On August 20, 2014, the” Shorashim - Roots and Future of Diaspora Jews” (“Shorashim-Caucasus=2014”) children’s camp began work in Bakuriani (Georgia). Camp participants include children from the Caucasus region, who are both resting in a Jewish atmosphere and learning many new things about the history and traditions of their people. An important part of the camp’s program is the history and culture of Caucasian Jews, and particularly on Georgia, since that is the country hosting the camp.

A pre-camp (training seminar) was held for the workers and councillors of the camp on August 17-19.

The leader of the Shorashim project in Ukraine and the Caucasus is Dr. Natalia Bakulina.

The project is being implemented with the support of the Genesis Philanthropy Group as part of the CAF Russia charity program Jewish communities, JAFI, Mark Shabad, and the Kyiv office of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress.

For 13 years, EAJC Presidents and Vice Presidents have supported the Shorashim project. The EAJC Kyiv office spread the project, which had been successfully implemented in Ukraine at first, to the Southern Caucasus. Unfortunately, the leaders of MEINL Bank, who also are the current leadership of the EAJC (President Julius Meinl, Treasurer Mavei Hutman, and EAJC Vice President candidate Peter Weinzierl), have not taken an interest in one of the the EAJC's most interesting and successful international projects and declined to participate in its financing.