On October 17th, school civics club students across Georgia marked the International Day for Eradication of Poverty with informational campaigns, charity events and meetings.
On October 25, Access Program in Batumi organized an enrichment activity devoted to Georgian and American holidays. The purpose of the activity was to get the students acquainted with major American and Georgian holidays, find out about similarities and differences between the holidays of these two countries and create a calendar of American and Georgian holidays, the students would like to celebrate in the Access class.
On October 20, 2012, a follow-up meeting was held in Telavi with civics teachers trained within the framework of Applied Civic Education and Teacher Training Program. ACETT is implemented by PH International in Georgia and funded by USAID.
On October 23rd, Khashuri school #2 hosted an open lesson in civics with 9th grade students, led by civics teacher Jilda Gelashvili. Students discussed the topics of trafficking and safe migration.
ELCE Participant Teacher Inga Gelashvili from Rustavi Public School #4 took the ELCE topic of Democratic Institutions and expanded it to help with her school’s student, self-government elections.
On October 19, organized an enrichment session on Negotiation Skills and Strategies. The session was facilitated by Access Program English Teachers in Rustavi Ketevan Maisuradze and Thea Odisharia.
-On October 17, graduates of Rivne City Collegium met with the IDEA - Rivne Center Coordinator to discuss risks of employment abroad. Of cause, students that particiaated in the meeting are still children, however they already getting ready to independent living when they have to take serious decisions. During the seminar, the gradutes found about rules of safe travel abroad, and advantages of legal employment vs illegal. They also learned how the IDEA Center help youth to find local employment.
On Oct. 12, the English ACCESS MicroScholarship Program brought together 60 students and their teachers from Diljan, Nor Hachn, and Chambarak to participate in a networking event based in Dilijan’s High School. The event offered the students a chance to know their peers from other program sites, to meet alumni of U.S. government funded PH programs and, the representatives of the Public Affairs Section in the U.S. Embassy in Armenia.
On October 10, a social worker of the NGO "Chayka" that runs the IDEA Center in RIvne met with yong people left without parental care. The topic of the meeting was discussing future employment and earning means for living by the youth. Ms Tetyana Bilkovska, the IDEA Center's specialist told the young people about possibilities provided by the IDEA - RIvne Center, including free-of-charge training courses and consultations, Internet access, and employment assistance.