Motskhaleba Foundation

We helped Ukrainian citizens in Georgia and other countries to get help and start a new life.

Almost 15 million Ukrainians have been forced to leave their country since the beginning of the war. At least 150,000 of them have arrived on Georgian territory. This may seem like a small number, but for a small country it is a very tangible burden. Many of these people ended up here after being forcibly deported to Russia from Mariupol, Melitopol or Kherson, and were in particular need of assistance and rehabilitation. Some of them later moved to other countries where they received support from our foundation outside Georgia.

Our projects

Telegram Channel

Telegram Bot

The Memo for Ukrainian citizens in Georgia

Info help

We helped Ukrainian citizens to orientate themselves in Georgia (and later in other countries), find free food, basic necessities, accommodation, and medical and legal assistance. In addition, we assisted those who had been forcibly deported to leave Russian Federation.

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5896

amilies have contacted us via telegram bot since the war started

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1565

consultations are carried out by our telegram-bot team every month

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sections in our Memo for Ukrainian
citizens in Georgia

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3500

subscribers in the telegram channel

Living and rehabilitation

Until October 2023, the shelter ‘House on the Mountain’, created by our Foundation, was functioning in Tbilisi. We provided four-week accommodation for the most vulnerable categories of people: women with children, the elderly and those with special medical needs. Our team of psychologists and mentors assisted with rehabilitation, provided legal counselling and helped with planning for the future.

174

people managed to live in the "House on the mountain"

Motskhaleba team

Yulia Koshelyaeva

Founder,
Director

Journalist for
Current Time media outlet

Ekaterina Chigaleichik

Co-founder,
Head of the information department

Anthropologist,
Founder of the After24 project

Tatiana Burmistrova

Co-founder,
Head of psychology department

Psychotherapist

+ 30 volunteers from Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia and Russia

Lawyer, HR, psychologist, SMM specialist, designer, information editors, fact-checkers from Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Russia and other countries

Help other organisations

Our foundation has finished its work and no longer needs support. However, other organisations continue to help and you can support them.
Regular donations are particularly important as they enable these organisations to plan their expenditure and provide help more efficiently.

Just Help

An organisation that helps to provide refugees from Ukraine with medicines for permanent therapy. Provides psychological, informational and personal assistance in various areas.

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Choose to Help

Centre for humanitarian aid to Ukrainians. They collect and provide food, some medicines, clothes and hygiene items.

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Volunteers Tbilisi

‘Volunteers of Tbilisi’ help Ukrainian refugees to get food and some essential medicines.

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