Guria. As part of
the Civic Education and Teacher Training Program, on November
20 the schoolchildren of the Ozurgeti, Lanchkhuti and Chokhatauri based civic
clubs have invited as a guest the psychologist Tamar Abashmadze.
Children with special needs and their integration
into the society was the key topic of the meeting. Children were interested in
the ways of communication with persons with special needs for them not to feel
different, how is the society psychologically and mentally ready today to
accept the persons with disabilities, and if not, what is the reason and way of
solution. Often the persons with disabilities feel uncomfortable themselves and
have a complex of appearing in the society. What is the cause of this?
The meeting was attended also by the civic club
members of the village Likhauri public school of the Ozurgeti Municipality, for
who the participation in this meeting was twice as useful. Within the framework
of the small grants component, this year their project was funded, which is
focused on the integration of children with special needs into the society. The
guest has promised them to be involved in the project implementation process.
The event was organized as part
of the Civic Education and Teacher Training Program, which is implemented by PH International with funding from the United States Agency
for International Development. The Guria Youth Resource Center is the Program’s
partner in Guria.