Young Leaders' School (202)
Young Leaders’ School is working with young people to strengthen them and to form leadership skills. The work is carried out in 9 municipalities of Western Georgia - Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Khoni, Terjla, Senaki, Poti, Khurcha / Koki (Zugdidi municipality), Lanchkhuti, Ozurgeti. These are information meetings about gender and domestic violence, workshops on conflictology for young people, meetings with boys, formation of a group of young trainers, trainings and various meetings with participation of young people.
The workshops with participation of the young people were held In Kutaisi, Terjola, Ozurgeti. The topic of discussion is bullying. Participants spoke about the reasons that contribute to increasing aggression among young people. One of the reasons is that live communication has disappeared and communication mostly is held online. The result is cold, emotionless relationships. Often even close friends do not know each other well. Among the reasons there were also named - conflicts in the family, migration of parents. In the opinion of the participants, the state should pay more attention to solution of social problems in order to achieve harmony in families and society.
Informational meetings of the youth clubs on: “Trafficking as one of the forms of violence, reasons, protective mechanisms” were held in schools of Khoni, Senaki and village Kviani (Lanchkhuti municipality).
The meetings were attended by active groups who, together with the activist of the project have analyzed this problem, spoke about risks, law, preventive measures.
According to one of the participants, discussion of such problems gives each of them more courage and the most important, they can spread information among the others, especially the relatives.
All meetings were held in a dialogue format. Participants had the opportunity to express their opinions. During the meetings the video clips were shown, which reflect the issues of violence and serve for greater inclusion and awareness of boys. The children like these meetings, and they believe that informal education has great importance.
Regular meetings were held in schools of following municipalities: Khoni (June 6), Senaki (June 7), Kutaisi (June 8). Meetings contribute to the formation of boys into non-violent individuals.
The topic of was discussed in Khoni, Senaki and Lanchkhuti. The participants remembered and analyzed real facts.
- I had a case when I became a “rapist”. But it was unconsciously. I call my friend with the nickname, she also does not realize that she is a victim of bullying. We discuss this topic at the lessons of civil education, but this is not enough.
- We do not evaluate our actions, we do not think about what our friend feels, who has already got used to the nickname. The consequences of bullying can appear years later.
According to the participants, bullying is a serious topic. Only a school or only a family can not solve this problem. Everyone should act together, and prevention should be held at initial stage.
"No one talks about the trafficking with us, although in the conditions of growing migration each of us can become a victim of trafficking. Therefore, this meeting is important in terms of prevention, "- this was the general opinion of the participants at the informational meetings of the Youth Clubs.
Trefficking, as a form of violence, its reasons, statistics, problems of the victim of trafficking, preventive measures - these topics were relevant and interesting for young people. They also watched a thematic film and actively joined the discussion. They talked about social problems, migration, mechanisms of protection, ways of prevention.
The meetings were held with young people in Poti, Tskhunkuri (Tskaltubo municipality) and Ganmukhuri (Zugdidi municipality).
Ordinary meetings were held with boys in schools of the municipalities of Poti (June1), Tskaltubo (June 4), Zugdidi (June 5).
The aim of the meetings was to familiarize the participants with ways of violence prevention and to form them as non-violent individuals.
Most part of the meetings are devoted to group work and role games. The role games are always of special interest among the participants. During the game, they identify themselves with real facts. This is quite effective way for the boys in order to better understand the problems associated with violence.
Koki (Zugdidi municipality) - the meeting was held in the open air. This particularly amused the children, and it was shown in their activity.
- The topic of bullying is quite actual. Frequent conflicts among the youth show that it is necessary to discuss the issue.
- There is one fat boy in our school. The classmates did not give him the opportunity to play basketball in the yard. I intervened and explained to the children that this is an incorrect act. Many of them do not know that this is bulling and violence.
These were the positions of young people, who participated in the discussions at the workshops. They also discussed ways out, because they believe that bullying is a serious problem, and it should be discussed seriously.
According the youth, parents and teachers should be involved in prevention, since bullying is often associated with family conflicts.
Workshops were held in Poti, Tskaltubo, Zugdidi.
During the month, 9 information meetings of the Youth Clubs were held. The last three meetings were held in Dvabzu (Ozurgeti municipality), Senaki, Ganmukhuri (Zugdidi municipality).
Topics of the meetings: early marriages, problems and reasons - for the prevention of violence.
There was a meeting, exchange of information, conversation about traditions, about rural life, stereotype thinking, about girls who decide to marry early. A special meeting was held in Dvabzu, where the Fund "Sukhumi" came for the first time.
As a result of discussions and life examples the meetings became active and more interesting.
In schools of Ozurgeti, Senaki, Zugdidi municipalities, regular meetings with boys were held. The aim of the meetings is to familiarize them with ways of violence prevention. Role games were used during the meeting. Actor skills of participants made the meetings interesting. Besides the role games, video clips were shown which were especially interesting for the boys. Using these methods, they have better understood that it is necessary to prevent violence and create a harmonious society. The men have a serious role in it.
During the workshops with the youth of Ozurgeti, Zugdidi and Senaki the topic of gender violence was discussed.
The participants believe that gender violence is a serious problem and connect them with traditions and social stereotypes.
According to the workshop participants, the way out is informing the youth. Similar discussions are the guarantee that young people will have the right positions.