Rustavi American Corner hostes the Access Program Enrichment Activity on Environmental Issues
On December 12, Rustavi American Corner hosted the Access Program enrichment activity on Environmental Issues. Ms. Sherry L. Wilson, guest speaker from the U.S. Embassy, lead the session and delivered a seminar on environmental problems, prevention of ecological catastrophes and ways of caring about ecology. The presentation was enriched with photo and video materials and allowed for active student participation.
Students showed particular interest in the topics of waste management and replacing of plastic bags and bottles with environmentally safe materials. During the discussion, students underlined the importance of raising public awareness about environmental issues and promoting volunteerism among the youth, so that they are willing to clean waste disposal areas, plant trees, collect and recycle plastic bags and bottles.
Access students shared stories of the volunteer environment protection work they had done in their schools and their communities and expressed readiness to engage in similar types of activities in the future.
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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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