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At every meeting of psychologist women talk about domestic conflicts, quarrels, strained relations. In July psychologist of Fund "Sukhumi” held 10 group and11 individual meetings in collective centres of Kutaisi, where participated 103 women IDPs.

- Family crisis occurs when there are thoughts that you might have chosen a wrong person, when your relationships are no longer like before, do not want to fight for the preservation of past warm relations, when quarrels and conflicts arise for no particular reason, there is no desire to please a loved one, when relations are not satisfactory.

The main reason is lack of willingness to take responsibility for their roles as "husband” and "wife”. It is necessary to hear and listen to your other half and find a middle ground and share responsibility for two.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization EED Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst.

On July 23-25 in the hotel "Green House” in Kobuleti there was held a three-day training on the topic "Strengthening of women’s possibilities in politics at the regional level” organized by Fund "Sukhumi”.

Participants of the training were women-deputies of the local self-government and members of the Clubs of Women-Voters of the cities of Western Georgia: Kutaisi, Ozurgeti, Batumi, Zugdidi, Khobi, Tskhaltubo, Khoni, Poti.

On the first day trainers of Fund "Sukhumi” acquainted participants with the situation in Georgia from the point of view of gender equality. They discussed leadership and issues of developing of leadership skills.

The second day the training was carried by the Chairperson of Kutaisi branch of Young Lawyers Association, Nino Tvaltvadze. The topic of her block was "Local self-government – European Charter, competence of the local self-government, local and central budget.

On the third day a journalist of the TV company "Imedi”, Eka Pkhakadze, acquainted participants with the principles of work with Mass Media – how to attract Mass Media’s attention, what they should know giving interviews.

All the twenty participants mentioned that the three-day work was fruitful and that they would use obtained knowledge in their practical activity.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization NED – National Endowment for Democracy, USA.

Within the framework of the National Strategy on IDPs in collective centers in № 98 and № 175 Tabukashvili St. in Kutaisi were held both external and internal repairs. Afterwards there were moved IDP families. Total number of residents of both buildings makes up 329 persons.

In July, fund "Sukhumi" conducted monitoring, which revealed that in these buildings, construction companies spent a significant part of repair work.

 Residents of the buildings mentioned that basically they are satisfied with the living area as well as the quality of repair work. According to them, entrances were well renovated, windows and doors are of good quality, defects have been corrected in many apartments, but expressed dissatisfaction with the plumbing materials, poor roofing, which quality leaves much to be desired. In addition, one of the buildings is not registered in the civil registry.

The project is implemented with the support of international organization Conciliation Resources (Great Britain).