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The school number 3 of Senaki unites 450 schoolchildren (10 of them are representatives of ethnic minorities) and 54 teachers. According to the headmistress of the school Maka Naneishvili they implement various cultural-charity events.

At the initiative of the school on Christmas Day they organized a procession, and donations and gifts of the population were given to children with disabilities.

Despite the active life of the school, teachers say that there are lots of problems. They have already begun to advocate for the rehabilitation of the school building - they wrote a letter to the Municipality, which will apply to the Ministry of Education.

The meeting was attended by representatives of ethnic minorities – a schoolgirl Karina Ustiyan and a teacher Karina Arutinova. According to them, in Senaki people of different nationalities feel good, there are no integration problems.

The project is implemented with the support

 of the UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality

The first meeting of the Gender Advisory Council was held successfully at Senaki Municipality Council.

The Council members were acquainted in more detail with the project goals and objectives, as well as planned activities.

According to the agenda of the meeting there was elected the management of the Council, a Chairperson - a member of Sakrebulo Natalia Khubua and a Deputy Chairperson - a member of Sakrebulo, Merab Gegelia.

The Council members discussed the Regulation of the Council and planned an approximate strategy of activities. Once again members of the Council expressed their willingness to actively work on mainstreaming gender in local policy and budget.

According to them, the Council's activities should be aimed at changes taking into account the real needs of the population, with the proper allocation of preferences.

The project is implemented with the support

 of the UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality