- Our civic initiative relating participation in the
solution of specific problems and inclusion of local government in the process,
as well as raising civic awareness and the development of youth skills to
protect the environment.
It is gratifying that our activities coincided with
the fact that the Georgian Ministry of Environmental Protection announced June
as a "green month". For nearly a month activists of the club and
schoolchildren held campaigns, systematic monitoring, which proved to be very
effective. This is evidenced by the provided materials, evaluation of society
that respects efforts of young people, - said the organizers of the initiative.
Young people involved in the work told guests about
their activities and shared their impressions: "All avoided our monitoring
group equipped with photo camera", "on June 5 – the day of environment
protection - we walked through the village with banners and attracted
everyone’s attention".
Representatives of local government and the Green
Movement of Georgia, participating in the dialogue, offered their support in a
clean-up action of the historic site - the city-fortress Nokalakevi.
The problem drew media’s attention - newspaper
articles will cover the initiative.
The project is implemented with the
financial support
of the U.S. Embassy in Georgia |