SCOPE has completed its annual trainings for police and teachers involved in various activities in the framework of its school-based component.
Training were delivered in two different directions - Legal Culture curriculum trainings for police officers and civic education teachers who will deliver joint lessons to 9th grade students in 23 public schools of Samegrelo and Imereti regions.
Another direction involves patrol officers and head teachers of 4th grades. This activity envisages conducting four meetings with 4th graders using non-formal education approach at 9 public schools in Tbilisi, Telavi and Rustavi.
A team of three students from Pankisi Gorge, involved in SCOPE-supported project, won the first prize in Earth day Hackathon organized by SDSU students and US Embassy in Tbilisi.
Police officers and two of their 9th graders, from SCOPE program schools in Batumi, participated in intensive trainings in non-formal education to acquire a special module. The module is designed for elementary school kids and is based on dynamic afterschool activities and games, linked to important values, such as general safety concepts, children’s rights and cyber security.
After the training, the meetings will be arranged for elementary school students by the team of the police officer and two 9th graders, as a result, the 9th graders and police officers get a chance to plan, work and cooperate for the good of their school and community.
By the end of 2017, all five projects funded in the framework of Raisin Community Awareness component of SCOPE program are underway. Projects durations vary from 6 to 8 months. Special attention is paid to gender balance in groups.
The representatives of the schools from Mtskheta, Gori, Pankisi and Tbilisi took great interest in the initiatives of SCOPE school programs for the goal of preventing juvenile delinquency, for supporting the community activities of the police and for offering students a window into certain roles and career paths.
On November 6, Schools, Community and Police Engagement – Georgia (SCOPE) held a cluster meeting for its Raising Community Awareness component participants. PH International provides sub grants to five local NGOs to implement the final component of SCOPE.
On October 19, 2017 David Mack, a well-known Marvel comic book artist and writer, visited Youth Engagement Center in Borjomi, supported by SCOPE program as part of the community outreach and support component. David Mack presented his work, made live demonstration of comics drawing and delivered a drawing workshop for more than 50 local youth aged 12-17 in Borjomi.