On May 20th in the Women’s Support Centre
of Senaki was held panel dialogue within the framework of the project supported
by the U.S. Embassy in Georgia. There was discussed the implementation of civic
initiative presented by the Senaki initiative group at the last meeting.
"The carried out activity has showed us once again how
topical is the theme of ecological education. In schools almost all teachers
joined educational activity. Pupils prepared posters and made an exhibition
that reflects the current alarming environmental picture. In parallel local government
has contributed to the implementation of the initiatives. They have already
booked trash bins for collective centers "- said participants of the
meeting.
Especially active were young activists involved in the
various programs of the Fund. They raised a number of important issues:
effective work of sanitary monitoring service of the local self-government;
expressed a desire to increase the scale of the public campaign, independently
conduct informational and educational work, and be more actively engage media.
Representatives of the local authorities noted that a
positive result of the civil initiative is obvious. They emphasized the great
motivation of young people and a relevant civil liability of their heads, and answered
in detail to the questions.
At the suggestion of the representative of the local
Red Cross Society, attending the meeting, their volunteers, many of whom are
doctors, would gladly join the campaign in order to more clearly show people
threat to their health because of the polluted environment.
The project is implemented
with the financial support of the U.S. Embassy in Georgia. | 
