Members of the youth group of the village Koki - Zugdidi municipality work on a new project - "We will find a way to each other's hearts!"  

The goal of the project is to support peace through art and youth activities, to raise civic awareness among young people and to actively involve them in the establishment of Georgian-Abkhazian relations.    The members of the group spoke to the schoolchildren about the project activities, announced an essay and drawing competition.

  Another meeting was held with the members of the women initiative group of the village Pakhulani - Tsalenjikha municipality. The participants talked about the problems identified as a result of the conducted research. According to them, unemployment, low wages, and unstable environment remain the challenges.

The members of the group noted that increasing awareness about state programs, revealing the needs of citizens, availability of consulting services is an important factor in the process of problem solution.

They discussed the high rate of migration and the accompanying social results. They talked about the deteriorating psycho-emotional background of adolescents. At the end of the meeting, a list of issues was made, which will be advocated in the near future.

  Tskaltubo youth group actively works in the area of peace. Mini-projects implemented by young people are quite diverse. Information meetings, quizzes, exhibition of paintings, conferences, meetings are part of project activities. The whole group is involved in the implementation of the project, the projects will be implemented until June 15, and their goal is to introduce a culture of peace in the society.

  The women's group of Tskaltubo works on the recommendations identified as a result of the research. Members discussed several issues. They will work on the advocacy plan from the next month.

Members of Senaki youth group work on a mini-project in the direction of peace. The project aims to popularize the issue of peace. Training was held with the members of the same group on the topic: "Media literacy and disinformation". The acquired knowledge will help the participants to distinguish true and false information. The members of Senaki women's group analyzed the recommendations highlighted as a result of the research and talked about the problems that they will try to advocate in the coming months.

     The members of the youth initiative group of the village Didinedze - Zugdidi municipality worked on the project: "Hello Abkhazia!". During the meeting, they discussed the activities planned within the project and distributed the responsibilities.    

    The members of the women initiative group started working on the advocacy of the issues identified as a result of the research. It was noted that unemployment, inflation, high prices for food products and medicines, as well as migration and credit loans in the bank, remain a challenge for the local population.

The members of Khoni Youth Club started the implementation of the project "Salon Conversations", which was financed within the framework of the USAID grant competition. The meeting with the members of the club was held in the third public school of Khoni. Young people worked on the details of the project. Planned activities were discussed, deadlines for their implementation were determined and responsibilities were distributed.

The representatives of the first group once again reviewed the conclusions and recommendations of the " Assessment of the Human Security Quality" and selected problems for advocacy. They plan to solve them in cooperation with the local authorities. 

Training was conducted with the second group. The participants got acquainted with the state services for the victims of violence and received answers to the questions from a competent person.

 The members of the youth initiative group of the village Koki - Zugdidi municipality held a meeting where they evaluated the activities carried out within the framework of the mini-project. The goal of the project is to promote peace through the involvement of young people, raise awareness and their active participation in the process of regulating Georgian-Abkhazian relations. In this regard, the initiative group has planned a lot of interesting activities.

Another meeting was held with the women initiative group. The conversation concerned the challenges that were highlighted in the process of the research: "Evaluation of the quality of human security of the population". During the meeting, it was noted that the awareness of the population about state services will significantly increase the activity of citizens, which is the most important for their economic empowerment. Priority issues were named, that will be permanently advocated by the women initiative group.

A meeting with the members of the group of IDP women and girls was organized in the office of the Fund "Sukhumi".

During the meeting, all the priority problems that were identified within the framework of the project in various IDP communities were discussed. The participants spoke about the work done and outlined further ways to advocate mentioned problems.

“We can openly say that we have overcome the nihilism that we had and started to work actively. We realized that we need to act to solve our problems, because no one will do this instead of us,” said one of the meeting participants.

General meetings, acquired new skills, sharing experiences with each other are great motivation for all members of the group to do more for their communities.

The project is implemented with the support of  USAID local governance program

The meeting of members of the IDP women working group with members of the Gender Equality Council of Kutaisi Municipality was attended by both members of the City Council and City Hall.

Members of the working group presented the problems existing in the target IDP communities and discussed the ways of their solution together with representatives of self-government.

The Gender Equality Council expressed its support. Letters will be prepared and sent to the relevant services of the City Hall.

“You are doing important work, in frames of our competence we will support active women in order to eliminate existing problems”, said Deputy Mayor Tamar Dakhundaridze.

The project is implemented with the support of  USAID local governance program

In frames of exchange meeting format, Kutaisi women initiative group was visited by the members of Khoni. The aim of the meeting was to get to know the members of the group, bring them closer, share information and experience. Women spoke about the problems and needs they advocated. The mentioned format was positively evaluated by the participants. The members of Kutaisi Youth Club discussed two project ideas developed in frames of the grant competition. They got acquainted with the information about the peace initiatives and determined the activities to be implemented within the framework of the project. New members joined the youth club. In the near future, they will start implementing the project and various types of activities financed within the framework of the USAID grant competition. The meeting was hosted by Public School No. 6 of Abkhazia named after Zhuli Shartava.