"The lesson was special and entertaining."

“We looked at a specific example, and found out how lack of information and distortion of information can cause conflict.”

"I am glad to see you again next month."

These were the students’ remarks the end of workshops. Meetings were devoted to discussing the causes of conflict. Schoolchildren from the villages of Orulu (Zugdidi municipality), Nigvziani (Lanchkhuti municipality) and Kontuati (Khoni municipality) are looking forward to future meetings to learn how to avoid conflicts.

In March, work began with new groups of boys. The meetings took place in the municipalities of Tskaltubo (March 4), Terjola (March 5) and Senaki (March 6). The first part of the meeting was mainly introductory. Participants familiarized themselves with the work of the Fund “Sukhumi”, with the plan of 5-month meetings.

Then the discussion of the topic of violence started. The guys initially expressed their opinion. It turned out that there were boys-leaders in the groups who knew more. At the end, the work was summarized, the forms of violence and the ways to solve them were fixed. The motivations of boys, to share information with each other and learn more was shown.

Informational meetings of the youth clubs were held in the schools of Tskaltubo, Senaki, Terjola and Zugdidi municipalities.

It was a new environment, new groups that are starting a five-month training course. Active, motivated young people liked free atmosphere, role-playing games, discussions. Participants recalled interesting stories, frankly talked about problems.

There was great interest and desire for cooperation from the side of directors and teachers of civil lessons. There is a hope that active groups will be created, which will become a visiting card of schools.

The pupils of the schools of the villages Gvishtibi (Tskaltubo municipality) and Kveda Simoneti (Terjola municipality), as well as the private school of Senaki, together with a representative of the Fund “Sukhumi” discussed the reasons of the conflict. According to them, such meetings are interesting and important in order to learn how to avoid conflicts:

"From this meeting, I learned about the causes of the conflict." "It will be good if such meetings continue." “It is very important to speak on this topic, since everyone had a conflict,” this is the opinion of the students regarding the workshops held on the topic of conflicts.