On April 7, 8 and 10, online meetings were held with members of conflict management groups of public schools in the village Supsa (Lanchkhuti municipality), Dvabzu (Ozurgeti municipality) and Teklati (Senaki municipality).

The students, together with the trainer, discussed the topic “Conflict Escalation”. They gave concrete examples from their lives. Then they started doing homework: video appeals about conflicts and COVID19, essays, drawings ... Some works have already been published on the Facebook page of the Fund “Sukhumi”.

It should be noted that the South Caucasus Regional Peace building Platform thanked our organization for working with schoolchildren in a pandemic situation. Its Facebook page says: We are pleased that in this situation our partner organization, the Cultural - Humanitarian Fund “Sukhumi” continues online seminars on conflict management. Many thanks to Larisa (Lela) Shengelia, who leads this work.

Online meetings were held with youth clubs of the public schools in the villages Menji (Senaki municipality), Ganmukhuri (Zugdidi municipality) and Ozurgeti.

The topic of discussion was tolerance, which is quite relevant in a pandemic - and today there is a lack of understanding and love. The students prepared and posted three videos on the Facebook page of the Fund “Sukhumi” on the topic of the pandemic. This is the result of their initiative and active group work.

On April 2, 4 and 6, on-line meetings were held with the members of conflict management groups in the school - Gymnasium of Poti, schools of the village Anaklia (Zugdidi municipality) and the village Pakhulani (Tsalenjikha municipality).

Together with the students, the topic of “conflict escalation” was discussed, and stories were sent to the messenger groups, which presented examples of conflict escalation.

On April 7, conflict expert of the Fund “Sukhumi” posted another video on conflict escalating on a Facebook page.

The students received the task, to record a video messages on the issues of conflict and covid-19, as well as to write an essay, make drawings ... their work has already appeared on the Facebook page of the Fund “Sukhumi” and the audience read them with interest.