Foundation for Progress has co-financed the creation of a "Child Development Center" along with the local NGO, Children of Georgia. The center was built to benefit to development of young orphaned children in Tbilisi. Four days a week, children are picked up at the orphanage and taken to the center where they spend 4 hours in small groups working with trained childcare professionals, learning skills such as playing with toys, making friends, and feeding themselves. The center offers a stark contrast to the orphanage setting, where the children do not learn these basic developmental skills. By learning these essential skills, the young children are more likely to be placed in foster or adoptive care.
The center includes a kitchen, numerous development toys, climbing toys, furniture, private bathroom and heating. Foundation for Progress funding went towards equipment and refurbishment of the room.
A childcare worker reads with young children from the Infant House orphanage.
Little Lasha enjoys the climbing ladder.
