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Шаблон:Cleanup bare URLs Шаблон:More citations needed Шаблон:Infobox organization Catharsis (Шаблон:Lang-ka) is a charitable organization located in Tbilisi, Georgia.

History

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Zaur (Oleg) Aladashvili, founder of Catharsis
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Catharsis in Tbilisi

Catharsis was founded in 1990. It is one of the oldest charities in Georgia and one of the first non-governmental organizations in the country.[1][2]

The founder of Catharsis is Zaur (Oleg) Aladashvili. As of 2014, Zaur Aladashvili was director of Catharsis.[1]

The organization has six branches operating in different parts of Georgia. The organization works as a "social support center for the socially deprived, homeless, and elderly".[3]

Catharis operates the Nostalgia Senior Theatre, a theatre for seniors established in 1993.[2] The organization provides food for the poor and hot meals for the homeless elderly.[4][5][6]

Services

  • Canteen - serves about 310 people per day.
  • Medical service - serves all people. The number of people who has a medical registration is more than a thousand.
  • Rehabilitation - professional specialists advise and train seniors on suitable exercises and offer massage services.
  • Room of relaxation - includes tropical birds.
  • Café 'Juli'- Coffee shop for seniors for conversation, birthdays and dating. The café is named after Juli Sukhishvili - the group's former designer.
  • Library - Classical or modern literature and periodicals.
  • Second-hand clothes - Clothing is sold and a tailor serves old men without wives.
  • Theatre of nostalgia - Amateur seniors put on shows. About 18 plays and comic sketches were staged there from 1993, including Cripple doll, The locked gate, Khanuma and Samanishvili’s stepmother.
  • Internet cafe - Seniors learn to use computers.
  • Chapel - The chapel was painted by Georgian modern icon-painters: Merab Chakvetadze and David khidasheli. The chapel was blessed by Georgian Patriarch - Ilia II.
  • Candlestick room - The group makes all candles for religious rituals there.
  • Beauty salon
  • Brothers of virtue - Soldiers who perform alternative military services.
  • Volunteers - The group uses volunteers.
  • Shelter - Some fourteen senior women can take refuge in the group's shelter.
  • Cemetery - The organization manages a cemetery at Mukhatgverdi. It hosts a 7-meter-tall cross.

Projects

  • Dinner for everybody - offered since 2002. The event provides a meal for about 2000 people. About 97 such events have been held.
  • Easter and Christmas assistance - Almost 181 socially unprotected families get help on Easter and Christmas.
  • Grandmother and Grandfather of the year - Announced at the Christmas play-competition, which has been held since 2005. Seniors compete with each other in dances, songs, different arts. Artist-competitor winners get money, while every participant gets gift.
  • Old men, let’s plant saplings! - In 2005 seniors began a program of planting saplings in various areas. The first event added 150 lime-tree saplings to create a wind-protection zone in Didi Digomi.
  • Temporary shelter - Catharsis provides tents, hygiene and meals for more than 200 homeless people. Almost 450 beneficiaries have received such aids since December 15, 2013.

References

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External links

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