“Non-formal education is a new window for me to well see the issues that my generation faces as challenges”.
"It is important to discuss the issues that have become the “Achilles' heel” of the 21st century - conflict and violence".
“It's interesting to listen to each other's opinions. Sometimes in the process of discussion, we rethink the issues, we see a better way out of the situation”.
This is what the young participants say during or at the end of the trainings.
Another 4 meetings were held in May at the Youth Empowerment Centers – this time in Bagdati, Chokhatauri, Terjola, Tsalenjikha municipalities. 80 participants were included in the trainings. The training process for them is interesting and exciting. Young people share their knowledge with others so that as many people as possible are informed.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
In the beginning of May, three training sessions were held on actual issues: problems of tolerance among young people and ways to manage conflicts. Interesting trainings with discussions and role--games were held in Senaki and Zugdidi Youth Empowerment Centers. Online, but active work was carried out with the youth group of Vani municipality.
All meetings were attended by 65 participants. For them, this is a space for communicating with successful peers, getting acquainted with important information, discovering new opportunities, so they look forward to the next meetings.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
They are interested in: when the next training will be held? Because they liked the work. Their feedback is following:
- It is interesting and necessary to conduct trainings on the topic of conflicts and violence.
- Live training is completely different!
- It is very good to play small scenes, the topic is better understood, and they got amused...
- They learned a lot about new and useful things.
The trainings in Tkibuli, Terjola and Kobuleti Youth Empowerment Centers were live, with role-playing games, exercises and discussions.
Also interesting were online trainings conducted with youth from the municipalities of Chokhatauri and Bagdati.
The participants were active, joined the discussions, frankly shared their views and experiences with each other.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
Another six-month work cycle is over. New groups were formed in Samtredia, Vani, Senaki, Tsalenjikha and Zugdidi municipalities and the first meetings were held. Conflict management and violence prevention - these topics were introduced to young people, they discussed, expressed their views.
The training process was successfully conducted in the youth empowerment centers. There were discussions, role-games, interactive work.
- Such trainings are important for us, we meet active peers, discuss new topics, we have interesting discussions, which gives us possibility to hold discussions with arguments and gives more information, - said the young people at the end of the meetings.
The trainers introduced all the groups to the website "Digital Resource Center of the Services for Victims of Violence" created by the Women Fund "Sukhumi" - http://gbvdigitalresourcecenter.ge/ Knowing this is important for young people to provide timely information to those who need it...
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
Members of the Youth Empowerment Center of five municipalities (Kobuleti, Chokhatauri, Senaki, Tsalenjikha and Bagdati), their parents and teachers, school directors, representatives of Youth Department and the Gender Equality Council of the municipalities attended online summarizing meetings.
The centers presented a report of six-month active work. Significant results and changes were seen in the presentations and emotional speeches of the youth. They said how important it is for them to participate in the initiated events, to work in a team, to acquire serious training knowledge and a lot of skills.
The Women Fund "Sukhumi" awarded certificates to the participants and young trainers of the training course and certificates of appreciation for the support and cooperation to the schools involved in the process.
440 participants attended summarizing meetings from five municipalities (Samtredia, Tkibuli, Terjola, Vani, Zugdidi): members of the Youth Empowerment Center, their parents and teachers, school directors, representatives of the Youth Department and the Gender Equality Council of the Municipality.
It was a kind of report of the relationship with the Fund "Sukhumi" and six months of active work.
What was done? What did the students learn? How will thy use the knowledge in practice?
The young people answered these questions with presentations and showed their experience, acquired skills, new opportunities to the online audience.
- I overcame complexes, I became active, I learned a lot, I did it independently, I have changed - these words were heard in the speeches of young people.
The invited guests spoke about the positive impact and changes, they praised the work of the Fund "Sukhumi".
These are fragments from children's letters.
They address to parents. Express love and talk about problems.
Part of one of the meetings held for the Women Fund "Sukhumi" Youth Empowerment Centers was dedicated to the relationship between children and parents. The idea came to send messages from children to mothers and fathers...
You will read the rest yourself:
- I have seen my mother, in tears, because of my or my brother's words. When I look at her, my heart hurts too, I think about my behavior ... Her tears are a great pain for me. I apologize and tell her that I love her very much ...
- I'm sure when I have a child he/she will treat me the way I treated my parents, so I try not to hurt them.
- My mother is an immigrant and I caress her from distance. Only five months have passed since she left, but it seems to me that we have been apart for many years…
The six-month training course in Kobuleti, Zugdidi, Chokhatauri, Tsalenjikha and Senaki youth centers is going to its completion. During the last meeting, the participants discussed the topics: Ways of conflict resolution, norms of ethics and aesthetics, relationships between parents and children, problems and reasons”. Now they are preparing for the summarizing event, which will take place in early March. 20 presenters were selected from 5 groups to talk about the impact of the project.
In February, 10 trainings were held in ten municipalities of western Georgia. 196 participants were involved in the trainings.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
It all happens after our meetings. One meeting / training is held per month and from training to training children express their views: what they have learned, what they like and what they worry about, in different ways.
Video clip, prepared by Samtredia Group, information meetings held by Zugdidi and Kobuleti groups and many else: diagrams, letters to parents, comics, videos, paintings, presentations...
We call these events initiative ones, because they reflect our training. The topics of the meetings held in the ten youth centers in February were: conflict, ethics, aesthetics, relationships of parents and children. The activities carried out by the leaders of the centers were also dedicated to these issues.
All activities are posted on the Facebook pages of the Fund "Sukhumi" and schools and the number of views is thousands ... 787 people took part in the activities. The activity would be much higher if the schools had not switched to online teaching. The youth direction of the Women Fund "Sukhumi" is still quite popular and this is the best result of our active work.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
