About

Chai Khana is a visual multimedia platform that has been telling stories from the South Caucasus — Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan — for over a decade.

Our name itself is symbolic. Chai Khana, also known as “a tea house,” has historically been (and still is) a male-dominated space in the South Caucasus, where men usually gather, socialize, and exchange ideas. We, Chai Khana, a platform led by women, reclaim this space for discussion from male-dominated cultures and give it a new meaning. It is a place to gather, connect, and share experiences, where people find common ground. We believe that shared stories have the power to break down barriers and inspire hope for a better future.

In this spirit, Chai Khana has evolved into a media platform that fosters diverse perspectives and storytelling forms. It has provided hundreds of journalists, photographers, and documentary filmmakers with a space to take their first steps, explore new ideas, and amplify unheard voices. Through our work, we respond to current events, reflect on daily life in the region, and engage in cross-border dialogue.

Chai Khana has had an important impact across the region, with its articles, photo stories, and documentaries reaching thousands of readers and viewers. However, it is our documentaries that have truly defined our identity. Recognizing this, we are launching a new initiative: Chai Docs. Through this platform, we will support creative documentary filmmaking in the region, produce short and feature-length documentaries, and, most importantly, capture a comprehensive picture of the South Caucasus.

Alongside this new initiative, Chai Khana continues to cover current events in Georgia through feature articles and photo stories. The South Caucasus perspective that makes Chai Khana a unique platform upholds Chai Docs.

In the light of these changes, one thing remains unchanged — we stand for truth, independence, and coexistence, ideals which underscore our shared humanity.

Contact

Collaboration and press

info@chaikhana.media
Impact Hub Tbilisi

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Donors & partners

Team

Lika Antadze
Director
Nino Orjonikidze
Commissioning editor
Mariam Jachvadze
Media production manager (Georgia)
Sona Simonyan
Video production manager (Аrmenia)
Natalie Chkhartishvili
Executive assistant
Elene Khachapuridze
Digital communications manager

Terms & Conditions

TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT

WELCOME TO THIS WEBSITE. Chai Khana NCLE ("Chai Khana", “Organisation”, “Chaikhana.media”, “we”, “us” or “our”) OFFERS THIS SITE (the “Site”) TO YOU (“You”, “Your” or “Subscriber”) SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS (the “Terms”). YOUR USE OF THIS SITE SHALL BE YOUR AGREEMENT TO ABIDE BY EACH OF THE TERMS SET FORTH BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS SITE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE TERMS, PLEASE CONTACT US AT: info@chaikhana.media

GENERAL RULES AND DEFINITIONS

  1. If you choose to use certain Chai Khana digital products displaying or otherwise governed by these Terms of Service, including chaikhana.media (the “Site”), and any of the features of the Site, and other downloads (collectively, the "Services"), you will be agreeing to abide by all of the terms and conditions of these Terms of Service between you and Chai Khana.
  2. We may change, add or remove portions of these Terms of Service at any time by notifying you of the change in writing (including by email or by updating the date above after “Last Updated On”). Such changes shall become effective immediately upon posting. It is your responsibility to review these Terms of Service prior to each use of the Site.
  3. We may change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Services at any time, including the availability of any Services feature, database, or content. We may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict your access to parts or all of the Services without notice or liability.
  4. Being exposed to advertising is a condition of accessing the Services.

CONTENT ON THE SERVICES

  1. The contents of the Services, including the Site, are intended for your personal, non-commercial use. All materials published or available on the Services (including, but not limited to text, photographs, images, illustrations, designs, audio clips, video clips, “look and feel,” metadata, data, or compilations, all also known as the "Content") are protected by copyright, and owned or controlled by Chai Khana or the party credited as the provider of the Content. Chai Khana also owns copyright in the selection, coordination, compilation, and enhancement of such Content (“Arrangement”). You shall abide by all additional copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in any Content accessed through the Service.
  2. The Services and Content are protected by copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, database rights, sui generis rights and other intellectual or proprietary rights therein pursuant to Georgia and international laws. You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce, create new works from, distribute, perform, display (including framing and online linking), communicate to the public or in any way exploit, any of the Content (or its Arrangement) or the Services (including Software) in whole or in part.
  3. You may download or copy the Content and other downloadable items displayed on the Services for your personal use only, provided that you maintain all copyright and other notices contained therein. Copying or storing of any Content for other than personal use is expressly prohibited without prior written permission from Chai Khana or the copyright holder identified in the copyright notice contained in the Content.

THIRD-PARTY CONTENT AND LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES.

  1. The Services contain links to third-party websites, resources, and advertisers (collectively, “Linked Content”). Chai Khana does not control, endorse, sponsor, recommend or otherwise accept responsibility for any of this Linked Content. Because we are not responsible for the availability of these outside resources, or their contents or privacy practices, you should direct any concerns regarding any Linked Content to such site.

GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION

  1. Any action related to these Terms will be governed by the law of Georgia, without regard to the choice or conflicts of law provisions of any jurisdiction.

The types of personal data we collect about you

The information we gather about you depends on the context. By and large, it’s information about you that can personally identify you — either on its own or when combined with other information.

For Newsletter Subscription:

When you sign up for a Chai Khana Service (e.g., a subscription), we collect your contact information. 

For Billing:

To process payments or donations, we collect and use your payment information.

This can include your name, your email address, your credit or debit card information and any other relevant information.

Information Collected Automatically:

We track and store data about how you visit and use Chai Khana Services, particularly through our websites and apps. The items we log include:

Your browser

Your browser language

Device identifiers

Other usage information.

Social Media Platforms and Other Third-Party Services:

(Social media platforms include Facebook. Third-party services include Google.)

You can link your social media or other third-party account to a Chai Khana Service. By linking the services, you authorize us to collect, store and use any information they may give us (e.g., your email address). You can disconnect your chaikhana.media registration from third-party accounts at any time.We also receive information from you when you interact with our pages, groups, accounts or posts on social media platforms. This includes aggregate data on our followers (e.g., age, gender and location), engagement data (e.g., “likes,” comments, shares, reposts and clicks), awareness data (e.g., number of impressions and reach) and individual users’ public profiles.

Purposes for Using Your Information:

We provide the Chai Khana Services.

We use your information to help you use and navigate Chai Khana Services, such as:

Making a Chai Khana Service available to you

We Develop Products and Services, and Do Analysis.

We analyze data on our users’ subscription, purchase and usage behaviors. This helps us make business and marketing decisions.

We Carry Out Administrative Tasks.

For auditing: We verify that our internal processes work as intended and comply with legal, regulatory and contractual requirements.

How we protect information 

We protect your personal information with a series of organizational, technological and physical safeguards — but we cannot guarantee its absolute security. 

Compliance

We make every effort to ensure that personal information you provide is used in conformity with this Privacy Policy. If you have any concerns about our adherence to this Privacy Policy or the manner in which your personal information is used, kindly write to us info@chaikhana.media

Privacy Policy

For information on how Chai Khana/Chai Docs collects, uses and shares any personal information, please see below our Privacy Policy. This policy is an integral part of our Terms of Use and, as applicable, any other agreement entered into between you (or the entity that you are acting on its behalf) and us. Therefore, this Privacy Policy is hereby incorporated into the Terms of Use and any such agreement.

Chai Khana/Chai Docs (hereinafter, “chaikhana.media”, “we", "us", or "our") take privacy and security seriously and we make all efforts to use your personal information properly. We have put together this Privacy Policy to set out how we treat your personal information. This Privacy Policy governs each website, mobile site, application, and/or other service, regardless of how distributed, transmitted, published, or broadcast (each, a "Site") provided by Chai Khana/Chai Docs, which is binding on all those who access, visit and/or use the Site (collectively, "you" or "your").

This Privacy Policy describes the information collected as part of the normal operation of the Site, process of collection of the information from you and what may happen to that information.By accepting the Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use Agreement, you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is deemed incorporated into and subject to the terms of Chai Khana/Chai Docs’s Terms of Use Agreement.

Our primary purpose in collecting personal information is to provide you with a safe, smooth, efficient, and customized experience. This allows us to provide services and features that are most likely to meet your needs, and to customize our service to make your experience safer and easier. We only collect personal information about you that we consider necessary for achieving this purpose.