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In the village club of Ekadea was held the workshop on practical advocacy with participation of 21 women. There were evaluatedresults of advocacy. The participants of the meeting emphasized:

 "I could not imagine that our efforts would be so fruitful and that we would be able to solve the accumulated problems".

 "All instances,that had not helped to solve problems before, are now looking for every opportunity to improve the state of the water supply".

 "A chairman of Municipality Council often calls us and provides us with the information on the course of things".

 The club members expressed pleasure that, despite the lack of experience, they had formed an organized group, identified the most pressing problems and they were able to successfully advocate for them.

 "Professionalism, adherence to principle and organizational skills of our club’s leader appeared so obvious that we have a desire, to see her in the Municipality Council after the forthcoming elections to the local government " - the woman endorsed the initiative of the most elderly member of the club.

The workshop, conducted for the members of the club, has defined an advocacystrategy of new problems.

The project is implemented with the support

of the organization NED – National Endowment for Democracy (USA)