Azeri, Georgian first ladies join efforts on aid projects
Azerbaijan’s First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva, who heads the Heydar
Aliyev Foundation, and Georgian First Lady Sandra Roelofs will
implement joint projects in the fields of culture, education and
healthcare, Roelofs announced at the end of her visit to Baku on
Friday.
Roelofs, the founder and director of the SOCO Foundation, told a press conference Friday that, with the support of the first ladies, the two countries’ socially vulnerable teenagers will exchange visits. As part of the initiative, 20 Georgian schoolchildren aged 14 to 18 will arrive in Azerbaijan in late August, and will closely familiarize themselves with the neighboring South Caucasus republic’s history and culture. This will be followed by Azerbaijani schoolkids’ trip to various locations in Georgia in November.
Roelofs said a project aiming to resolve the gender problem in Azerbaijani and Georgian families will be implemented in cooperation with the Heydar Aliyev Foundation as well.
"The gender problem exists everywhere on the domestic level. It is linked with poverty, unemployment, alcohol and drugs. We will share the experience of the two countries in the area of adaptation of the people affected by this problem. Enlightenment of children and women will be pursued."
According to the Georgian first lady, mutual plans also include developing a regional project dealing with gender equality and further applying to international donor institutions, "because international donors take more interest in regional projects".
Roelofs also noted that preliminary agreement had been reached with the Bright Future for Children public union on financing treatment of Georgian children suffering from heart disease in Azerbaijan.
The two countries’ first ladies will also work to improve the level of education.*
Roelofs, the founder and director of the SOCO Foundation, told a press conference Friday that, with the support of the first ladies, the two countries’ socially vulnerable teenagers will exchange visits. As part of the initiative, 20 Georgian schoolchildren aged 14 to 18 will arrive in Azerbaijan in late August, and will closely familiarize themselves with the neighboring South Caucasus republic’s history and culture. This will be followed by Azerbaijani schoolkids’ trip to various locations in Georgia in November.
Roelofs said a project aiming to resolve the gender problem in Azerbaijani and Georgian families will be implemented in cooperation with the Heydar Aliyev Foundation as well.
"The gender problem exists everywhere on the domestic level. It is linked with poverty, unemployment, alcohol and drugs. We will share the experience of the two countries in the area of adaptation of the people affected by this problem. Enlightenment of children and women will be pursued."
According to the Georgian first lady, mutual plans also include developing a regional project dealing with gender equality and further applying to international donor institutions, "because international donors take more interest in regional projects".
Roelofs also noted that preliminary agreement had been reached with the Bright Future for Children public union on financing treatment of Georgian children suffering from heart disease in Azerbaijan.
The two countries’ first ladies will also work to improve the level of education.*
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