Solidarity Fund of Georgia

the solidarity fund of georgia was launched as a common platform for philanthropy, innovative financing and corporate social responsibility initiatives to support individual patients and the most vulnerable families in need of high-cost life-saving treatment or social assistance. the solidarity fund was established upon consolidation of existing global knowledge in innovative financing mechanisms (unitaid, product (red), check-out-for-children, etc.) and national and regional solidarity foundations and programmes (e.g. eu, france, switzerland, germany). the solidarity fund of georgia was intended to contribute to the formation of a consolidated and transparent management mechanism of the civil society solidarity, the corporate social resopnsibility (csr) and the public and private partnerships (ppps). initially the fund focuses on supporting children and young people affected by cancer under the age of 22 years. support includes co-financing diagnostic and treatment interventions