Mobilizers of the fund “Sukhumi” are actively involved in the life of municipality. During month, they attended the meetings, got acquainted with the innovations of the municipality, and then introduced them to the beneficiaries of the Women Support Center. They held information meetings in 9 cities (Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Khoni, Terjola, Senaki, Poti, Zugdidi, Ozurgeti and Lanchkhuti), with representatives of local self-government and talked about the services and activities of the center.

In frames of the small project of the Senaki Women Support Center, information meetings was held in the village Teklati - with medical staff, the school director and teachers. Aim and activities of the project were explained to participants. During the meetings, special attention was paid to the problem of violence against women, domestic violence and the role of each of us in the prevention process.

27 informational meetings were held by the mobilizers of women support centers in the municipalities of Kutaisi, Khoni, Tskaltubo, Terjola, Senaki, Poti, Ozurgeti, Lanchkhuti, Zugdidi in IDP settlements, villages and towns. The topics of the meetings were: gender equality, women's rights and domestic violence. Information meetings were devoted to the Women Solidarity Week.

The Women Support Center of Tskaltubo, in partnership with the Gender Equality Council of the municipality, is implementing a project aimed at creating a harmonious environment for children. The first training was conducted for representatives of the association of kindergartens, managers and educators. Participants received important information about gender issues in terms of working with pupils of pre-school institutions. Three more trainings are planned in frames of the project.

Poti Women Support Center implements a small project that promotes to the popularization of a healthy lifestyle among young people. In frames of the project, meetings were held with the directors of schools No. 7 and No. 21, as well as with the management of the education resource center. In addition, an information meeting was held by pupils of school No 21. The topic  of the meetings was : - Harmful habits and the importance of a healthy lifestyle.

In March consultative meetings of psychologist were held in 9 collective centers, places of IDP compact resettlement. 55 beneficiaries participated.  As a rule, after the meetings the individual consultations were held.

8 women received individual consultations. Psychologist worked with one married couple, 9 persons received consultations regarding resolving crisis relations in the family. There were also 8 phone calls, 4 consultations via Skype. All this contributed to the psycho-rehabilitation of the beneficiaries.

The Khurcha / Koki Women's Support Center (Zugdidi Municipality) has been successfully implementing a small project "Say No to Violence - Be Active!" since February. Information meetings were held with the authorized representatives of the villages of Zugdidi Municipality. In March, workshops were held for women in two villages - Akhalkakhati and Orsantia. During the workshops there were discussed the issues regarding violence against women and existing legal mechanisms.

The beneficiary of the Poti Women Support Center addressed for help. The family is socially unprotected, lives in the IDP village. The father has problems with backbone after the car accident, and he can not move independently.

The Fund "Sukhumi” addressed the organization "Caritas Georgia" for support. The organization is compassionate about people's problems. It happened so this time - the family received food and clothes.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)

Since the new year, the format of the meetings of the psychologist of the Fund "Sukhumi" has changed. She no longer holds monthly group meetings in the Women Support Centers, and she comes to the regions in case of necessity.

In February, individual meetings were held at the request of Poti and Khurcha / Koki Women's Support Centers (Zugdidi Municipality). The work was carried out with women to resolve personal psychological problems. After the first session, the beneficiaries have already felt relief, agreed to work through skype and telephone counseling. Despite some positive results, individual work continues.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)

As a result of the small grant competition of the Fund "Sukhumi", a project of Tskaltubo WSC "Raising the level of civic education of teachers, educators and parents of pupils of kindergartens in Tskaltubo" was financed.

Within the framework of the project, the mobilizer of the Women Support Center met with the chairman of Tskaltubo Sakrebulo - Grigory Ivaneishvili, with the secretary of the Gender Equality Council, the adviser to the chairman of Sakrebulo - Mzia Kikalishvili. Meeting was also held with representatives of the kindergarten association.

The project includes trainings for teachers and kindergarten educators on topical issues: gender, gender violence, bullying.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)