The youth initiative group of the village Koki - Zugdidi municipality created a forum-theater. The news was implemented within the framework of the USAID project "Bridging the gaps: People-to-People Initiatives for Conflict Resolution". According to the assessment of the group members, the forum-theater will implement its function and provide information to the public. The forum-theatre is a method of interactive work between different layers of society, which aims to solve social problems and provide information. A meeting within the project "Bridging the gaps: People-to-People Initiatives for Conflict Resolution" was held in the village Koki. Women initiative groups were involved in the research "Assessment of the quality of human security and gender needs of the population".
Tskaltubo women's network actively continues to work on solving the problems raised in the IDP settlements during the research process.
Network leaders work closely with local government. Most of the problems advocated by them have already been resolved by the relevant departments.
As for the implementation of the action plan of 1325 UN Resolution at the local level, the Gender Equality Council of Tskaltubo municipality is one of the leaders in this direction - it envisages and implements important standards in terms of women, peace and security.
The project is implemented with the support
of the UN Women organization
On January 17, a meeting with Kutaisi Women Initiative Group was held. The topic of the meeting was: studying the quality of human security, envisaging gender needs. The participants got acquainted with the information about the quantitative research. Questionnaires were also distributed among the group members. The meeting was also held at School No. 6 named after Zhiuli Shartava. The members of Kutaisi Youth Club discussed the six-month action plan and outlined the ideas to be implemented. The meeting was traditionally held with fun activities and team exercises. Several new members joined Kutaisi youth club, who positively evaluated the club activities.
A training with the members of the women initiative group of the village Koki - Zugdidi municipality, was held on the topic: "Women and youth in peace movement, promoting the implementation of UN resolutions 1325 and 2250". The participants talked about the importance of women's role in peacekeeping activities.
The second part of the training was devoted to the discussion of Resolution 1325. The members of the group worked on the main activities that will contribute to the implementation of Resolution 1325 at the municipal level.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
During the meeting with Senaki women initiative group members, the participants viewed a film about domestic violence and coducted a discussion. The participants discussed the facts of femicide and spoke about the need to break stereotypes. At the initiative of the women group members, three information meetings were held with different groups.
Members of Senaki youth group were actively involved in the campaign against violence. The participants talked about the importance of involving young people in violence prevention. It was noted that it is necessary to provide the society with more information about the existing mechanisms for the assistance of violence victims. It is also important to increase the involvement of young people in prevention process.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
Training was conducted for the youth initiative group of the village Didinedzi - Zugdidi municipality. The topic of the training was: "Women and youth in the peace movement: promoting the implementation of UN resolutions 1325 and 2250" – discussion of this difficult topic was held on the background of interesting and fun activities. During the training, peace initiatives were discussed. Children were involved in group work and expressed their opinions on various topical issues.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
We have added 32 new people to our database in December,.
Last month of the year:
- We helped 45 families with food and hygiene products (that is 98 people)
- 14 families were paid for accommodation
- 5 families were paid utility bills
- The half of amount of operations for two oncology patients was paid. Payment for medical examination was also paid for one of them.
- One man was paid an amount for phone calls
- Psychological consultations were held for up to 30 people.
On December 15, a training on: “The best practice for helping and supporting people affected by the war” was held. Everyone who works in the support group took part in it. Trainer Keti Vasadze shared with us the experience developed by the European Union. We jointly discussed the areas of our work, structured them and developed new ideas.
On December 19, our Fund organized a celebration dedicated to St. Nicholas Day in the conference hall of Kutaisi state university. There were greetings, songs, dances, performance, buffet table. The event was attended by Ukrainian children and their mothers, as well as local authorities and representatives of partner NGOs. According to tradition, the children received gifts from the kind grandfather Nicholas.
Ukrainians especially note our support and are very grateful for it.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
Representatives of the Fund "Sukhumi" conducted a training for the members of Khoni Youth Club on the topic: "Women and youth in the peace movement, promoting the implementation of 1325 and 2250 UN Resolution". Conversations about such issues as peace and international resolutions were interesting for young people. All participants were actively involved in role-playing games.
Meetings were also held with Khoni women initiative groups. The ladies presented a brief report of the activities, achievements and challenges of the international campaign.
During another meeting, the second group of Khoni women initiative group also discussed the challenges and achievements, as well as the advocacy process. They reviewed the activities connected with the events held within the framework of the 16-day international campaign.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
During the meeting of Tskaltubo Women Initiative Group, the participants talked about the project work, the results of advocacy and future plans.
The participants received information about the strategy developed by local structures - the strategy for the implementation of Resolution 1325 in the field was developed during the training.
In order to implement the tasks included in the strategy, the women group continues to actively cooperate with local structures.
The project is implemented with the support
of the UN Women organization
