Tsalenjikha, Samtredia, Kobuleti, Zugdidi, Senaki - a cycle of trainings was continued in December in the youth centers of these five municipalities - this time on the topic of tolerance and early marriage. There was active discussion and most importantly, trust from the participants, which was noted by the teachers.
The trainings had leaders who started to initiate the events. Teachers, directors, parents were actively involved - 1255 pupils participated in the initiated events.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
100 participants and broad geography of meetings: Bagdati, Vani, Chokhatauri, Terjola, Tkibuli.
In the first half of December, trainings were held with the youth of these five municipalities on the topic: Conflict resolution, the Problem of tolerance in Adolescents.
Participants talked openly about problems, gave examples, discussed ways to solve them.
Teachers were actively involved in the trainings and then helped the adults to prepare various activities. These groups conducted 35 initiated events and all of them were dedicated to the international campaign "16 Active Days Against Violence Towards the Women".
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
The youth centers of the Fund "Sukhumi" got involved in the 16-day campaign with special interest. The members of the centers, who have passed a training cycle, are conducting various activities independently now.
Information meeting, exhibition of paintings, preparation of information leaflet, discussion, film screening - this is the format of the events initiated by them. At least 20-30 students are involved in each activity. This means that dozens of young people are familiarized with actual information and express protest against violence
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
The trainers of the Fund "Sukhumi" conducted a training for young people living in Chokhatauri, Terjola, Senaki and Tkibuli municipalities on the topic of violence and conflict.
This is part of 6 months active work and the participants also got involved in the process with great interest. There were interesting discussions, open conversations, concrete examples... There are about 80 young people involved in youth centers, they initiate independent activities during the trainings.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
Forms of violence, legal mechanisms for the protection of the victim and stopping the rapist, conflict and its management – About 60 young people from the municipalities of Bagdati, Tsalenjikha and Vani were trained on these topics at an nline platform.
The meetings were interactive. The participants were given the opportunity to frankly discuss the issues of violence and conflict. Motivation, interest, active involvement was visible ...
Future activities were planned in order to share the knowledge gained with the teenagers.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
October was active for the forum-theater. There are new actors in the group, new rules were established, new scenes were created, rehearsals were held, new videos were recorded.
The renovated Forum Theater presented four performances under in the open air.
Performances are held without audience, as the situation is tense due to the pandemic.
It is true that playing without audience is unusual, but nevertheless, these performances are important for the actors.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
Members of the youth centers of Samtredia, Tsalenjikha, Tkibuli, Vani and Bagdati municipalities actively participated in the discussions and openly spoke about the topics of conflict, violence and bullying, gave concrete examples, and named the reasons.
- Unfortunately, there are frequent cases of conflict and bullying in adults, and talking about such topics helps children not to become a victim, or vice versa - not to be Oppressors;
- Topics are very relevant and it is interesting to discuss them with you;
-I need to know how to manage conflict, protect myself and then I will not become a victim of bullying.
These were the opinions expressed by a group of young people at the end of the training. They are ready to talk about these topics with their peers, to introduce them to the situation management and defense mechanisms.
10 trainings with 223 young people selected from 10 municipalities were conducted in October.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
The Forum Theater worked mainly online in September. The videos, monologues, as well as archival materials were prepared, where two generations of actors of the forum - theater are presented.
From September 15, the rehearsals and the work on new scenes were resumed. Therefore, the artists are looking forward to presenting new performances in the open air.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
Online meetings summarized the results of the five-month training course with the youth. On September 20, representatives of Kobuleti and Chokhatauri municipalities took part in the final meeting, and on September 22, the youth from Terjola, Samtredia and Bagdati municipalities.
The leaders of the Youth Centers made interesting presentations, and active discussions took place.
This was the assessment of one part of the participants:
“We are ready to continue close cooperation with the Fund“ Sukhumi”.
“We saw very active and capable young people who can talk with their peers on topical issues.”
“I saw how responsibly my daughter was preparing the task. She has become more active. "
"Through the presentations, the youth presented important topics in an interesting way
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
