English Access Program New Year Event

On December 26 English Access Program participants celebrated the event of upcoming New Year and had their final meeting.  

SIQA’s participation in 6th Georgian Youth Organization Forum

6^th Georgian Youth Organization Forum took place on December 24 and 2. It concerned the subject of non-formal education and competences. The participants created documents about non-formal competence and discussed the topic in small groups. SIQA volunteers were helping during this forum to conduct all the activities. It was held by the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia and Peace and Development Academy. SIQA is a founder of this forum and a partner organization.  

Final meeting of the club

The club has been continued for six semesters. The participants of the club had an opportunity to learn about conflict management, how to write resumes and answer questions during a job interview. It covered also the topic of breaking stereotypes as well as planning and leading youth activities, trainings about leadership and EVS programs as well as effective public speaking. The youth had a chance not only participate in the presentations but also used the knowledge in practice during organized workshops where they gave speeches and made presentations and plans for further activities within the organization. 

Meeting with Nino Nanitashvili - Google developer

SIQA organized a meeting within a program Future Generation in Bolnici and Dmanisi municipalities with Google developer – Nino Nanitashvili. More than 50 youngsters from local schools from Bolnisi and Dmanisi attended the event and had an opportunity to listen about Nino’s activities and how she cooperates with Google, what is computer science and how to develop and make career in the area of modern technologies as well as how they can influence modern societies.  At the end of the meeting the visitor talked about new Google technologies and tools and how to use them in educational process. 

Opening of the program “Future Generation” in Kvemo Kartli region

The meeting was attended by pupils from Kvemo Kartli regions, school principals, teachers of civic educations, regional municipalities, program coordinators and students from the Kvemo Kartli region. The program concerns civic education which is conducted and implemented in 480 schools on the territory of Georgia. SIQA is a partner organization of the program in Kvemo Kartli. The program is about to last for three years and SIQA will continue cooperation with schools in Kvemo Kartli to plan to new initiatives and activities connected to civic education. 

Future Generation Program is an initiative of PH International, founded by USAID and Georgian Ministry of Education and Science. 

All Write for Rights 2014 in Rustavi

Local people from Rustavi have been invited to participate in watching a movie about human rights and invited for a discussion afterwards. There was Brano Tichy from Amnesty International who held a presentation about human rights worldwide and how to prevent human rights violation. Thereafter local people signed letters to support the unjustly sentenced whose rights have been violated demanding release of prisoners of conscience – people who have been jailed because of their political, religious or other conscientiously-held beliefs, ethnic origin, sex, color, language, national or social origin, economic status, birth, sexual orientation or other status, provided that they have neither used nor advocated violence.

SIQA volunteers participate in an international seminar “Contact Making Event Erasmus+ Intro"

The aim of the seminar was to strengthen European and neighborhood countries youth organizational network for future cooperation and to plan further activities for ongoing projects. 

SIQA volunteers join the event All Write for Rights 2014

SIQA was actively involved in organizing Amnesty International letter writing marathon in Rustavi as a partner organization of Amnesty International on December 11-14. Our volunteers invited human rights activists and local civic society to join the international event showing support to victims of human rights violations. During the three day letter writing marathon the following events were organized by SIQA:  

- Thursday evening with a human rights movie (December 11)

- Amnesty International presentation with Brano Tichy (December 12)

- letter writing event in high school no. 3 (December 12)

- presentation about human rights and promoting Write for Rights Georgia 2014 in the House of Justice (December 13)

- Write for Rights in the SIQA office (December 14)

EVS volunteer from Poland, Beata Gudz together with Tiko Logockaya from Rustavi gathered more than 328 signatures showing support of those whose rights have been unjustly violated. During a three day event more than 120 people signed letters to support individuals.

When you write a letter during Write for Rights 2014, you can help change a life. By taking action on one or more of the cases presented by Amnesty International, one can join hundreds of thousands of others around the world in demanding that the rights of individuals are respected, protected and fulfilled.

To get more information about the initiative, please go to https://www.amnesty.org/en/

SIQA participates in World AIDS Day

On December 1 there was a meeting attended by 20 youngsters. The participants had an opportunity to watch a movie and have a discussion regarding the topic. There was a presentation concerning prevention of AIDS and what practices may be done by individuals to protect their own health and the health of those in their community. At the end of the meeting the participants had a chance to think and write about possible initiatives in order to help people infected with HIV. 

SIQA volunteers participate in an international training course in Greece

The training course took place between November 25 and December 1. It was conducted by SIQA's partner organization in Patras, Greece. Two volunteers from SIQA, Cira Omiadze and Ani Daushvili took part in the training. The aim of the training was to help young teachers to get knowledge about international education, show them how to work in a multicultural environment as well as to gain modern, alternative methods in teaching techniques in order to share the knowledge with young colleagues in the organization after the training.