Access Program in Rustavi Celebrates Thanksgiving
On November 22, Access Program in Rustavi celebrated Thanksgiving. The session started with a reading activity, during which students had to read a text about the origin of Thanksgiving and answer some pre-, while- and post- reading questions. To conclude the activity, students worked in groups and camp up with the list of major facts about the origin of Thanksgiving.
After a brief presentation about Thanksgiving dinner, students were divided into groups to create restaurants, menus, and advertisements to attract Thanksgiving day customers. After each group was given a chance to present on the menu and offers they developed, students voted for the best menu and the most attractive offer.
To conclude the day, students created a Thanksgiving tree. They traced their hands on colored sheets of paper, cut them out, wrote on hand prints what they were thankful for and glued all the hand prints on a “tree” as leaves.
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Success Stories
 Dianne Zhambakhidze was once a shy and silent student, but that was before she enrolled in Access. It took her nearly a year to find her voice, but now she is one of the most helpful and friendly members of the group. Peers admire her diligence and hard work and always pay extra attention to what she has to say in class when she answers questions and gives advice on homework problems. > More Second rotation of the Access program in Adjara region of Georgia started with its own set of challenges. After consultations with PH, “Changes without Borders” the implementing partner of the Access program decided to cast the participatory net wider to the outer and more remote locations of Adjara. The level of education and achievement among youth, in those remote locations, is lower than that in the Batumi public schools. Although over 200 applications were received, general starting level of language competencies among the selected 25 Access students was dramatically low. The majority of students could hardly read in English > More  |
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