“I first learned about escalation”, “You explained this topic to us in an interesting and understandable way”, “When will the next meeting be held?” - This is the feedback from the students.

The conflict escalation was discussed at online workshops with the conflict management groups from school No. 5 in Kobuleti, school No. 2 of the village Lia (Tsalenjikha municipality) and the village Gurianta (Ozurgeti municipality).

The pupils got acquainted with video lesson on the Facebook page of the Fund "Sukhumi" and expressed their opinions. With the help of the messenger, the conflict expert sent them small stories in which the escalation stages are clearly visible.

When discussing the topic of violence, adolescents draw parallels with stereotypes and traditions that represent women as subordinates. That is why these questions were discussed at the meetings of the Youth Clubs: “Forms of violence. Equal society. Traditions and Stereotypes”.

After each meeting, the motivation of groups and the desire to actively participate in the process of preventing violence grows more and more.

The meetings were held online with the Youth Clubs of the schools No. 5 in Kobuleti, No. 12 in Kutaisi and the village Pakhulani (Tsalenjikha municipality).

All meetings were different from each other. Young people joined the discussion of the topic with great interest, gave examples, looked for reasons, solutions...

Online meetings were held with members of the Youth Clubs of Terjola School No. 2, Poti School No. 1 and School of the village Pakhulani (Tsalenjikha Municipality). They talked about the problems of violence among adolescents, about the reasons of violence and protection mechanisms.

At the end of October, 4 more workshops were held - with members of the conflict management group in Poti school # 4, village Koki (Zugdidi municipality), Kveda Simoneti (Terjola municipality) and the Georgian-American school "Progress" in Kutaisi. This is how the planned 10 workshops of the month were completed.

The participants of the workshops, together with the conflict expert of the Fund "Sukhumi", discussed the reasons of conflict. Lack of money, different values, distorted information - according to the participants, these reasons often cause conflicts. In the end, they noted that as a result of such meetings, they learn how to avoid conflicts or resolve them peacefully.

The students noted that after such work they become more tolerant and friendly. Online workshops were held with members of the conflict management group of Melauri (Samtredia municipality), Menji (Senaki municipality) and Hajalia (Lanchkhuti municipality).

The conflict expert of the Fund "Sukhumi" explained to the participants, what is the reason of conflict, and the students gave specific examples. Attention was paid to different values, which, in their opinion, are often shown in relation to different nationalities and religions.

The topic “The problem of violence among adolescents” motivated the participants to have a frank conversation. Online meetings were held with the youth clubs of Khajalia (Lanchkhuti municipality), Kutaisi and Senaki. Despite the low quality of the Internet, the online meetings were active, interesting stories were announced. The meetings identified the leaders, who are planning to work independently.

In October, active work began with new groups of youth clubs. The topic of the month is "Problems of Violence among Adolescents". Young people got involved in the work with interest. Active support from the side of directors, teachers and parents is felt.

Kobuleti, Gurianta (Ozurgeti Municipality) and Etseri (Samtredia Municipality) - online meetings were held with the youth clubs of these schools in the first days of October.

Young people are motivated, active and, most importantly, have future plans for initiated meetings and group work, new ideas, know how to work in social networks - prepare essays, videos...

"There are such problems in adolescents and it is good to talk about these topics."

"Information distortion is often the reason of conflict."

"I understand how to avoid conflict"...

This is how the participants expressed their views at the end of the meetings.

Online workshops were conducted with members of conflict management groups from three schools - Kobuleti No 5, Lia (Tsalenjikha Municipality) No 2 and Gurianta (Ozurgeti Municipality).

Together with the conflict expert of the Fund "Sukhumi", the participants talked about the reasons of the conflict, real and concrete examples.

A five-month cycle of workshops on conflict management has resumed in public schools.

8 meetings were held with pupils of public schools in the villages: Koki (Zugdidi municipality), Lia (Tsalenjikha municipality), Menji (Senaki municipality), Gurianta (Ozurgeti municipality), Melauri (Samtredia municipality), Khajalia (Lanchkhuti municipality), Dzevri (Terjola municipality ) and school No. 5 in Kobuleti.

A "live" meeting was held in Koki - taking into account all regulations, and with the rest of the participants, the work was continued online.

In connection with the mobilization of groups, it should be noted the assistance from the school directors and teachers.

The first meetings started by discussing the essence of peace and conflict. And immediately the activity and motivation of young people to learn more in terms of conflict management was seen. They agreed to disseminate information, and have already held meetings with friends.

“This is a very necessary topic at our age”, “I am ready to join in during 5 months”, “I really liked the beginning, and I will attend all meetings”, “When will the next meeting be held?” - these are the words of the participants...

New groups of Youth Clubs were created, and the first meetings were held in the schools of the villages: Koki (Zugdidi municipality), Pakhulani (Tsalenjikha municipality), Nosiri (Senaki municipality), Gurianta (Ozurgeti municipality), Etseri (Samtredia municipality), khajalia (Lanchkhuti municipality) , Dzevri (Terjola municipality) and school No. 5 of Kobuleti.

The meetings were mainly held online. Before the start of the 5-month work, there were communications with school directors and teachers, group formation, discussion of the program.

After the first meetings, it became clear that community school students are especially interested in non-formal education and the issues that are considered at meetings of Youth Clubs.