Who we are
FLOW was founded by two best friends, Ketevan Chincharadze and Davit Gambashidze, and their mentor, Natela Urushadze, during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020.
Their friendship, partnership, and cooperation began in 2012, at the American Corner Tbilisi, which is the U.S. State Department’s platform to promote democratic ideals in Georgia’s capital. Ketevan and Davit were two of the most driven, creative, and hardworking students at the Corner- always challenging themselves and looking for opportunities to improve. Natela Urushadze, the Corner’s award-winning coordinator and Georgia’s acclaimed mentor of dozens of change-makers, immediately noticed the two students’ talent and worked with them to push through various successful initiatives.
Their team of three won two short documentary contests of the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, designed innovative summer school programs, started student-authored journals, contributed to the development of the Israeli-Georgian cultural exchange program, and championed many American Corner’s traditions, some of which are now encoded in the U.S. State Department’s guidelines. Because of their significant contributions, the U.S. Embassy in Georgia designed Ketevan and Davit as honorable alumni and recognized Natela Urushadze as the best American Coordinator across the country.
After Ketevan and Davit both went to study abroad and pursue their dreams after graduating high school. They continued keeping in touch with Natela Urushadze and mentoring younger generations of the American Corner. The experience of working from different countries inspired them to start a global nonprofit which would promote the idea of an open world and allow different peoples to unite around pressing challenges regardless of their age and nationality.
They developed the concept of FLOW and launched it during the pandemic lockdown. Since then, FLOW has been building bridges and zealously promoting experience-sharing across nations and generations.