List of the micro projects funded under Youth Integration Program by Youth Banks in Georgia (2008-2014) Initiatives funded by the Akhaltsikhe Youth Bank: 1. Marathon - to mobilize youth from Akhaltsikhe schools and organize a marathon to promote healthy lifestyle among youth. 2. What? Where? When? - to organize intellectual games for the 9th and 10th graders enrolled in six public schools of Akhaltsikhe municipality in order to motivate them to read books. 3. Education - to set up a literature club for the students of Akhaltsikhe Public School #5 and purchase 40 up-to-date academic books to improve the students’ access to contemporary educational materials. 4. TAO - to encourage local youth to practice healthy lifestyle, by organizing a rugby tournaments for 9th and 10th graders enrolled in 5th and 1st public Schools of Akhaltsikhe municipality. 5. Books for all - to set up a literature club for the students of Akhaltsikhe Public School #1 and purchase up-to-date academic textbooks in order to improve the students’ access to contemporary educational materials. 6. Everlasting Art - to organize a charity action to help the Akhaltsikhe Orphanage by Akhaltsikhe State University students. 7. Clean and Comfortable School Yard - to clean the territory of Akhaltsikhe Public School # 1, which was used by the local population as a garbage dump and establish plant garden there. 8. Books First of All - to purchase books for the library at Akhaltsikhe Public School # 1 and organize intellectual contest for the school students. 9. Healthy Life Style for Akhaltsikhe Youth - to popularize soccer among youth in Akhaltsikhe by forming two soccer teams, training them and providing them with necessary equipment and finally, by organizing a soccer tournament. 1 10. Youth Unity - to support integration of ethnic minority youth by improving their access to books and organizing literature evening to read for the public the extracts from famous Georgian, Armenian, and Russian authors. 11. Table tennis - to popularize table tennis by purchasing table tennis equipment for Akhaltiskhe University sports club and organizing table tennis tournament. 12. Help kindergarten for a better future - to improve the conditions of the local kindergarten by purchasing kids’ tables, chairs and special toys for kids. 13. Intellectuals - to improve Akhaltsikhe University Law students’ access to contemporary law books by purchasing 42 law books of 27 different authors and registering these books in the Law Department’s library. 14. Literature Club - to motivate young people to read books by purchasing 35 modern literature books for the school library and establishing a literature club for the school’s students. 15. Everyone at elections - to raise the interest of first-time voters on election-related issues by producing and distributing flyers with messages to motivate the first time voters to come to the elections. 16. Come on girls! - to create additional motivation for the first time voters to participate in the elections by cleaning up surroundings of three polling stations in Akhaltsikhe to make the place attractive for the voters. 17. What can one vote change? - to educate young citizens about protecting and advocating their voting rights at polling stations by organizing training for the students of the local schools on the rights and responsibilities of voters. 18. A Safer Road to a Safe School - to provide safe conditions for local school students, through renovating the bridge connecting the so called Shakhta II district school students to the Vale Public School #3. 19. Determine Your Own Future - to raise the interest of first-time voters on election-related issues, by producing flyers with messages to motivate first time voters to participate in the Georgian parliamentary election of 2012. 20. First Time Voters – to educate young citizens about protection and advocacy for their voting rights at the polling stations, by forming a group of 40 young people representing both ethnic majority and minority residents of the region and organizing training on the rights and responsibilities of voters for them, as well as conducting mock elections. 2 21. Knowledge – to purchase up-to-date youth academic literature for the Vale Public School Library to improve students’ access to contemporary educational materials and to motivate local secondary school students to read more and enhance their education. 22. Intellectuals – to purchase up-to-date youth academic literature for Udi Public School library in order to improve access of the students to contemporary educational materials. 23. Green Environment – to set an example for local youth to care for the environment, by planting 40 pine trees around Akhatsikhe University campus. 24. Education Requires Support – to purchase books for Akhatsikhe University library to improve students’ access to contemporary scholarly literature that will help them to do better in their university studies. 25. Study for Georgia – to purchase text books, DVDs and audio disks with a headset and tape recorder for Akhaltsikhe Public School library to improve conditions for learning English for school students. 26. My Clean Town – to motivate local population to keep Akhaltsikhe clean by purchasing and installing garbage bins in the streets. Initiatives funded by the Akhalkalaki Youth Bank: 27. Maintaining Healthy Lifestyle among the Youth – to organize training for 60 young women from Akhalkalaki public schools to provide them with basic knowledge about their reproductive health, rights and responsibilities. 28. Keep Our Environment Green – to plant trees and flowers in the school yard, place flower pots in the school building hallway and organize a Green Corner in one of the classrooms with flowers and in-door pets. 29. Let’s Learn about Our Rights and Responsibilities – to organize a seminar for Akhalkalaki public school students on civil rights and responsibilities; 30. Promoting Quality Education – to organize a contest in 10 villages of Akhalkalaki to test knowledge of the state language (Georgian) among the ethnic minority youth residing in the region. 31. Youth of Gorelovka – to clean up the school surroundings and to fence the school yard to protect the school territory from further pollution. Initiatives funded by the Akhmeta Youth Bank: 3 32. Horse Race – to mobilize youth from four village of Pankisi Gorge for the tournaments in wrestling tournament, running marathon and horseracing. 33. Library for the School - to improve the students’ access to contemporary educational materials, by setting up a library for the students of Jokolo village public school and purchasing up-to-date academic textbooks. 34. Clean Environment - to promote youth involvement in environmental protection, by mobilizing volunteers to construct a mini park/square in Kvemo Alvani village school yard; 35. Book has no Alternative - to motivate youth to read books, by purchasing 62 academic publications for Matani Village Public School and organizing a presentation of some of the books with the participation of local youth, teachers, and public authorities. 36. Healthy Lifestyle - to encourage local youth to practice healthy lifestyle, by organizing football and volleyball tournaments for the 8th, 9th and 10th graders enrolled in Zemo Alvani village public School. 37. Book is my Friend - to set up a literature club for the students of Kistauri village public school and purchase up-to-date academic textbooks to improve the students’ access to contemporary educational materials. 38. Alvanians - to popularize a healthy lifestyle in the village Kvemo Alvani by renovating soccer, basketball and tennis sports grounds in Kvemo Alvani Public School facility and organizing soccer and basketball tournaments. 39. Books for Youth - to improve access of Akhmeta youth to contemporary scientific and non- scientific literature by purchasing 58 new books for Akhmeta Municipal Library. 40. Mini Park - to arrange meeting and entertainment place for young people of four villages by setting up a mini park with street illumination and benches. 41. We are together - to enable Akhmeta youth to display their talent by organizing a song, dance and poetry contest in Akhmeta municipality. 42. Akhmeta Youth Intellect Club – to organize intellectual games for Akhmeta youth and adapt rules from the “Brain Ring” game. 43. Clean and Protect Nature - to mobilize local community member to clean up the surrounding historical monuments in order to attract attention to municipal historical heritage and give example of protecting environment. 44. Drug Abuse is Illness, Drug Abuse Kills – to organize seminars on drug abuse and cigarette smoking in 9 schools of Akhmeta municipality and produce a short documentary film, explaining how harmful can cigarettes and smoking be for our health. 4 45. Cleaning and Greening the School Yard – to clean the school yard and install garbage bins in the yard and in the school hallways; Initiatives funded by the Aspindza Youth Bank: 46. Better Education - to purchase up-to-date academic books for Atskvita village public school and set up a literature club there to improve the students’ access to the contemporary educational materials. 47. Ota Village’s Future - to promote youth involvement in environmental protection by mobilizing volunteers to clean riverbed of the River Ota, and install garbage bins there. 48. Intellect – to purchase up-to-date academic publications for the Nokalakevi village public school library and set up a literature club there to improve the students’ access to the contemporary educational materials. 49. Protecting Environment - to promote youth involvement in environmental protection, by mobilizing volunteers to clean riverbed of the River Oshora, which is used to supply drinking water to the village residents and install garbage bins there. 50. New Book for old One - to promote youth involvement in caring for nature, by mobilizing volunteers to collect paper in Aspindza and to transport it to Tbilisi for recycling. 51. Relive of Papers - to promote youth involvement in caring for the environment, by mobilizing 15 volunteers to collect recyclable paper in five villages of Aspindza municipality and transport it to Tbilisi for recycling.