Students of “Momavlis Skola” in Batumi carried out advocacy campaign for the road safety. There was no appropriate road sign and speed bump in front of the school, which is situated on a street with heavy traffic. This created a danger for pedestrians who tried to cross the street.
Students of Jurukveti public school decided to rehabilitate the yard of their school and obtained the support from school administration, local Government and community.
On March 6-8, Civics Teachers’ Forum (CTF) organized training of trainers (ToT) on “Critical Friends’ Groups” at the Center for Training and Consultancy (CTC). Regional Coordinators of the Civics Education Teachers’ Forum (CETF) from all 11 regions of Georgia took part in the training.
On March 3, U.S. Ambassador Richard Norland joined students, teachers, the Mayor, Governor and City Council Chairperson in Gori to present awards to student winners of Essay Contest “Woman – An Active Citizen”.
On February 26, online conference for civics clubs students was held at Tbilisi Multimedia Education Center. Monika Gorzelanska, USAID Program Officer and Shamenna Gall, USAID Agriculture Officer were guest speakers of the conference and shared with students their own experience of volunteerism and civic participation in the US and in Poland.
Civics club leaders of Momavlis Taoba (MT) Program’s 14 partner schools in Kakheti region took part in a training dedicated to Safer Internet Day. Students learned about safe, responsible and positive use of online and digital technologies.
Students and civics teachers of MT program’s 14 partner schools took part in Youth Forum held in Marneuli. The Youth Forum provided students with opportunity to identify and prioritize the needs, critical for their schools and communities.
On February 8, students from MT project’s partner schools in Shida Kartli region took part in training on advocacy.Students learned how to plan and conduct advocacy campaign and also received information about the successful precedents of advocacy efforts carried out by their peers in school-based civics clubs. Such efforts brought significant benefits to local communities.