In public school of the village Koki (Zugdidi Municipality) and in WSC of Khoni there were held informational meetings of the youth clubs on the common issue domestic violence, its reasons and preventive mechanisms.

In Koki there were invited pupils from school of village Orsantia, who themselves expressed a will to participate in the meeting. New members were involved in discussion of topic.

The youth of Khoni is well aware with the issue and it is easy to work with them. There were interesting examples, active discussions, there were fixed initiatives.

“While the law and society will be separated, the problem will not be solved” – mentioned one of the participants.

The meeting in WSC of Kutaisi was devoted to reasons and protective mechanisms of trafficking. In this active youth club there were invited three new members. They were involved actively in discussions. It was noted that movement and travel is a risk, if a person has no correct information.

Informational meetings of theyouth clubs were held in public school of the village Koki (Zugdidi Municipality), in WSCs of Khoni and Kutaisi, in school No6.

There were interesting live examples about people of other religion and nationality, there was conversation about religion, mixed families.

Some more aggressive young people analyzed the problem from another side...These discussions contribute to the formation of modern, free, tolerant youth who will change society for the better.

The meeting of the Club of Voter Women was held in the meeting hall of Sakrebulo of Senaki Municipality. Members of Sakrebulo Nana Alania, Dinara Khukhua and Inga Kardava were invited to the meeting. It is noteworthy that all of them will run for the upcoming elections to local self-government.

Women spoke about the current local programs, the implementation of which they contributed, about the results and future plans.

Advocacy issues were also discussed, and along with representatives of local self-government, ways of resolving are outlined.

The Tskhaltubo Club of Voter Women developed recommendations that should be submitted to political parties for their integration into their programs.

The problems of youth employment, the need to introduce an internship program for them, as well as the organization of free courses related to the development of hotel services were highlighted.

The club planned to hold the action with the support of local government. Young people will be involved in the action, who at different places in Tskhaltubo will plant seedlings allocated by local self-government.

The project is implemented with the support  of the U.S. Embassy in Georgia 

On December 23-24 in Borjomi there was held a training regarding the issues of strategic planning. The training was attended by the members of the Club of Voter Women from Kutaisi and Senaki.

They summarized results of the work for the year and drafted the plans for future.

March is considered to be the month of women, so the main topic during the informational meetings of the youth clubs was women solidarity in violence prevention.

During informational meeting in Khoni School No4, the participants heard information about the fund “”Sukhumi” and discussed the issue of women solidarity.

In schools No7 of Poti and village Koki, the participants expresses great interest towards the topic and were involved in the discussion.

In School No1 of Tskaltubo, the girls were very active. In school No4 of Senaki, the boys were especially active, who openly spoke that the women deserve ho have celebrations every day.

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"Where are you, my Suliko?" - So-called documentary film of Lia Jakeli tells about Varenka Tsereteli, the author of popular song to the words of Akaki Tsereteli "Suliko".

A film is about the forgotten woman and was filmed 10 years ago and even today it does not lose relevance.

The screening of the film in the Kutaisi Center for Democratic Engagement was attended by 8 members of the Youth Club of the fund "Sukhumi”. They also took part in the debate, which took was active and interesting.

In schools No3 Tskaltubo, No7 Senaki and No2 Poti there were held informational meetings of the youth clubs.

Together with the familiar participants the meetings were also attended by new ones.

Discussion of the topic caused controversy. Discussions were active and intense. Participants gave examples and openly talked about people of a different opinion, creed or nationality.

The general opinion of the participants of the meeting is: "I am annoyed by all - not like me, but I was not possessed by aggression and therefore I declare that I am tolerant."

Planned another three meetings were held in the Youth Clubs on topic of ethics and aesthetics and sex education in school No. 7 in Poti, in the Kutaisi library and in the collective center of the military town of Senaki.

At the meetings, leaders were selected who actively joined the work. Participants - girls and boys - gave interesting examples, frankly talked about the need for informal education and discussion of these issues.