WSC of Poti actively prepares to implementation of the project “Violence prevention through popularization of healthy life-style”. Different sport activities are planned: checkers, backgammon, volleyball with the participation of girls and boys.
The event is planned on July 10 on Maltakva embankment.
At this stage, meetings are held in different local government services and organizational issues are discussed. The event is actively participated by the office of Mayor of Poti – for the Youth Affairs and Sports, as well as social protection and gender.
posters and leaflets are already printed. T-shirts were prepared with the slogan "Healthy life - against violence!"
On June 18, the fund “Sukhumi” organized round table in the Center of Democratic Engagement of Kutaisi. The meeting was attended by the people with disabilities, representatives of the City Hall and Sakrebulo on social and health care issues, also representatives of social agency. They spoke about budget programs, answered the questions of participants.
As the beneficiaries mentioned, they received interesting nd necessary information.
Women Support Center started to work on a project, funded by the fund “Sukhumi” – “Youth against violence towards the women”. The project was implemented in two villages of the municipality – Nosiri and Dzveli Senaki.
In frames of the project there were held informational meetings with representatives of administration of local government (governor), in educational resource-center, with directors of schools and young people. Meeting participants received information about a project and planned activities.
In frames of monitoring the law against domestic violence, the monitors of the fund “Sukhumi” conducted in-depth interviews with the judges of the Kutaisi City Court, as well as with representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kutaisi and Tskaltubo. The information received will be processed and recommendations based on it will be prepared.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
As always, mobilizers of the Women Support Centers of the fund “Sukhumi” in May conducted 33 information and mobilization meetings in the municipalities of Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Khoni, Senaki, Poti and Zugdidi.
Together with various topical issues, the participants got acquainted with the reports of the meetings held as part of monitoring of the law "On the suppression of domestic violence, the protection of victims of domestic violence and their assistance." They also discussed infrastructure issues.
On May 19 there was finished competition of business projects within the framework of the project "Youth development on the new stage." Prior to the competition the commission met to review the business projects. Commission members were representatives of the donor organization PIN and Fund "Sukhumi», local government agencies, the director of the Youth House. Scores were given objectively. 3 best business projects were identified. The winners are: Eliso Panchulidze, Nikoloz Memanishvili and Nano Makaridze. Authors of the best projects were awarded by computer equipment purchased under the project.
The project is implemented with the support of the Czech organization PIN (donor - World Bank)
In frames of 16 day campaign in the villages of Ozurgeti Municipality Dvabzu and Tskhemliskhidi, the members of gender advisory council organized informational meetings with the teachers and pupils. Then the young people conducted action and meetings with the village population, disseminated informational leaflets.
The project is implemented with the support of the U.S. Embassy in Georgia
To the campaign of "16 active days against gender violence" Khoni Women Support Center dedicated mini-project "Women break stereotypes."
According to the project summary, the majority of women of military settlement collective center are passive, do not have information about the gender-based violence. The project included women who did not attend the Women's Support Center events. Women's Championship in Backgammon was organized. This broke one of the stereotypes as sport is considered as a man's job.
The championship was attended by representatives of local government.
In frames of the project there was printed a poster-calendar with photos of football players of the club "Abkhazeti" - the winner of the amateur league - Imereti 2016. Especially impressionable was the slogan of the poster "We condemn the violence!"
All participants of the calendar of the championship were given the calendar, as well as informational leaflets. Everyone agrees that it is necessary to condemn the violence and to do everything to reduce the number of violent facts.