By doing this, FaRiG contributes to the preservation of Georgia's unique cultural and historical heritage and making their work better known in the international scholarly community. A registered charity since 2000, FaRiG was founded by Canon Dr John Wilkinson, who wrote widely on the history of Georgia and the Holy Land. FaRiG's chairmen since John have been Robert Scallon, Michael Vickers, Neil
Macfarlane, Donald Rayfield, Gillian Evison and Hubertus Jahn. Under their leadership, FaRiG has given well-targeted assistance to Georgian scholars who are working in the difficult conditions of post-Soviet life to document, analyse and maintain their country's 3,000-year-old patrimony, which ranges from epic poetry to folk music, from modern architecture to cinematography, from kelim to icons, from manuscripts to castles. Anybody with an interest in any aspect of Georgian scholarship and culture is warmly invited to contribute ideas and funding. FaRiG is happy to accept donations which are tied to particular projects which fall within its remit.
