Lanchkhuti Women Support Center continues to implement the project "Violence Prevention - Harmonious Environment for Kids". Within the framework of the project, educators and parents of 22 kindergartens in Lanchkhuti municipality received information about violence and bullying, meetings were held with representatives of local self-government. The psychologist and lawyer of the Fund "Sukhumi" met with the staff of the kindergarten in the village Shromisubani. The participants learned how to identify children at risk of violence, and how they should respond according to the law.

In July, Women Support Centers organized meetings of a conflict expert and a psychologist with four married couples in Kobuleti, Zugdidi and Senaki municipalities. Both the online format and the live meeting format were used. Couples received information on conflict management issues. During the process, the need to include a lawyer was identified, since the disagreement between the couples was associated with the lack of information regarding legal issues. One of the couples was redirected to a lawyer of the Fund "Sukhumi" to receive competent information.

“Woman's Right - Freedom” is the name of a small project of Poti Women Support Center. A presentation of the project with the participation of members of the Women's Club took place in Gallery 34. During the meeting, the conversation touched the issues of early marriage and domestic violence. The TV story about the presentation was prepared by the broadcasting company “9-th Wave”. The project envisages informing the representatives of ethnic minorities living in Poti municipality on the topic of violence.

Kobuleti Women Support Center implements a small project "Harmonious Environment for Children." The work is carried out in two kindergartens of Kobuleti municipality and its goal is to include teachers, educators and parents in the process of preventing violence and bullying. Informational meetings have already been held with representatives of the local self-government, with the heads of the kindergarten associations and target kindergartens. The project participants also met with a lawyer, conflict expert and psychologist of the Fund “Sukhumi”.

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In July, worry and anxiety was the main topic of conversation at all group psychological meetings, as it became a part of women's lives. How to avoid anxiety, how to calm yourself and your loved ones - this issue was discussed at group meetings organized at the Women Support Centers of Senaki, Kobuleti, Khurcha (Zugdidi municipality), Lanchkhuti, Pakhulani (Tsalenjikha municipality). Number of participants was - 42 beneficiaries from 16 to 67 years old.

During the month, the psychologist also worked online - she received calls from different regions of Western Georgia. The women received individual consultation and support.

The lawyer’s meetings in June were of a combined format – both: remote and online consultations were held, as well as direct meetings in the regions with different groups. Meetings on the needs of the beneficiaries were organized by the mobilizers of the Women Support Centers of Khoni, Senaki, Pakhulani (Tsalenjikha Municipality), Tskaltubo, Khurcha / Koki (Zugdidi Municipality).

For the first time, a meeting of a lawyer was held in Kobuleti, since the Women's Support Center was already established there, and the first activities began.

The lawyer answered questions, and also gave individual advice.

In June, meetings were held for four couples on conflict management issues: Kobuleti, Kutaisi, Terjola and in one of the villages of Zugdidi municipality. Both remote and direct formats of meetings were used.

Topics for discussion were: what are the strategies to resolve relations; cooperation - as a mechanism for effective conflict management.

The meeting was mainly preventive, although there was a family among them, which, after assessing the situation, was redirected to a lawyer. Work with this family will be continued in the coming months.

The COVID 19 pandemic created a lot of difficulties for people. The Fund “Sukhumi” tried to partly solve their problems - in 10 municipalities, the Women Support Centers prepared packages of products for 400 families (socially unprotected, mothers with many children, women victims of violence, persons with disabilities) and handed them over.

These days, the second stage of the charity event took place and additionally 30 families received assistance in Kutaisi, Khoni, Tskaltubo, Terjola, Senaki, Poti, Zugdidi, Tsalenjikha, Ozurgeti and Lanchkhuti municipalities (3 families per each).

Women Support Centers completed a cycle of small projects. Now they are preparing for the start of a new job. Therefore, traditional training on “Project Writing and Design” eas held for the mobilizers of the Women Support Centers. Due to the distance work, the internet platform Zoom was used for the training.

Participants discussed the provision of sub-grants, according to which they should develop their projects. During the training, mobilizers of the municipalities selected problems, and prepared working versions of projects.

Live meetings began after a long online work. The first meeting was held in Kobuleti - on the beach. Here,  the first meeting of a psychologist with women took place, as the new Women Support Center began to operate. The same unusual meetings were held at the Women Support Centers of Khoni, Tskaltubo, Senaki, Khurcha (Zugdidi Municipality), taking into account the necessary regulations. Another meeting - but again online - was held with the beneficiaries of Pakhulani Women Support Center. According to tradition, there were also individual consultations.

During the meetings, the most actual issues were discussed: how to deal with stress and adapt to changes, how to establish family relationships so that quarrels and conflicts do not turn into violence. They worked on the Holmes scale for stressful situations. Women expressed gratitude for the care and support.