The fund “Sukhumi” conducted one more informational meeting with Georgian and Armenian population residing on Chokhatauri Street. Last year, the population raised the issues of repairing the flats (the roofs), damaged from the disaster, as well as the question of roads and gasification.
The meeting also announced problems of youth. It was said that there is no possibility for development of the youth – population demands from the state to build sport square or other places of amusement.
Residents of Chokhatauri Street addressed the Mayor for solution of this problem.
In 6 collective centers of Kutaisi informational-consultative meeting was held with the IDPs, with participation of 45 women from 20 to 65 years old. At first the psychologist was met by 11 people.
Main issue of the meeting was “self-evaluation” – opinion about yourself, believe and seeing and evaluation of your own “I”.
Mini-lectures, discussions, tests were held. Also two individual consultations regarding relations between parents and children were conducted.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
The lawyer of Ozurgeti Gender Advisory Council conducted informational meeting with the residents of Megrelidze. This street is a bounder with the village Ozurgeti. Majority of residents in this village have cattle, and it is very important for them to own land where they can grow corn and other annual crops. But their problem is that they use the land, which is not registered in the public register.
Population was given advice, how to register the land. They also received information on inheritance and family law.
With new project of the fund “Sukhumi” mobilization meetings in frames of the project goes on. The meetings were held not only in those places, where there are WSCs (Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Khoni, Senaki, Poti, Khurcha), but also in near villages – Ivandidi (Khoni Municipality) Ternali (Tskaltubo Municipality), Bataia (Senaki Municipality) Koki (Zugdidi Municipality).
Mobilization meeting were held in 5 cities and 5 villages.
They spoke about new projects, aims, planned activities.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
On January 26 in Sakrebulo of Senaki an extraordinary meeting was held by Nana Alania – chairperson of the GAC (head of social issues commission of Sakrebulo).
The meeting was attended by the heads of Senaki Gamgeoba, services of infrastructures of refugees and accommodation, director of the cultural center, IDPs residing in collective center “Egrisi”, deputies of Sakrebulo.
The meeting was conducted on the background of active discussion regarding two problems – these problems were revealed during informational meeting in “Egrisi” and the meetings of lawyer in the library.
Representatives of relevant structures explained the issues under their competence and what can they do for improving the situation of the IDPs.
As for the library, head of the cultural center claimed that problem of toilets will be solved in nearest future.
The deputies mentioned that they are ready for collaboration and in case of need, for solution of local problems, they will discuss issue of additional financial support.
Ozurgeti Gender Advisory Council (GAC), among those, created by the fund “Sukhumi”, was the first to start promotion of gender policy in the region.
For last year the GAC elaborated and local Sakrebulo together with the fund “Sukhumi” financed the project “Youth – for assistance of gender policy”.
The project comes to its end and soon the youth forum is planned.
It was the issue of ordinary meeting of Ozurgeti GAC. Participants approved the plan of gender policy, which will be submitted to Sakrebulo for discussion.
Chairperson of the GAC – Lela Natsvaladze mentioned that local self-government actively supports initiatives draftedin gender policy plan and several projects, submitted by the GAC are ready for financing.
At the end of the meeting, members of Ozurgeti GAC expressed support of the action of the Ministry of Healthcare and government of Georgia “STOP C”, which started with the aim of prevention from hepatitis.
“Give a smile to IDPs”! – this phrase was a guideline for a meeting in Batumi.
While speaking about problems in health sphere, the IDPs mentioned that majority of them have no means for treating teeth and want to have relief in 50 %.
By the words of the chairperson of NGO “Unity for Assistance” – Nana Chanturaia, in post war period the IDPs had no possibility to treat the teeth. One diseased tooth damages the others and then it caused different diseases and depression.
In order to solve the problem and make prevention steps, Batumi Club of Women Voters of the fund “Sukhumi” and the organization “Unity for Assistance”, plan to conduct joint action and advocacy.
The project is implemented with the support of the U.S. Department of State
On January 23 meeting of Batumi Gender Advisory Council was held with representatives of new chairpersons of Batumi Municipality territorial units, who familiarized with the members of council and their activities. Perspectives of future collaboration were planned. One of the topics of meeting was gender budget, role and function of self-government in protection from gender violence, national referral of protection from violence, authority and coordination of its subjects. In the discussions on these issues together with them members of the Fund "Sukhumi", representatives of the Office of the Interior Ministry of Adjara, members of City Council participated.
At the meeting there was advocacy of important issues for the citizens. As the representatives of the executive branch mentioned, they are happy to continue to work with GAC in the issues that require their direct involvement.
The project is implemented with the support of the U.S. Department of State
The former building of the hotel “Egrisi” in Senaki, but 33 IDP families name the problem of gas, part of the IDPs are in the process of legalization, the ceiling is damaged in the hall of the first floor and anti-sanitary in the cellar.
The IDPs demand rehabilitation of the first floor of the building from the state structures.
These problems were raised on the meeting of Senaki Gender Advisory Council the same day. It was decided to conduct a meeting of IDPs with the members of GAC, also with participation of representatives of the structures, who have a power to regulate the issue.
The problems, announced during the meeting were raised in Senaki GAC. Meeting of the IDPs with Sakrebulo members was discussed for their solution.
The 12-th meeting of Senaki Gender Advisory Council became the beginning of gender policy implementation – soon the activities of the project elaborated by the council will start. The project was financed by Senaki Municipality Sakrebulo and fund “Sukhumi”. Participants of the meeting received new information regarding preparation activities and discussed new project ideas from the recommendations, elaborated for gender policy implementation.
The meeting was special for active discussions and number of questions. Participants’ attention was paid to the problems of collective center “Egrisi” and public library (these problems were revealed as a results of informational meetings with IDPs and consultations with the lawyer).
-We will study the situation and make everything depending on us – mentioned Nana Alania, chairperson of gender advisory council social issues of Sakrebulo.
The fund “Sukhumi” finished its activities in the project “Strengthening of women’s rights in Western Georgia” by evaluating seminar.
The seminar was attended by the staff, mobilizers of Women Support Centers, young actors of the forum-theatre.
The project had several directions: informing, education, monitoring of cases of violence, gaining of skills, legal and psychological services, strengthening of the women for advocacy of their rights, involvement of the society and representatives of the self-government in the activities, which are directly connected with improvement of women’s condition.
The seminar summarized achievements, goals and results of three-year project were compared.
Three hard years are in the past and there are new perspectives, new plans and new approaches towards the old, but still actual problems in future.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
In frames of informational meeting, the lawyer met the residents of May 26 street in Ozurgeti. They mentioned that the road is amortized, the gas and water supply is damaged, it is impossible to walk in rainy weather. There is also a problem of lightening. There was prepared a statement, which will be submitted to the city hall and then the problem will be lobbed.
It was the last meeting of a year, where the journalists spoke about their social role, changed gender approaches, attitude towards airing actual problems.
The assistant of Kutaisi Gender Advisory Council familiarized the audience with the recommendations, which gender council submitted to Sakrebulo and City Hall and will be envisaged in the budget of next year.
Journalists from Senaki, actively cooperate with the fund “Sukhumi” – participate in different meetings, prepare materials about activities of gender advisory council.
On December 20, the meetings were held in the TV Company «Egrisi” and newspaper “Kolkheti”. Journalists, representative of the fund “Sukhumi” and member of gender advisory council talked about local gender policy, new projects of gender advisory council, gender accents of media and cooperation development.
On December 19, in Women Support Centers of Senaki, network meeting of the mobilizers was held. The attendants spoke about the work, carried out in reporting period in direction of domestic violence monitoring.
They exchanged opinions regarding further strengthening of Women Support Centers.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
On December 16, an ordinary meeting of the Voter Women’s Club in was held the fund “Sukhumi”, which was attended by 18 women with new members among them.
The attendants spoke about conducted activities, involvement in 16 day campaign, gender advisory council and importance of the club in the work of gender advisory council.
Future meetings were planned in direction of advocacy of different social problems among them.
In frames of the campaign of 16 active days the topic of the meeting with the youth was international documents (UN resolutions and the Beijing Platform), which promote to protection of women’s rights.
The issue was new for number of participants. The students of Kutaisi and Zugdidi Universities, also the youth, who were met by the assistants in Tskaltubo, Senaki, Khoni and Poti were involved in the activities.
Informational sheets were spread on the meetings. At first the discussions were not active, but the participants step by step realized the issue, meaning of these documents and expressed their opinion:
“The meeting raised a will to learn more about these issues”.
“Such meetings are interesting, new topic, culture of discussion, inter-active and group work gives us experience of communication, publicity and activeness”.
The girls conducted additional informational meetings in their schools.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
