Fund “Sukhumi” announced a small grant competition for the Women's Support Centers. The main direction is the protection of the rights of women and girls.

The centers presented 11 project ideas. 5 projects have been selected for financing:

Raising the level of civic education of teachers, educators and parents of pupils of kindergartens in Tskaltubo.

Work with pupils of Khoni municipality in terms of conflict resolution and bullying prevention.

Inclusion of representatives of Senaki Municipality communities in the process of resolving domestic conflicts.

Promotion of a healthy lifestyle among the youth of the Poti municipality.

Information on domestic violence and the appropriate response of women living in the villages of Zugdidi municipality.

Women Support Centers in Tskaltubo, Khoni, Senaki, Poti and Khurcha / Koki (Zugdidi Municipality) will start implementing projects starting in February.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)

Life difficulties are an obstacle to the achievement of the goal, and efforts must be made to overcome them. The psychologist of the Fund "Sukhumi" held consultations on these urgent issues in the Women Support Centers of Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Poti, Khoni, Senaki and Khurcha (Zugdidi Municipality). The meetings were attended by women aged 26 - 65. They learned that difficulties arise in unusual circumstances when it is necessary to solve non-standard and therefore difficult tasks, which are often called problems. The psychologist gave advice, and the main one is: Be sure, this is a temporary phenomenon. Nothing lasts forever, including difficulties.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)

Since January 10, 2018 the Fund "Sukhumi" started working on the project "Strengthening of Women's Rights in Western Georgia". This is the continuation of the Fund’s long-term work in protecting women's rights.

Over the past 6 months, work has been actively carried out in the Women's Support Centers of 6 municipalities of Western Georgia - Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Khoni, Senaki, Poti, Zugdidi.

Since January three more municipalities have been added - Terjola, Ozurgeti, Lanchkhuti, where Women's Support Centers will be established.

Various activities are planned to support and rehabilitate victims of violence and crisis families, and active cooperation with local governments will continue.

An important component of the project is the opening of a rehabilitation center and placement of victims of violence (in the crisis period). The center will hold training seminars for victims of violence and representatives of crisis families: they will be offered professional courses, as well as assistance in finding employment.

The project will contribute to strengthening the rights of women in 9 municipalities of Western Georgia.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)

On December 20-22 in Borjomi, the hotel "Borjomi Palace" hosted a training on the topic "Fundraising, project design and project management". It was attended by the mobilizers of 6 Women Support Centers.

In the first part of the training there was provided psycho-rehabilitation of participants, over which the psychologist of the fund "Sukhumi" worked.

During the training, attention was paid to the following questions: how to find funds, the main stages of fundraising, SWOT analysis.

Participants actively joined the work. They already have practice, independently implement projects, and for them it is very important to find means. At the training, specific problems were selected, and projects were developed in these areas.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)