The MDF has completed rehabilitation of the apartment house for 56 IDP households in Kareli

November 20, 2013

Today, the Deputy Ministers of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees of Georgia,   the Executive Director of the Municipal Development Fund of Georgia, Mr. Elguja Khokrishvili, the Acting Director of the USAID Mr. Roy Plucknett and representatives of the local Municipality  presented keys of apartments to 56 IDP families  in Kareli.

The Municipal Development Fund of Georgia has completed rehabilitation of another 56-apartment residential building for the IDP-s in Kareli under the Municipal Infrastructure and IDP Housing Rehabilitation Program. 

The Municipal Development Fund of Georgia has implemented rehabilitation of the former vocational school building in Kareli, funded by the  USAID. Total cost of works amounts to GEL 1533366.80. Rehabilitation works for the present project were initiated in  2012 and completed this year. 56 apartments got rehabilitated under the present project. 34 of them are one-roomed, 18 – two-room and 4 – three-room  flats,  three apartments are fully adapted for disabled people.

During project implementation 45 persons were employed for construction works, 25 of them were IDP-s.

Each apartment has fully equipped individual bathroom and lavatory. The kitchens have water heating devices; there are KARMA type gas heaters installed in the apartments as well. There are playground, parking lot, outdoor lighting network and decorative luminaires arranged in the yard.

The Municipal Development Fund of Georgia is performing rehabilitation works for 10 apartment buildings in various municipalities countrywide, the project is targeted at IDP-s and is backed by the USAID.

Total amount allocated by the USAID for project implementation amounts to GEL 11,982,688.23.  As a result of project, 10 apartment buildings and 335 flats will get improved for the IDP-s.

Under the Municipal Infrastructure and IDP Housing Rehabilitation program, rehabilitation of ten buildings is completed.   The buildings rehabilitated under the above-mentioned program are already opened in Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Marneuli and Vani. After the Kareli project, the remaining buildings will be opened gradually, as well.