At one of the meetings, Kutaisi Club of Women-Voters members of the club
took the initiative to provide persons with limited hearing with dental
services based on the principle of co-financing.
Shortly after the meeting, advocacy group started to work on the
implementation of that idea. At the first stage, the members of the club wrote
the project - "A beautiful smile of people with limited hearing".
According to the project they studied the situation and created a
database for this category of beneficiaries. Talks were held in parallel with
one of the dental clinics of the city, which was willing to pay 20% of the
total sum of service. After that, members of advocacy groups met with
representatives of the local government. The presented project was submitted to
the City Council and funded in the amount of 5000 GEL.
The project is already running. According to the budget 50% of the total
sum of service is paid by the local government, 20% by the dental clinic, and
30% by beneficiaries.
A special TV plot was prepared and transmitted on the TV company
"Rioni".
The clinic works hard and most of the beneficiaries have already used
the services of a dentist.
Advocacy group plans to work on the integration of this category of
society in the future.
The project is
implemented with the support of the organization NED – National Endowment for
Democracy, USA. | 
