Pro Bono Consultation - Designing Outdoor Space Sketch, 2017

Pro Bono Provider: Axis - Real Estate Development

Beneficiary: Social Entreprise "Sachkhere Social Cafe"

Social enterprise "Sachkhere Social Cafe" was founded in 2005 by "The union of persons with disability of Sachkhere". The main target groups of organization are: persons with disability, their authorized representatives and the family members. In addition, organization is actively working on the following directions: advocacy of topics related to persons wth disability on local and central level, supporting the implementation of UN convention of right of persons with disability and monitoring them on local and central level.

By establishing social enterprise, the aim of the organizaiton is to foster the social entrepreneurship, as:

• Innovative and efficient way of employement of persons with disability and other vulnarable groups;
• One of the forms of sustainable development to be implemented in civil organizations;

Currently, social enterprise functions as a bakery - baking various types local fast foods, where person with disability and the family member is employed.

Problem Description

The social cafe functions on the site received from local government free of charge under the special agreement. In order to add extra fuctionality to cafe, the organization decided to arrange outdoor space of cafe, so that, it will not only function as a bakery, but also have other multifunctional possibilities for thematic meetings and youth events. As a result, the cafe is need of designer for outdoor space planning.

Pro Bono consultants: Team of architects of Axis

Services Delivered

The work took approximetely three working days to accomplish. The project was done by the architects of Axis: Oto Gogava and Artem Melashvili.

Result of Pro Bono Mediation:

Outdoor space arrangement sketch was created for social enterprise "Sachkhere Social Cafe" by architects of development company Axis

Mediator:

Pro Bono consultation is by the Center for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia within the frames of "Georgian Civil Society Sustainability Initiative". The initiative is funded by the European Union and co-funded by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS). The project is implemented by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS).