Maka Chichua

Suspicion that the murderers of two teenagers are protected sparks outrage in Georgia

By | May 31st, 2018|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

First Lady Maka Chichua hugging Zaza Saralidze, father of one of the murder victims, outside the office of the Chief Prosecutor on Thursday. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–A furious crowd of demonstrators converged on parliament Thursday evening in response to the controversial verdict in the trial of two slayed teenagers. Many in Georgia believe law enforcers granted impunity to one or more persons implicated in the crime and that the real murderers still haven’t been charged. The murder of high schoolers Levan Dadunashvili and Davit Saralidze shocked Georgia and the trial has attracted intense public interest. […]

First end-of-life care unit for children opens in Tbilisi

By | January 20th, 2017|Categories: News|Tags: , |

First lady Maka Chichua spoke at the opening of the new children’s hospice in Tbilisi. (Interpressnews.) (DFWatch.) (DFWatch.) TBILISI, DFWatch–After years of fundraising and hard work, a new end-of-life care unit for children living with life limiting illnesses has finally opened in Tbilisi. The center is a hospice for minors who need a specific type of palliative care. At the opening ceremony on Tuesday, […]

Construction work starts on new children’s hospice in Tbilisi

By | October 10th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , |

(DF Watch.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Construction work began Saturday in the north of Tbilisi on what will become in Georgia’s first palliative care center for children. The initiators of the new hospice marked the start of construction work in the village Dighomi, a Tbilisi suburb. […]

First lady and ministers perform in ‘Women wounded to death’

By | October 29th, 2014|Categories: Society|Tags: , , , |

The president’s wife Maka Chichua performing Tuesday at Marjanishvili Theater. (Palitra.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s first lady and several government ministers took part in a theater performance on Tuesday dedicated to women who have been victims of violence. The title of the performance, held at Marjanishvili Theater, was ‘Women wounded to death’ […]