The South Caucasus faced ongoing conflict, displacement, and socio-economic inequality during 2025, limiting access to jobs, services, and stability. Despite this, the region holds significant potential for recovery and a dynamic local economy, through private sector engagement, regional market access, human capital development, stronger local governance and increased social cohesion.

In 2025, our work in the South Caucasus reached a total of 13,410 people across Georgia, Abkhazia, and Armenia. Georgia continued to face widespread food insecurity, with over half the population reporting difficulty affording adequate food. Vulnerability was highest among ethnic minorities, rural residents, and households with children. Armenia faced elevated food insecurity risks, driven by inflation, climate factors, and external shocks.

Action Against Hunger continued to strengthen civil society through inclusion work in Georgia, with a strong focus on youth. We provided expertise to the Georgian Youth Agency, and Armenian and Ukrainian CSOs to integrate job skills, as well as healthy lifestyle habits, into youth work. Together with civil society partners we implemented initiatives to increase gender equality and counter gender-based violence.

In Georgia and the breakaway region of Abkhazia, our community-led local development work focused on environmental initiatives, women’s empowerment and leadership, and youth participation, benefitting 11,953 individuals. This also resulted in improved infrastructure, access to basic services and job creation in the target communities.

In Abkhazia, support for vulnerable families through cold winter conditions was provided, while vocational training in different professions improved the skills and employability of young people. Our multi-year WASH in schools project reached 4,379 people, mostly children, providing access to clean water and improved sanitation facilities. Diverse capacity building training was delivered to 26 CSOs, resulting in six securing additional funding to provide services in their communities.

In Armenia we focused on enhancing business and job opportunities for refugees through socio-economic inclusion and grants. We continued with community support projects and shelter activities through rehabilitation services, targeting the most vulnerable populations from Nagorno-Karabakh, benefitting 7,862 people.