The members of the youth initiative group of the village Didinedze - Zugdidi municipality worked on the project: "Hello Abkhazia!". During the meeting, they discussed the activities planned within the project and distributed the responsibilities.
The members of the women initiative group started working on the advocacy of the issues identified as a result of the research. It was noted that unemployment, inflation, high prices for food products and medicines, as well as migration and credit loans in the bank, remain a challenge for the local population.
The members of Khoni Youth Club started the implementation of the project "Salon Conversations", which was financed within the framework of the USAID grant competition. The meeting with the members of the club was held in the third public school of Khoni. Young people worked on the details of the project. Planned activities were discussed, deadlines for their implementation were determined and responsibilities were distributed.
The representatives of the first group once again reviewed the conclusions and recommendations of the " Assessment of the Human Security Quality" and selected problems for advocacy. They plan to solve them in cooperation with the local authorities.
Training was conducted with the second group. The participants got acquainted with the state services for the victims of violence and received answers to the questions from a competent person.
The members of the youth initiative group of the village Koki - Zugdidi municipality held a meeting where they evaluated the activities carried out within the framework of the mini-project. The goal of the project is to promote peace through the involvement of young people, raise awareness and their active participation in the process of regulating Georgian-Abkhazian relations. In this regard, the initiative group has planned a lot of interesting activities.
Another meeting was held with the women initiative group. The conversation concerned the challenges that were highlighted in the process of the research: "Evaluation of the quality of human security of the population". During the meeting, it was noted that the awareness of the population about state services will significantly increase the activity of citizens, which is the most important for their economic empowerment. Priority issues were named, that will be permanently advocated by the women initiative group.
A meeting with the members of the group of IDP women and girls was organized in the office of the Fund "Sukhumi".
During the meeting, all the priority problems that were identified within the framework of the project in various IDP communities were discussed. The participants spoke about the work done and outlined further ways to advocate mentioned problems.
“We can openly say that we have overcome the nihilism that we had and started to work actively. We realized that we need to act to solve our problems, because no one will do this instead of us,” said one of the meeting participants.
General meetings, acquired new skills, sharing experiences with each other are great motivation for all members of the group to do more for their communities.
The project is implemented with the support of USAID local governance program
The Women Fund “Sukhumi” has created a friendly space where children from Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia spend their free time together.
In April, lessons were held in 6 courses - Georgian language, English, polymer clay, acting art, embroidery, photography and videography.
On April 17, the first two-month course in photography and videography ended and a new group began to work.
The two-month polymer clay course also ends in April. With the help of this course, children not only learn new things, but also tell each other stories, sing in Georgian, they especially like the song “Suliko.”
English and Georgian language courses are conducted productively. Children learn words, make sentences, conduct dialogues...
The meeting of members of the IDP women working group with members of the Gender Equality Council of Kutaisi Municipality was attended by both members of the City Council and City Hall.
Members of the working group presented the problems existing in the target IDP communities and discussed the ways of their solution together with representatives of self-government.
The Gender Equality Council expressed its support. Letters will be prepared and sent to the relevant services of the City Hall.
“You are doing important work, in frames of our competence we will support active women in order to eliminate existing problems”, said Deputy Mayor Tamar Dakhundaridze.
The project is implemented with the support of USAID local governance program
In frames of exchange meeting format, Kutaisi women initiative group was visited by the members of Khoni. The aim of the meeting was to get to know the members of the group, bring them closer, share information and experience. Women spoke about the problems and needs they advocated. The mentioned format was positively evaluated by the participants. The members of Kutaisi Youth Club discussed two project ideas developed in frames of the grant competition. They got acquainted with the information about the peace initiatives and determined the activities to be implemented within the framework of the project. New members joined the youth club. In the near future, they will start implementing the project and various types of activities financed within the framework of the USAID grant competition. The meeting was hosted by Public School No. 6 of Abkhazia named after Zhuli Shartava.
A joint meeting of Georgian and Abkhazian partners was held in Istanbul on March 19-23 within the framework of the project: "Gender Aspects of Human Security, Risks, Mitigation strategies". The meeting of the Georgian and Abkhazian women groups began with the presentation of action plans and the introduction of the agenda. The women shared the situational analysis in their regions and exchanged information about the challenges and problems of everyday life. According to the results of the activities, group work was held in the form of the monitoring report in 2024. The main challenges were defined, the issues of human security for women, assessment and risk management were discussed. They talked about what risk is and what we do to eliminate it, what is the difference between risk, danger and coercion. The work was fruitful and productive. During the meeting, reduction of all possible and existing risks in terms of women's work was discussed.
Members of Khoni women's initiative groups got acquainted with the results of the research, which was aimed at "assessing the quality of human security" envisaging gender aspects, and got acquainted with the conclusions and recommendations, which they will try to advocate in cooperation with the local government. Khoni Youth Club discussed two project ideas developed within the grant competition. Activities to be implemented within the project were defined at the meeting. In the near future, the youth club will start implementing a project funded by the USAID grant competition and various types of activities. The meeting was hosted by Khoni public school N3.
