Fund "Sukhumi" completed a cycle of round tables. The last, ninth round table was held in the meeting room of Lanchkhuti City Hall. The meeting was attended by representatives of local government, medical and educational sectors, the police, and the Social Services Agency.

The main topic of the meeting was violence against women / domestic violence. During active discussions, the problem of insufficient communication between referral mechanisms was mentioned, and recommendations for improvement of cooperation were developed.

Three more workshops were held in October - in the schools of the villages Zeda Simoneti (Terjola municipality), Lia (Tsalenjikha municipality), Melauri (Samtredia municipality). The topic of the workshops were: conflict and its reasons.

Together with the conflict expert of the Fund “Sukhumi”, the students completed specific tasks and role-playing games. They are actively involved in the discussion, they learn to work in team. Workshops are interested for them, as they learn about innovations and receive practical advices.

The project of Poti Women Support Center “Chain of Violence” is in the active phase. A meeting in the hall of the college “Pazisi” was organized by members of the Women’s Club. Representatives of medical institutions, law enforcement agencies, the gender council and other spheres of society spoke about the reasons of domestic violence and ways to eradicate it. The members of the Women's Club addressed the local self-government with an initiative to include appropriate budgetary resources in strategies and action plans and provide assistance to women victims of domestic violence.

Art Gallery 34 hosted a competition of drawings of the beneficiaries of Poti Day Center. The topic of competition was: “The Family of My Dreams”. The competition showed what does the family of dreams look like for children and how close it is to reality.

TV Company “9th Wave” of Poti prepared the TV story about the meeting in frames of the project: “Chain of Violence”.

The short film screening and active discussion was held in frames of small project of Terjola Women Support Center.

There was also a meeting-dialogue with parents with the inclusion of a lawyer, conflict expert and psychologist of the Fund “Sukhumi”. Parents spoke openly about the problems. They expressed a desire to systematically hold such meetings and involve more parents. In addition to general meetings, individual + e consultations were also held. 

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

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