Information meetings initiated by the Women Support Centers of the Fund “Sukhumi” continue in various communities. It is still important to inform the public about assistance and support services for victims of domestic violence. Women participants discuss problems of society, women's needs and look for ways of their solution.
In May, families under the crisis were identified - they will be the users of the Women Fund “Sukhumi” services. Early response to conflicts is aimed at violence prevention, which is very important.
The meetings were held at Women Support Centers of Zugdidi, Tsalenjikha, Senaki, Vani and Chokhatauri.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
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 training course at the Youth Empowerment Centers continued from the beginning of May. Trainings on the issues of conflict and gender-based violence were held in Zugdidi, Chokhatauri and Senaki municipalities.
Young people actively participated in the discussions – active leaders were identified. They are ready to share obtained information in their society.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
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
Another meeting of the women's mutual support group in Vani ended with a good result - the problem of one of the victims of domestic violence was solved. After our meetings, she became stronger, there was constructive cooperation with the local government - all this helped to solve the problem and gave the group motivation that the condition of many women will improve.
Members of Zugdidi and Chokhatauri women groups became active. Women mutual support group of Kobuleti in cooperation with the Gender Equality Council solved the problem of one of the participants, which seemed to be very difficult to them. Terjola group actively participated in grant competitions, the members of the group have great support from the Fund "Sukhumi" and the local self-government.
The project assistant held meetings in Chokhatauri, Tskaltubo, Zugdidi, Kobuleti and Vani, and the group leaders held meetings in the other five municipalities.
12 consultations in the office, online meetings with 12 beneficiaries, 7 phone calls from those with whom she had previously conducted sessions - this was the April of the psychologist of the Women Fund “Sukhumi” - Manana Gotsiridze. All consultations concerned the emotional state of people, their pain and experiences. The task of the psychologist was to calm them down and improve the basis of internal resources.
Feedback from one beneficiary: “You helped me to find strength, cope with life difficulties, acquire new skills, re-evaluate problems and learn to control my emotions”.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
