"I Got The Spirit" Project by Natia Sharikadze

We hope that you are getting redy for Global Youth Service Day just like our FLEX alumni!

Here is a story from one of our FLEX GYSD grant winners - Natia Sharikadze! This is going to be her third Global Youth Service Day! Very impressive!

"I am a FLEX alumni of 2008, I have done 2 GYSD projects in previous years, but all of them were

connected with my hometown. This year I started working at The International Spark Program as a Chief Executive Officer. The International Spark Program  is the non-governmental organization that was based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Annually, it organizes International Summer School on Leadership and The International Spark Full-Year Program. The aim of the program is to help its students to develop their leadership and team work skills, with our projects we try to create a real civil society which will help to develop functioning democracy.

I with other students from the International Spark Program and FLEX alumni community decided to do an event about volunteering and historic heritage. We believe, that volunteerism among young generation and knowledge about their country’s history is very important, as the students represent the future. That is why, we have decided to organize an event that will give them a chance to get more information about the historical monuments and will contribute to the society by cleaning-up a historical place in Mtskheta. 

The event will last for 2 days (27-28^th of April). There will be training on the first day of the event in the University of Georgia. Students from different universities will get information about the cultural monuments of the country. On April 28^th, the group of students will visit Mtskheta and clean-up Aragvis Kari (Aragvi’s Gate). 

We are willing, to lead the young generation towards volunteerism with our event. We hope, that after GYSD event, students will be more involved in community service and realize how important it is to contribute to the society. 

Currently we are trying to start organizing for the event and get additional sponsors and partners. 

Warm Regards,

Natia"

If you want to learn more about previous Natia's projects, you can read about them in her GYSD blog!

We wish all the best to Natia with her project! 

Want to learn about other GYSD projects? Just keep up with our blog! ;)