Dublin Quaker Peace Committee

Refugees’ living conditions: The exterior of the building in Rustavi, where refugees live and where Friends have their psychiatric counselling sessions:

Some pictures of the work of psychiatrists in Georgia: Working with a Childrens Group: Working with adults:

Dear Friends from Ireland, This is a short report, that we would like to send you about the using of the funding that was sent through Peace Committee to Georgian Friends to provide relief work for refugees. With your donation, we where able to buy hygiene supplies and equipment and deliver this to refugees living [...]

Friends in Georgia have chosen two psychiatrists who are trained in child and adult therapy. They are working with refugees in Tbilisi and Rustavi. They are now in their second week of helping refugees to deal with problems of stress and mental trauma caused by violent dislocation from their homes. The email and pictures here [...]

Our Friends in Geogria has let us know they they have started a programme of diagnosing and helping people with heart problems. Unfortunately many children, as well as elderly people, have heart problems due to the stress and fear of living through the conflict. The Friend’s doctor below is pictured working – he usually chooses [...]

Text and photographs showing the work of our Georgian Friends in alleviating the chaos and problems of Georgia in the present war. Friends in Georgia have been driving around refugees’ sites (schools, any public building) to assess their numbers and problems. One Friend is a GP, who is dispensing very ordinary medication. They have also [...]

DISARMAMENT AND DEVELOPMENT: ONE COIN, TWO SIDES? A BRIEFING FOR FRIENDS A short report from from the Quaker United Nations Office in Geneva. We are pleased to present you with this short report outlining how our engagement with issues of small arms demand has led to recent work on the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence [...]