Website Jumpstarts NGO in Georgia

When the NGO Young Teachers and Psychologists Association (YTPA) (http://ytpa.ge.iatp.net ) in Tbilisi, Georgia, put their newly created website online earlier this year, they had no idea the amount of new contacts and opportunities it would generate for them.

Members of the NGO YTPA participated in Web design training at the local IATP center in Tbilisi in March 2009.  During the course, all participants have the opportunity to create their own website and have it hosted on the IATP server in their country. Not long after YTPA’s new website went online, several high school principals in Tbilisi contacted the NGO to inquire about their services and potential collaboration because they had seen the website.  Principals from schools #173, 177, 208, and 39 decided to cooperate with YTPA and all signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the organization to conduct training sessions for students on how to better communicate with their parents.

The student training began in June and NGO staff conducted over 40 sessions. Almost 250 students participated in the training from the two schools.  Eighth grade student Ana Abramishvili explained that now she views her mother and father’s parenting a little differently, “The information conveyed at the training helped me understand why my parents try to control me so much.  Now I clearly recognize they only do what they do because they love me and care about me.”

Not long after the first four schools signed MoUs with the NGO, five others followed suit and soon schools #167, 115, 6, 69, and 71 will have workshops of their own.  An additional 500-600 more students will participate in similar training aiming to help bridge communication between parents and their children.

YTPA Executive Director Nana Chopliani says that they knew a website was important, but they did not expect such a significant benefit so immediately, "We decided to develop a website since every serious organization in Tbilisi needs one.  We knew a website was an effective way to communicate with customers and stakeholders and that it enabled us to more effectively and efficiently deliver information to our target audiences. But honestly, we had no idea how much it would impact our NGO and so soon after its creation. Thanks to our website, we have established many relationships with new partners. It’s such a great start for us and we’re so grateful that we had the opportunity through IATP to do this.”

IATP’s server in Tbilisi hosts 672 websites for Georgian projects.

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