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The girls from the School of Young Leaders, their changed life, expansion of the school’s activity and the creation of Youth Centers of Fund "Sukhumi" – these issues are covered in the new number of "Women's Voice".

Excerpts from the interview with young leaders:

"My life has absolutely changed since I’ve come to Fund "Sukhumi”.

"After the completion of the first course of the Leaders’ School I’ve become more active, self-confident, sociable, and bolder”.

"Cooperation with Fund "Sukhumi” has given me the strength”.

These are only fragments, and the most interesting is in the journal, in articles about active, clever and pretty girls.

The project is implemented with the support of Kvinna till Kvinna,

 women’s Foundation (Sweden)

In compact settlements of IDPs in Kutaisi there were held 8 group meetings with psychologist that were attended by 73 women, aged 28 to 62.

In the regional Women Support centres of Khurcha, Senaki, Kutaisi, Tskhaltubo, Poti, Khoni there were held group meetings as well as four individual meetings and three calls were received by the "hot line” of Fund "Sukhumi”.

This is the statistic. And the content of the meetings was interesting and useful.

Firstly because they were devoted to emotions and feelings and secondly, participants were given tips and "recipes" how to control emotions...

According to psychologists, our behavior is formed from our childhood, based on sensory experience: the tactile (touching), olfactory (smelling), gustatory, auditory, visual "contacts" with the outside world. We experience positive emotions (joy) or negative emotions (frustration, grief, resentment, anger)…

In a state of negative emotional arousal the internal structure of an individual is destroyed which hinders the process of individualization and socialization.

Unfortunately, we are rarely taught how to cope with negative emotions.

Psychologists advise us to get rid of negative emotions that prevent us from life, and to use positive emotions to feel our own life.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)

Representatives of Fund "Sukhumi" met with the chairperson of Ozugeti Municipality Council, Mr. Avtandil Surguladze and familiarized him with the objectives and goals of the new project.

Mr. Avtandil said that the Municipality Council will be actively involved in the project implementation, since the project is innovative and the formation of Gender Advisory Council will contribute to more fruitful cooperation between society and local government.

The project is implemented with the support

 of the UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality