Energy Brigades in Saphara, Georgia

The monastery of Saphara is situated in a remote mountain area 10 km from Alkhaltsikhe, in the South - West of the country. It is the home of around 20 monks and novices, which live from simple agriculture and donations from the population. With some minor support from the Bishop of Alkhaltsikhe, novices and volunteers from the Georgian Greens insulated the windows of the cells in the seminary - the building where the novices live. The monks of Saphara also would like to take similar insulation measures in their cells.

the church of the Saphara monastery

the seminarists that benefited from this action and will volunteer in the next insulation round of the monks' cells

Georgian Energy Brigades weatherised rooms of the seminary

international coordinator Petr Holub during a three-months-after evaluation visit of the monastery

a cold mountain air will not leak through these windows any more

this window in a monk cell will be draught-prooved by the novices on their own