Blue Shield Georgia have completed a series of training course across Georgia on “First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis” for young volunteers and heritage professionals. Training sessions have been conducted:
🔹 In Nikoz
🔸 In Koda
🔹 In Tetritskaro
🔸 In Tserovan
🔹 In the Aries refugee settlement
During the training, participants learned about cultural heritage threats, participated in practical exercises, learned more about heritage protection and Blue Shield operations.
Dozens of students and schoolchildren, including representatives of displaced communities and ethnic minorities, attended the training. Trainings were taken part in the trainings by trainers, who trained the Blue Shield team within the project.
The trainers emphasised the significance of cultural heritage and the necessity of its preservation. In theoretical discussions, Volunteers discussed the threats to cultural heritage, and the state of tangible and intangible cultural heritage in their region and, together with the trainers, identified ways to solve existing problems. The training also incorporated hands-on exercises, prompting participants to create presentations on cultural heritage sites that hold personal significance to them. The concluding segment of the training involved a simulation game, geared towards enhancing the practical skills of the volunteers.
The goal of the project is to train a team of trainers and, with their help, train young volunteers in protecting cultural heritage in times of crisis.
The project is funded by the US Embassy Tbilisi, Georgia.
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