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UNICEF; the Ministry of Education and Science; the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs, EveryChild; Save the Children and the Children of Georgia commissioned an independent assessment of the deinstitutionalisation of children in Georgia in March and April 2010. The independent assessment examined, specifically, the deinstitutionalisation of children in special education boarding schools and child care institutions. Through interviews with key informants, children who had been reintegrated into communities, and children in foster care as well as visits to small group homes, child…
This article from The Black Sea covers the deinstitutionalization process of Georgia which began in 2009. At the time, institutions were shut-down and the government attempted to reunite children with their families. Some families did not remember they had children.
The impetus of deinstitutionalization in Georgia began which its Rose Revolution in 2004, which led to the leadership of Saakashvilli. Tamta Golubiani was appointed head of the Child Protection…