Women Support Centers (530)
Women Support Center these are the branches of the Fund “Sukhumi” in Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Khoni, Terjola, Senaki, Poti, Khurcha / Koki (Zugdidi Municipality), Lanchkhuti, Ozurgeti, created since 2009. The centers are designed to strengthen women, provide social, psychological, legal assistance to women - victims of violence and to crisis families in a difficult life situation. They promote to the protection of women's rights and ensure their socio-psychological rehabilitation.
Lawyer of the Fund "Sukhumi" met the IDP women living in collective centers of Kutaisi music school. They got an apartment in the property, but they have problems with water, garage, etc.
The participants of the meeting received a recommendation to create a partnership to address a collective statement in Kutaisi City Hall and request assistance in resolving problems. Monitoring on this issue will be continued in the future.
The meeting also gave one individual consultation.
Women Support Center of Khoni organized psychological consultation in the village Jikhaishi regarding the problems of domestic conflicts. A family has many children, is socially unprotected and unadapted, needs not only to solve a lot of psychological problems, but also needs assistance from state structures.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
On 12, 18 and 20 January in the Women Support Centres of Tskhaltubo, Poti and Khoni individual and group psychological consultations were carried out. Individual psychosocial consultations were held for 4 beneficiaries for personal psychological problems, one of which is expressed in a complex depression.
The theme of the group meetings was "Improving self-esteem for the prevention of domestic violence."
- Subjective assessment is important because as low self-esteem in some cases is the basis for the conflict - said psychologist of the Fund "Sukhumi". As it was said, women will take into account this advice.
In Tskaltubo, Khoni and Poti there were held consultations of the psychologist. Tskaltubo meeting was attended by new beneficiaries. They were given information about work of the fund “Sukhumi”. The participants learned about all services, suggested by the organization for the prevention of violence against women.
In WSCs there were held individual consultations. One middle aged women had psycho-emotional problems, others needed psychological support for rehabilitation.
By the opinion of women, group and individual consultations – is very good and useful way of assistance.
In Khoni, Tskaltubo and Poti the consultations of psychologist were attended by local women and IDPs, some of them for the first time.
The conversation touched the importance of women solidarity for violence prevention. The participants also discussed the topic: “Motivation and borders of human possibilities”. During the feedback the women mentioned that consultations of psychologist is very important for them, as they get free from negative emotions, receive individual advices, how to overcome difficult situations keeping psychical health.
