On June 19-22, 2017 Bakuriani hotel Trialeti hosted civics summer camp with participation of 80 students and 11 civics teachers from all regions of Georgia.
Participation in a camp was a reward for those students, who made efforts to resolve the issues critical for their schools and communities, who led civics projects and participated in initiatives together with their peers and other parties.
Camp helped students to learn more about civic activism, volunteerism and planning and implementing civic initiatives. The trainings conducted in a camp, helped students to improve their presentation and communication skills, and learn how to advocate for themselves and their communities.
Camp also offered activities for fun and leisure. Participants of the camp had an opportunity to meet with expert guests and ask the question of their interest.
Students met with the representatives of Public Defender of Georgia and discussed issues of human rights, executive director of the Georgian company DIO to learn about the basics of starting and developing a successful business company in Georgia and journalists from TV companies GPB, Rustavi 2 and newspaper Georgia Today.
During the meetings students presented their performances reflecting the importance of civic education. TV company “Ertsulovneba” covered information about MT civics camp in its morning program “Gantiady”. The camp wasorganized in the framework of USAID-funded Momavlis Taoba Program, which is mplemented by PH International.
