At the initiative of the advocacy group, a meeting was held at the Terjola Youth Center, where employees of the City hall Department for Children's Rights and Their Protection were invited. The meeting was attended by teachers of the Center and various schools of the municipality.
We had a goal - to familiarize the participants with the structure of the department and the area of work. Information about the challenges of the department based on the conclusions of our monitoring, was provided to the audience.
It was revealed that the teachers did not know about the work and functions of the department. They raised topical issues, the emphasis was on the need for active communication with inclusive children and their parents. Teachers hope that the City Hall will support them.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
"Protection of children's rights in Chokhatauri municipality and local cooperation in terms of improving social services" - this was the topic of the information exchange meeting held with the representatives of the municipal services.
Findings of the research conducted by the Fund "Sukhumi" were introduced during the meeting. The participants got familiarized with the activities of the Children's Rights Protection and Support Department, the achieved results and challenges.
A discussion was held on the needs of the beneficiaries and areas of cooperation. Several important issues related to the needs of vulnerable families have been identified and they must be envisaged from the side of the local structures.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
In the framework of the series of information meetings planned by the advocacy group, a meeting was held in the village Didi Nedzi (Zugdidi municipality), which was attended by the school administration, teachers and parents. The coordinator of the City Hall department for children's rights and their protection and a social worker were invited to the meeting. They were provided with information about the structure of the department, about programs. The conversation touched upon existing challenges and needs.
The meeting participants talked about raising public awareness, about the necessities of children with disabilities, about ways to identify crisis families and the need to support them.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
In September, Women Support Centers made a special focus on the problem of femicide. At information meetings in Vani, Samtredia, Khurcha (Zugdidi municipality), Terjola and Tsalenjikha, the participants noted that femicide in Georgia has reached an alarming level, which means that the efforts against violence are not enough...
According to the participants, information campaigns are very important in terms of violence prevention:
“It is necessary to work more in direction of prevention, especially with young people”.
"If the response is not strict, we will not be able to stop this process".
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
Women and children from Kherson, Odessa, Kyiv, Bucha, Chuguev... Women Fund "Sukhumi" has become their home - here they understand their pain, help and support them.
In June, the staff of the Fund prepared Georgian dishes for these women with their own hands, invited them to the Fund and laid a delicious Georgian table - “supra”.
Then was the suggestion for Ukrainian women to do the same in response.
On a sunny September day, pretty women - Marina, Anya, Zhanna, Natalya, Tatyana brought delicious dishes. The table was set in the yard: borsch with sour cream, Kyiv cutlets, pancakes with apples, Lviv cheesecakes, dumplings with cabbage, potatoes, cheese – in a word, a lot of delicious dishes.
It was not only an exhibition of Ukrainian cuisine. These were sad stories of women, memories of Abkhazia, emotional speeches of invited guests...
The Day of Ukrainian Cuisine at the Women Fund "Sukhumi" was at the same time a day of tears and joy, pain and faith in victory, the day of hope, friendship and love!
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - EvangelischerEntwicklungsdienst (Germany)
On September 14, 2022, an info-sharing meeting between the participants of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) and civil society representatives in Gori was held.
At the meeting the audience was addressed by the State Minister on Reconciliation and Civic Equality - Thea Akhvlediani, UN Women Representative to Georgia - Kaori Ishikawa; Head of the EU Monitoring Mission - Marek Szczygieł, Deputy Director of the Information and Analytical Department of the State Security Service - Irakli Antadze and the representative of the Office of the Minister of State for Reconciliation and Civic Equality - Zviad Zviadadze.
Ekaterine Gamakharia, representative of Women's Fund "Sukhumi"’s Tbilisi office, in her speech, focused on the restriction of movement for the Georgian population living on both sides of the Enguri river near to the conflict dividing line with Abkhazia, as a result of the suspension of issuance of movement documents by the de-facto Abkhaz government from January 2022. She highlighted the challenges that women encounter due to the restriction, namely crossing the dividing line by roundabout ways, at their own peril; surrendering to Russian soldiers, which cost them fine payment in exchange of release; This not only negatively impacts on their emotional state and increases stress but also puts on them a heavy financial burden. She also spoke about the complicated procedures and restriction of transporting products and cargo at the checkpoints, which hinders both the economic activity of the population and cooperation with the Abkhaz side in general.
Five-month training courses have been completed in the Youth Empowerment Centers of 10 municipalities. Now the final meetings are successfully held.
During the final meetings with representatives of Zugdidi, Senaki, Terjola and Vani municipalities, school directors and teachers, parents of pupils, representatives of the Youth Departments, resource centers and Gender Equality Councils were actively involved.
During their presentations the students talked about the results of the training course. Teachers and parents noted that the five-month work had a good effect on teenagers. They learned a lot, became more active and self-confident, one part of the participants can already independently conduct trainings.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
It was a large-scale and impressive performance for the young actors of the Women Fund "Sukhumi".
With the support of the City Hall of Tsalenjikha Municipality, the shadow theater and the puppet theater performances were held in the cinema hall named after Nikoloz Shengelaya.
The little spectators watched the beautiful scenes with particular interest. Director of the theater Magda Chikhladze told them how the Forum Theatre, the Shadow Theater and the Puppet Theater were created and what is the importance of these performances for the audiences of different ages.
The organizers thanked the theater group of the Women Fund "Sukhumi" and expressed their desire for new meetings.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
“They have different characters, but all of them have one goal, to learn needlework and start a small business,” says the master Amida Akhalaya. – One of them chose the direction of bed linen, the second wants to paint bags, the third decided to sew festive dresses for children...
In the Day Center of the village Pakhulani, Tsalenjikha municipality, five more women learned the art of cutting and sewing. Regular courses have finished and women have motivation to improve their lives in the village.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
Women came to each lesson with pleasure, as all of them were an interesting innovation and another step towards professionalism.
And so, the ordinary courses of work on polymer clay were successfully completed in the Day Rehabilitation Center of the Women Fund "Sukhumi".
The participants learned how to create original necklaces, accessories, different compositions. At the end, an exhibition of graduates' works was organized, which aroused great interest of the staff. All participants were given certificates – now they can use the acquired knowledge and experience in practice.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)