The first activity of the conflict expert of the Fund “Sukhumi”, in a new difficult situation caused by the pandemic regarding the coronovirus, was the placement of a video lesson on the organization’s Facebook page on March 16. The video had a lot of recalls right after posting.

Students and their parents, as well as teachers, school directors and simply Facebook readers shared and commented.

In personal calls and correspondences pupils and teachers noted that they liked the video lesson. According to them, the Fund “Sukhumi” has found an effective way out of a difficult situation, and, despite isolation, has given teenagers the opportunity to receive non-formal education and informing.

Online meetings were held with Youth clubs in Senaki, Kutaisi and Ganmukhuri (Zugdidi municipality). This is an interesting format, as it is new and proceeds from the current situation... During the meetings, the project moderator, together with the students, discussed the topic of domestic violence, as well as the current situation regarding the new coronovirus.

The most important thing is that there is no panic among young people. They are waiting for the renewal of their studies, and on our initiative, members of Youth clubs join the youth campaign in the social network called: “We are not afraid, we will win!”

Online meetings continue. This time, the meetings were held with members of the conflict management groups of the schools of Dzevri (Terjola municipality), Teklati (Senaki municipality), Anaklia (Zugdidi municipality). The participants actively participated in the work. They watched and liked the video lesson. They shared this lesson on their Facebook pages: Students also wrote essays that were posted on the Facebook page of the Fund “Sukhumi”.

According to them, it’s good that the work continues - now it is especially necessary to take care of conflict management, because, in difficult days, conflict situations are very frequent.

The students express their hope that the situation will soon change for the better, and the workshops on conflict resolution will be renewed.

“Such meetings are necessary to reduce the conflict situations”, “We need to conduct more educational meetings so that children can learn more”, “Active work is necessary with children, so that they can manage conflict”, “We are learning to respect each other’s opinions”, “School needs this topic"," Today I learned what a “mediator” is, “I would have rated this meeting with ten scores on a ten-point system,” “I want the work to continue”.

These assessments of teachers and students well reflect the importance of workshops, their meaning, interest, impact and change. Workshops on conflicts and peace were held in school of village Teklati (Senaki Municipality), at school No.13 in Kutaisi and in LTD “Gymnasium” in Poti.