The youth clubs of Senaki (village Teklati), Khoni (village Nakhakhulevi) and Poti held meetings on the topic of tolerance.
The interest of the participants was great. This was expressed in active discussions, role games. Everyone had the opportunity to express their opinions. Club members are going to hold meetings on this topic with their peers.
In April, traditional meetings were held with boys in Poti, Terjola, Senaki, Tskaltubo, Zugdidi, Ozurgeti, Kutaisi, Lanchkhuti, Khoni municipalities.
The meetings discussed the concept of courage and the issue of gender equality. The boys were actively involved in the working process: there were role-playing games, discussions. According to the boys, the main reason of family conflicts is the difficult economic situation in the country. At the end of the meeting, during the feedback, participants noted that knowledge, information, and the correct legal methods should be used against violence and inequality.
Work with these groups is still ongoing.
Informational meetings of the youth clubs on the topic: domestic violence, reasons, statistics and mechanisms of violence prevention were held in the private school of Poti, in the schools of the villages Nakhakhulevi (Khoni Municipality) and Zeda Simoneti (Terjola Municipality),
These were new groups. Leaders were identified. Young people are actively involved in the work and discussions. They analyzed the reasons of domestic violence. In role-playing games, they expressed their own positions - scenes of psychological, physical and economic violence were shown. After each scene, young people boldly talked about problems. It turned out that they are protesting against what they do not like.
Concrete examples of escalation of the conflict and the possible consequences were discussed by the students of the private lyceum school of Senaki, school No 15 - Kutaisi and the villa - of Orulu (Zugdidi municipality) together with the conflictologist of the Fund "Sukhumi". Work with these groups will be continued.
Pupils of the schools of Kveda Simoneti (Terjola municipality), Kontuati (Khoni municipality) and Poti discussed the stages of conflict escalation and possible results together with the representative of the Fund "Sukhumi"
They understood how a small conflict could grow into a large-scale and dangerous conflict, and how to avoid it. It was noted that many people heard the information about a possible result – “win-win” for the first time. They got a good experience, and are waiting for the next meetings with interest.
