Shida Kartli, Mr Zurab Arsoshvili and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative in Georgia, Ms Simone Wolken will attend opening of a Sewing Factory constructed under UNHCR livelihood project “New Employment Opportunities for IDPs in Shida Kartli” in Berbuki village. The factory which covers 200 sqm will start their production with 500 uniforms for pupils from three former buffer zone schools in Shida Kartli, and will permanently employ 20 locals and internally displaced persons (IDPs). The community-based organization (CBO) “Sewing House – Berbuki” was established in the framework of this project and involves 18 IDP families. All members of the CBO were trained in new sewing technologies, management and marketing and the project thereby helps to create new jobs. Apart from school uniforms, the factory will produce sports tricots, bed sheets and pillow cases. In future it plans to produce also banners, bags and other types of visibility items. The sewing factory was constructed by UNHCR and its implementing partner, the Institute for Regional Development-Shida Kartli (IRD-SK) with funding from the US Department of State. UNHCR addresses the protection and assistance needs of over 360,000 persons of concern in Georgia which includes some 350,000 internally displaced people and around 600 refugees. Although this is a huge number, each and every one of them has a very human story to tell. Refugees and internally displaced people are not faceless statistics – they are real people just like you and me who through no fault of their own have lost everything.
New Employment Opportunities for IDPs in Shida Kartli UNHCR Georgia, June 2011 On 29 June 2011 at 14:00, Governor of Shida Kartli, Mr Zurab Arsoshvili and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative in Georgia, Ms Simone Wolken will attend opening of a Sewing Factory constructed under UNHCR livelihood project “New Employment Opportunities for IDPs in Shida Kartli” in Berbuki village. The factory which covers 200 sqm will start their production with 500 uniforms for pupils from three former buffer zone schools in Shida Kartli, and will permanently employ 20 locals and internally displaced persons (IDPs). The community-based organization (CBO) “Sewing House – Berbuki” was established in the framework of this project and involves 18 IDP families. All members of the CBO were trained in new sewing technologies, management and marketing and the project thereby helps to create new jobs. Apart from school uniforms, the factory will produce sports tricots, bed sheets and pillow cases. In future it plans to produce also banners, bags and other types of visibility items. The sewing factory was constructed by UNHCR and its implementing partner, the Institute for Regional Development-Shida Kartli (IRD-SK) with funding from the US Department of State. UNHCR addresses the protection and assistance needs of over 360,000 persons of concern in Georgia which includes some 350,000 internally displaced people and around 600 refugees. Although this is a huge number, each and every one of them has a very human story to tell. Refugees and internally displaced people are not faceless statistics – they are real people just like you and me who through no fault of their own have lost everything.
