Habitat for Equity, Achievement and Development

“Habitat for Equality, Achievements and Development” was established as an independent organization on May 16, 2022 by the “Education Development and Employment Center”, although its activities were started and administered within the framework of the Child Protection Program, one of the program areas of the “Education Development and Employment Center” since 2008 and was administering Four Day Care Centers for children and persons with disabilities.
The first Day Care Center, which offered individual, needs-based services to children with disabilities and helped strengthen their families, was established by the Education Development and Employment Center in Kutaisi in December 2008. In 2009, Day Care Centers were opened in Terjola and Samtredia, and in 2017, the service delivery area was expanded and the Day Care Center for children and adults in East Georgia – village It was created in Saguramo.
EDEC’s ongoing interest is in creating needs-based services in municipalities that do not yet provide access to services for children and individuals with disabilities. Accordingly, from December 2022, within the framework of the current program, support was obtained for the opening of two new centers that will provide services to 30 disabled children and 30 persons in Baghdadi Municipality.
Many years of experience in the administration of social services and the scope of the Center for Education Development and Employment led to the decision to create an independent organization that will continue to manage and develop the social services administered by the organization.
The organization’s mission is: to realize equal opportunities and rights of children and adults, to support their social and economic inclusion, to create a healthy environment for promoting independent living, to develop services tailored to needs and interests.

• Develops quality, safe, dignified treatment-based targeted services based on individual needs and strengths to improve the socio-economic status of children, persons with disabilities and their family members and promote social inclusion;
• Provides day center services for children and adults with  disabilities;
• Develops quality, safe, dignified treatment-based targeted services based on individual needs and strengths to improve the socio-economic status of children, persons with disabilities and their family members and promote social inclusion;
• Promotes development/maintenance of skills necessary for independent living of children and persons with various needs through provision of appropriate services;
• Contributes to the creation of equal opportunities for the protection and realization of the rights of persons with disabilities, the protection and implementation of their rights and the raising of public awareness of these rights;
• Carries out supporting activities to strengthen families of children and persons with disabilities;
• Provides career counseling, employment/self-employment support services to persons with disabilities and their family members;
• Creates educational programs and resources to promote the improvement of the quality of services for persons with disabilities;
• Conducts various types of auxiliary entrepreneurial activities, which are not prohibited by the legislation of Georgia. Profits received from entrepreneurial activities are fully used to implement the organization’s mission and goals.