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- Eka, please don’t cry! I know, life is not easy for single moms in Georgia!

Ekaterina (mom): I'm sorry, but the tears just flow on their own! I feel so sorry for my little ones! Due to stress, I've started having severe choking fits. I don't tell the girls, but something is swelling in my throat and choking me badly. Please help with the examination! Because if I die, what will happen to them? And I don't have money for doctors and medication. It is more important for me to feed my children.

- What do you live on?

Ekaterina: The three of us live on about 80 lari per month! Do the math yourself: the allowance is 580 lari, but out of that, 400 lari go towards rent and 100 lari towards electricity. 

- Is there no one helping you? Where is the father of the children?

Ekaterina: I don't know. We haven't seen him for three years. We barely escaped from him. He used to beat me, even when I was pregnant... And when he started to beat me in front of the girls, I couldn't take it anymore and reported him to the police! I should have done it much earlier... But we're in Georgia! I was afraid of judgment! The girls still remember it. They have a huge emotional trauma from it now!

- Your health too needs to be improved! You're talking now and gasping...

Ekaterina: Yes, it's the goiter choking me, and fear, and hopelessness... I'm afraid that if I die, my children will become orphans. Where will they live? Who needs them? We're being evicted from this house now. I found another room nearby for the same price. And you can't imagine what a trial this is for me! You arrived just in time, or in a month you wouldn't have found us alive!

- What is your biggest problem right now?

Ekaterina: We are moving, and this is a reason for the social agency to suspend our allowance payments. How can we live without money - I don't know. What to eat, who to ask? From whom to take? Steal? Rob? And someone will say that prayers don't help, but you appeared at my doorstep. Now I won't fear that my children will die of hunger.

- How can we help? 

Ekaterina: Please, help me get my girls examined. As I said, Mariam has developmental delay, she's not growing. Her younger sister has surpassed her in height.  She has a curved spine and very weak health. Anano needs to have an MRI of her brain. After childbirth, I was told that her head condition needs regular monitoring, but we checked only once 5 years ago, and that's it! 

- I think it wouldn't hurt for you to see a doctor too! The children need a healthy mother. Maybe if you improve your health, you'll be able to work, and thanks to that, you'll be able to provide more help to your daughters!

Ekaterina: You're right, but when there's no money for bread, I don't even have the luxury to think about myself. We need beds, bedding, a small dresser, a TV, food, clothes, shoes. The kids go to school in summer slippers, and then I wonder why they're so weak and get sick often. 

- They are very pale. And for all the time I've been here, they haven't uttered a word. Are they always so quiet?

Ekaterina: It's 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and they haven't eaten yet. They are very shy, and don’t like to talk. They have even forgotten how to smile. They are completely deprived of everything. They don't know what gifts are, what sweets are, there's not even talk about meat and dairy products. They walk around in torn clothes, lie on a broken bed or on the floor, and their mother is dying of suffocation... What is there for them to be happy about? What is there for them to talk about? They even speak in whispers - they have no energy at all. 

- But still, I'll ask you, girls, about your dreams. 

Mariam (10 years old):  I don't know what it is... 

- Well, if you had a lot of money, what would you buy for yourself?

Mariam: In a store?

- Yes, in a big store where they have everything!

Mariam: Toys and candy? Well... I really want a tablet or a phone! Do you know how much I want it? Very-very much! And I also want a bed that won't break! Because, you know, once when we were sleeping, our bed collapsed right in the middle of the night, and we all ended up on the floor. It was so scary!  It was dark, and suddenly - bang! And you don't understand what happened. We started crying, and Mom hugged us, and she was crying too. 

Anano (9-year-old): Our mom often cries. I asked her: "Will we have a cake for my birthday?" - and she burst into tears. My birthday is April 4th, and Mariam's is the 6th!  We're like twins...

Mariam: Well, not exactly twins!  I'm one year older.  But Anano is already taller than me.   Mom cries because of that too. Every day she looks at our spines and cries.

Anano: And do they sell toys in that store, the magical one you mentioned? I'd like to have some pretty doll, and a bed, and a phone... And also, a TV and some warm shoes.  And a jacket for myself, Mariam, and Mom.

Mariam: And I'd buy so much food that there'd be no room left in the fridge! Not pasta, but something really tasty!  Meat and milk! 

Anano: And I'd buy a cake for both of us.  But we'll probably never have money. Tell me, if I become a police officer, will I have money?

Mariam: What if I become a doctor?

 - Of course, you will have money! You've chosen such good professions!

Anano: Do you know why I want to become a police officer? So that dads don't beat moms! And so that nobody bullies girls at all! I'll protect all girls and moms!

- And what about boys? Will you protect them?

Anano: No!  They're already bullies, there's no one to protect them from! Let them protect themselves!

Do you think that in civilized countries people only die from diseases or old age? No! In Georgia, right next to us, people die from hunger! Well, if not immediately, then first they become seriously ill, and then they die. 

Dear friends, we are facing a serious problem that requires immediate intervention. Ekaterina and her daughters, Mariam and Anano, are in an extremely difficult situation. Hunger, limited food and lack of adequate medical care seriously undermine their health.

We urge you to join us! We must save them. Ekaterina is asking for help to conduct examinations for her daughters, to provide basic means of survival – beds, bedding, clothing, and food. Let's make sure that Ekaterina's children have a chance for a normal childhood and a healthy future.

If you are willing to visit the family and help them in person, here is their address: Tbilisi, Kairo Settlement, line 3, apartment 5.

Every time you can help someone, just do it, and rejoice that God answers someone's prayers through you!

We are sure that all together we will manage to save this family from imminent death.

Please don’t forget to repost our story. Let your friends know about the grief of this family! It’s extremely important!

Friends, there is one more request: if you know about the misfortune of a neighbor or friend do a godly deed, drop us an email at: office-fsp@fsp.ge

Our Fund’s accounts are:

- In Bank of Georgia GE64BG0000000470458000

– In TBC Bank GE15TB7194336080100003

– In Liberty Bank GE42LB0115113036665000

(Purpose: Mariam and Anano Barbakedze).

You can also transfer money from our website: Bank of Georgia (e-commerce), TБC Bank (GeoPay), Liberty Bank (PayGe), PayPal

 Corr.: Nino