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Gio suffers from severe scoliosis. His spine is twisted at a 90-degree angle. The curve has created a large hump that presses so hard on his lungs, doctors are amazed he can breathe at all. He urgently needs surgery. But his family simply cannot afford it. Just before we said goodbye, Gio turned to us and pleaded, “Please tell your Fund’s friends – I really want to live!” 
Dear donors, during a meeting at our Fund, we decided to help cover the boy’s medical examinations, medications, and dental treatment. Perhaps, friends, you may also have ideas or suggestions on how we can support this family through the nightmare they’re living… Write to us—we’ll carefully consider every message.

Thirty-eight-year-old Anna walks with her son every day and evening in that same rusted wheelchair – with no back support. Her heart breaks knowing she can’t afford a proper wheelchair. Her husband left seven years ago and has never once asked about his son’s condition.

Anna, 38 (Mate’s mom): Our only income is 200 lari of social allowance and 425 lari of Mate’s disability pension. What should I spend it on – food, diapers, medicine, or rehabilitation?” I can’t even afford buying a decent wheelchair with back support for my son.

Mate can barely move by this rusty and falling apart wheelchair… How can the local authorities watch this child suffer and do nothing? Why did they take those jobs – just to collect a paycheck?

A natural-born beauty. But this poor child is afraid to look in the mirror, because her severe anemia has left her deathly pale.

This is Mariam’s sister, 10-year-old Ani. When she told our Funf’s reporter about her only sister’s illness, tears burst from her sea-colored eyes.

Ani (10-year-old): “My sister loses consciousness and collapses. In those moments, I think she’s died, and I scream so loudly that I’m sure all of Samegrelo can hear me… Please, kind people, help us! Don’t leave us alone… I will pray for you, for your children and your parents for the rest of my life.
If something happens to Mariam, I can’t imagine living without her.
I want to make her happy somehow, but I don’t have any money for a gift. So, I pick these flowers for her and weave them into a ‘royal crown’ with my own hands.”