On February 15 a meeting was held in one of Kutaisi collective centers, where the participants were given information regarding a law on IDPs. The meeting summarized all problems, related to IDPs. For solution of the problems of one woman, who is sick and cannot move independently, a statement was prepared and sent to the Ministry of refugees and accommodation.
In frames of the project “Mobilization of the communities for the prevention of domestic violence” there was held meeting with representative of khoni Sakrebulo – Valeri yui96htadze and his assistant Ketevan Kupatadze. They familiarized with the action plan. As a result there were changes in the project – the work will be held in the villages Nakhakhulevi and Matkhoji instead of the villages Ivandidi and Kutiri.
Ozurgeti Historical Museum hosted an informational meeting, which participants got acquainted with the work of the Fund "Sukhumi" in Ozurgeti, Implemented by Gender Advisory Council and the Club of Women Voters. They learned about the gender policy, which was approved in the new city budget and the municipality.
The first responses were made to the program for people with hepatitis "C" and cancer patients. More detailed information will be given to all interested persons through the social service.
It was planned a visit of the lawyer of Fund "Sukhumi”, which will help the museum staff in advocacy of the issue related to the rehabilitation of the building.
On March 11, one of the collective centers of Kutaisi (former kindergarten on Nicea Street) legal-consultation meeting was held.
The fund "Sukhumi" gathered Kutaisi Women's Initiative Group, which analyzed the advocacy process taking into account the inclusive approaches to human security.
Based on the work plan, the group is working on a new problem to protect cultural security. The advocacy process has already begun. The participants developed official letters and sent them to different structures. They identified those people who would support, and also talked about the risks that could arise during work.
-Two projects in cooperation with the local government, participation in trainings regarding different issues, informing the society through radio and TV programs, research of gender needs and elaboration of recommendations envisaging the research results, representing gender policy for establishing gender components in local budget and the support from local government – Kutaisi Gender Advisory Council summarized the activities for 2015.
The meeting, held in a format of round table was attended by the members of Sakrebulo, representatives of different services of the City Hall and NGOs.
There was also conversation about problems, gaps, plans for the future.
