Young Leaders' School (202)
Young Leaders’ School is working with young people to strengthen them and to form leadership skills. The work is carried out in 9 municipalities of Western Georgia - Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Khoni, Terjla, Senaki, Poti, Khurcha / Koki (Zugdidi municipality), Lanchkhuti, Ozurgeti. These are information meetings about gender and domestic violence, workshops on conflictology for young people, meetings with boys, formation of a group of young trainers, trainings and various meetings with participation of young people.
Unusually crowded was the office of the Fund "Sukhumi". 19 representatives from 9 municipalities (Kutaisi, Khoni, Tskaltubo, Terjola, Lanchkhuti, Ozurgeti, Senaki, Poti, Zugdidi), as well as several parents and teachers were presented.
The final meeting of the Youth Clubs was held with different format. It was funny, interesting, original...
They talked about what was done in terms of violence prevention, shared their experiences with each other, developed proposals and plans for more effective integration of activities into the educational process.
Feedback was done in the yard of Bagrati Temple. Many warm words were said - thanks, love, joy... most important is the team, which is going to carry out lots of good activities from the new school year.
Final meetings were held with groups of boys in the municipalities of Khoni (June 3), Lanchkhuti (June 4), Tskaltubo (June 5), Zugdidi (June 6), Poti (June 7), Senaki (June 10), Terjola (June 11), Kutaisi (June 12), Ozurgeti (June 14). 1-2 boys were chosen from each group, who made a presentation about the role of men in the family and society. During the discussion they talked about the dangers of violence. Particular attention was paid to their role in solving the problem. It was noted how important it is to hold such meetings. The fact that these guys are ready to continue working, to disseminate information further in future.
Informational meetings of the Youth Clubs were held at school No. 33 in Kutaisi, in Khajalia (Lanchkhuti municipality) and Zeda Simoneti (Terjola municipality). This completed the planned nine meetings on ethics and aesthetics, healthy lifestyle and sex education.
Like the other clubs, there was also great interest from young people and their inclusion. Various problems emerged: drugs, early marriage, migration, alienation in family relationships ...
Five months of conflict management were summarized at workshops in public schools of the village Kveda Simoneti (Terjola municipality), the village Nigvziani (lanchkhuti municipality) and school No. 15 in Kutaisi,
The students expressed regression about the completion of the work, and the teachers expressed the hope for continued cooperation. According to them, the participants were very interested in the topic, they learned how to manage conflicts. They awaited fore each new meeting with interest, therefore, they believe that the work should be continued.
Youth clubs held informational meetings on the topic: norms of ethics and aesthetics, healthy lifestyle and sex education. The meetings were held in the village Ergeta (Zugdidi municipality), in Poti private school and in the village Teklati (Senaki municipality).
Young people made focus on many problems, including early marriages - this problem hinders the development of young people and the achievement of their independence.
According to the participants of the meetings, such frank conversations and competent advice help to solve problems, prevent conflicts and violence.
The cycle of workshops in a private lyceum school of Senaki, in the school of the village Orulu (Zugdidi municipality) and school No. 1 in Poti was finished. According to the students, workshops on conflict management issues are very important and necessary for them. They emphasized that the information was presented in a light form, in an understandable language. The work was interesting and fun.
The workshops were also attended by teachers. They noted that NGOs contribute to raising students' healthy consciousness, informing and activating them. Workshops are proof of this and the best opportunity to learn how to manage conflicts from an early age.
The first three meetings of June were held in the Youth Clubs of Nakhakhulevi Public Schools (Khoni Municipality), Gurianta (Ozurgeti Municipality) and in the Private School “Otsneba” in Tskaltubo. The topic of the meetings: standards of ethics and aesthetics, healthy lifestyle and sex education.
The participants became involved in the work as much as possible, they talked about the lack of information, the need for such training. There were discussions, opinions expressed, analysis. It was especially interesting to look at problems through the eyes of teenagers and feel their desire to solve problems, to find a way out and make life better...
Final workshops on the issues of conflictology were held in Kontuati (Khoni municipality) Gvishtibi (Tskhaltubo municipality) and in school No. 4 of Ozurgeti. The workshops were attended by students, directors and teachers. It was noted that such meetings are important, as conflict management is an actual topic in our society.
According to the teachers, the non-governmental sector helps the school very much in teaching young people to manage their emotions and build communication with people without conflicts. They have the opportunity to be leaders - more developed, courageous, fair, and live in a non-violent environment.
After the workshops held together with the conflictologist of the Fund “Sukhumi”, the members of the “Conflict Management Group” started informational meetings in their schools.
Members of the group of Poti school No. 1, schools of the village Nigvziani (Lanchkhuti municipality) and Gvishtibi (Tskaltubo municipality) have already held several such meetings attended by directors and teachers.
According to the students, it is very interesting to be in the role of a presenter - to share knowledge, to gain experience...
Using different methods, workshops were held with students of public schools in the village Nigvziani (Lanchkhuti municipality), the village Kveda Simoneti (Terjola municipality) and school No. 15 of Kutaisi.
Evaluation of participants are following:
“I learned how to behave in conflict situations”, “Sometimes I have such anger that I can’t control my emotions, but after these meetings I became calmer”, “I realized that I don’t need to make a decision on my hot heart”, “I really like similar meetings. It would be better to meet each other more often”.