From 5 April to 16 April Chair person of the Georgian Humanist Association Mr.Giorgi Grdzelidze visited England. The aim of the visit was to sign a contract of cooperation with Ardmore Group. Georgian Humanist Association together with Ardmore Group is presenting the programme of Educational travel through European Countries for Georgian Students.As you are aware our organization’s main goal is to educate Georgian students in English Language. But that is not all: we are trying to give them a chance not only to get the knowledge of the foreign language, but to practice it in the English-speaking circumstances and to improve it by communicating with natives. From now on Georgian Humanist Association’s program Georgian-Scottish House is authorized to recruit the students to participate in the summer school programms. The Ardmore Group, one of the United Kingdom's premier providers of quality Language, Cultural and Ski programmes. Their 25-year experience in language travel, superb tours, programmes, facilities and professional, friendly staff combine to make sure one has the trip of a lifetime. Ardmore Language Schools can organize a wide variety of educational programmes at residential boarding schools, colleges and host family centers in over 50 towns and cities throughout the UK and other countries of Europe.

The courses are carefully developed to ensure that students get the maximum benefit from their trip.Once the participant is the part of the course, he/she can be sure to get unforgettable, lifetime experience and a great chance of meeting people and making new friends from all over the world, to improve their English language skills and get the British certificate. This year for the start we have chosen the UK (Eastburne College) and the first Georgian Group will leave for the summer school in June, 2008. The course covers lectures, including all the materials, the meals, accommodation, either in a campus or with a host family and the excursions through England visiting such interesting and fascinating places like Windsor Castle and Oxford.

The above mentioned projects will take place in the scopes of our mission to help the social development for Georgian people, to give them more opportunities to become acquainted with the western values, democratic principles and become more active in social life of Georgia

This year on 25 March the Chairperson of Georgian Humanist Association Mr.Giorgi Grdzelidze Visited Azerbaijan With a work visit. In Baku he had meeting with the representatives of the local NGO's.They have discussed the prospects of the future cooperation. 

From 1 to 10 of December in 2007 the chair-person of Georgian Humanist Association Mr. Giorgi Grdzelidze visited Scotland. Visit aimed at taking part in IHA seminars and meeting with the heads of the local colleges. The meeting with Andy Williams, the founder of IHA showed that it is essential to participate in the analogical projects in different parts of the world, which is planned in India, Kenya, Georgia, Scotland and in Iceland.

Mr. G.Grdzelidze also had introductory meetings with Anniesland, Telford, Clydebank, Perth, West Lothian Colleges and also the university of Queen Margaret . Possible joint projects were discussed. The agreement was reached with Anniesland college. The Georgian Humanist Association is authorized by Anniesland College to recruit students for courses offered by the College. Which mean to sending Georgian Student to continue study in Anniesland college. Also was planned college’s staff visit to Georgia. 

From 20 to 25  September 2007,representatives of International Humanist Alliance Mr.Andy Williams and Mr.Kjartan Jonson made a visit to Tbilisi to assist in the development of the Georgian Humanist Association and to extend the network of the IHA in Georgia. They conducted Phase One of the IHA ''Training for Teambuilders'' on volunteerism, and various other meetings with local members in order to build strong connections between countries, to help establish the network of the IHA and to start a sharing of information and experience to augment the development of local humanist projects.

 ‘’The human being is a social-historical being, whose mode of social action transforms their own nature''. We want to emphasize the kinship of volunteerism and idealism. This is especially important in humanist volunteerism. The goal of humanist volunteerism is to contribute to a different future, a future based on real human rights.’’ 

Andrew Williams ( Scotland ) 

‘’Our lives are intertwined in those of the people around us. We are shaped by them, and we influence them. We are who we are because of the things that happened around us and the place where we grew up. If that had been different, we might be different-imagine if you and I had been swapped at birth, how different we each would be. If we where different the world might be a different place’’

                                                                                    Kjartan Jonson ( Iceland )

Of note during the meetings was the establishing by the GHA of a Non-violence Project to take the themes of non-violence to school children, with   humanist workshops on non-violence; and plans to create radio programmes illustrating commonalities, and a forum for interchange between the different peoples of the region in order to overcome current differences and conflicts. They will support these efforts whole heartedly, providing all the help and assistance that they can, including setting up a website forum to echo the voices of those who want to overcome these local conflicts. 

They were touched by the commitment of the people they met in Georgia, everyone they met was so enthusiastic and focused. They look forward to working together in the coming years, and to seeing the part that Georgian Humanists are playing in the Caucuses region and the rest of the world. Already They can recognize our input as a very valid and major contribution to the global development of the IHA. Both Mr.Williams and Mr. Jonson have many years of experience in humanist development work in a diverse range of countries, not least their own homes of Iceland and Scotland, and in bringing together volunteers to work together for a better world, ''to establishing a world fit forth dignity of the human being''.

Meeting at the Georgian Humanist
                        Associations’ office.