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There are lots of problems in the town, but this time members of advocacy group of Zugdidi Club of Women Voters of Fund "Sukhumi” draw attention to critically ill persons. At their request, a woman who had a tumor was given medication assistance. She urgently needed an expensive drug Zometa, but she had no money to purchase it.

Advocacy group applied to local government agencies for assistance. Zugdidi Municipality could provide her only with one package, and the rest four were allocated by the Ministry of Healthcare.

According to the Club’s moderator Inga Archaia, the woman feels better now and the club members are happy to hear that.

The project is implemented with the support

of the organization NED – National Endowment for Democracy (USA)

"Frankly speaking we did not expect that our initiative will become so popular and finds many supporters", - admitted members of the civic initiative group of Zugdidi Club of Women Voters.

"At this stage, church actively supports us, so that the issue of improvements of cemeteries was solved with civic participation and inclusion of local authorities. Since today it is planned to actively engage media, though we take note that we are already late - we had to do it before. Our activists are actively using social networks that everyone had the opportunity to read about the initiative and respond. We believe that many will join us".

According to the representatives of local self-government attending a panel dialogue, after the club had raised this issue, city officials decided to clean up drains in an urgent manner before fencing cemeteries. As to the initiative, at this stage the city’s architecture service is  involved in the process to specify the details.

The project is implemented with the financial support of the U.S. Embassy in Georgia