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0901200270Friends, when you see what a life these unfortunates have, you will certainly get horrified! They are “lepers”. Not for us – people who know that there is God, but for officials who are obliged to help them! Will we leave them in trouble and turn our backs on them as well? Just look at the photo.
Neurofibromatosis is a benign tumor that significantly changes a person’s appearance
We never try to scare you; we never exaggerate problems. We always tell you the truth. The truth that we have seen with our own eyes and heard with our own ears. Now it’s your turn. You have a right to know how people die in our country – in a country that aspires to be Europe, but where in reality people live worse than in Africa.
What associations do you have when you hear the word “lepers”? They are outcasts, they are shunned, avoided, people are afraid of them. Ketevan Burduli and her daughter Victoria are shunned just like “lepers”. A disease they have is not contagious, they got it genetically.
Hitler believed that people like these wonderful women should be killed so as not to “spoil” the nation! And what about us? What do we think, friends?
Maybe it is better to kick them out of Georgia? Not them, but those villainous officials who do not regard suffering people as people. Are they in any way better then Hitler?
Ketevan’s skin is covered with warts. When we just started our conversation, it felt very creepy, it felt like she had a makeup! It looked like special effects for some horror movie. The “scenery” where these people live corresponds to the horror movie as well. The unstuck wallpaper, the ceiling, which is about to collapse on you, the furniture which fills you with dread. But that is not the worst thing. The scariest plot of this movie and the main character is hunger!
Sometimes they just collect breadcrumbs in their palm and feed the one-year-old Sergo like he is a little chick. And when the boy’s cry from hunger gets out through the “scenery” and reaches the neighbors, someone kind gets that they have nothing to eat in the Burduli family again and brings them food to at least calm down the baby.
Mold and dampness are in every corner of this house
Shabby walls, old crumbling furniture, dampness, and the smell of rot – these are the conditions the Burduli family lives in.
– Ketevan, could you please tell me more about your disease?
Ketevan: I have neurofibromatosis or von Recklinghausen’s disease. This is a benign tumor. But it changes appearance of a person so that the person becomes unrecognizable. Sometimes its consequences can lead to disability or death. I am a second category disabled. When you have neurofibromatosis, your body becomes covered with growths. Over time, there are more and more of them. They first appeared after I gave birth to Vika. And since then, they have gradually covered my entire body. It is a genetic disease and cannot be cured.
– It means that many in your family were sick with it?
Ketevan: My parents and grandparents were not. At least, they had no visible manifestations of neurofibromatosis. Maybe one of my ancestors was sick with it, but I don’t know that for sure
– How do you feel? Do you have pains?
Ketevan: The growths themselves do not make you suffer, but they cover your body more and more year after year, and lead to various disorders in your body. For instance, they damaged my eyesight. My one eye does not see at all, and the other is minus 16. Seven years ago, I was operated on my retinal repair three times, but my eyesight didn’t get any better. I know there is no cure for neurofibromatosis, I can only take medications and keep living until it is possible. But I am worried about my daughter and my grandson. My daughter is ill as well…
Victoria: Mommy, calm down, everything will be okay. God is with us!
Ketevan: I’m not worried about myself. I want you and Sergo to be good. It hurts me to realize that I cannot help you in any way!
– Victoria, since neurofibromatosis is a genetic disease, do you also have it?
Victoria: Yes, but in a slightly different way. I have no growths on my body, there is only one on my chin… But the neurofibromin was inside my body. It covered my kidney and damaged it so badly that the doctors said: “Your kidney has to be removed”. They did not cut out the whole kidney but just its part. When I was giving birth to my son, I almost died together with my baby. It is very difficult to give birth when one of your kidneys is damaged. The doctors did not expect complications.
” Sometimes, we don’t even have a stale bread. We starve for days”
Ketevan: God saved us! It is still hard for me to recall the day when I almost lost my children! But I prayed, I prayed a lot asking God to give my daughter and my grandson a chance to survive. He heard me! Both of them survived.
Victoria: But I felt bad a couple of months ago, I had a severe pain in my lower abdomen. Doctors discovered that I had the ovarian cysts. They need to be treated – doctors prescribed me medications. But, you know, I have no means to purchase all the necessary medications. Now I suffer from pains, sometimes they are so severe, that it feels like something is about to burst of inside me… I haven’t been to the doctor for a long time, I don’t even know what is going on inside me now. I need another examination to determine if the cyst can be cured with drugs or if surgery is required, but we have no money. How can you think about your health when there is no piece of bread or tea at home to feed your child?
There is no bread or tea at home to feed the baby
– What is the income of your family?
Ketevan: We don’t get social allowance. We only have my disability pension (140 GEL) and child’s allowance (50 GEL) That’s the money we live on. Due to our health condition neither Vika nor I can work. I have no more idea how to live on!
– Did you address the state for help?
Ketevan: I did it many times! They refuse us without saying a word. We used to get social allowance, but a couple of years ago they disqualified us. We got huge bills for electricity. We’ve got an old electric stove, so we used it for heating in winter – there was no other way to not freeze. So, the authorities told us: as far as we consume that much of electricity it means that we have money to pay for it. That’s their point.
Victoria’s neurofibromatosis manifested itself inside her body, but you can also see the growth on her face.
– Does anybody help you?
Ketevan: Our neighbors help us a lot, our relative also do what they can. You know, I used to be a single child in my family, I have no sisters, no brothers. My husband passed away four years ago. My only family are Vika and my grandson Sergo. We have far relatives, but they have their own families and their own troubles. They still help us whenever they can. And I am so grateful to my neighbors! If not for them we would have already starved to death. Can you imagine that sometimes we haven’t got even a stale bread? And Sergo cries because he is hungry. My daughter and I just endure, but the baby cannot endure – his tummy hurts. He cries, and I want to die! And it happens so that our neighbor brings us some food. In such moments I start crying of despair.
– Ketevan, what help do you need?
Ketevan: We need foodstuffs first of all! We are so short of food that we almost starve. Please help us with food! At least to feed Sergo. My daughter and I will endure. We also need medications, examinations, and consultation with doctors – both my daughter and me. I would be so grateful if you help us with that!
– Maybe you need anything else? Home appliances or furniture, for instance.
Ketevan: Our beds and sofa are so old – they almost fall apart because of dampness. The only home appliance we have is an electric stove, that’s it. We used to have a fringe, but it went out of order. When we get some foodstuffs I cook just small portions of food, because we have no space to store it. We have neither washing machine, nor TV set – we have nothing. We wash laundry in a cold water with hands. In winter my hands get so frozen that I can’t feel my fingers. It feels that we live in hell!
– Ketevan, have you ever thought you would face such problems?
Ketevan: No, I could not even imagine that! I was brought up in a quite prosperous family. I had a good childhood. When I got married, both my husband and I worked, we never lived in need. We brought up Vika wrapped in love in care. But then we started having health problems – first I and then my husband. He died four years ago due to bowel disease. I miss him very much!
– How did you meet him?
Ketevan: Friend of mine got married in Tbilisi and I often came to visit her. My future husband lived nearby. For five years we were just friends, we talked to each other a lot, it was so interesting to spend time with him. He was so smart, well-read, serious but cute at the same time! Once when he saw me off to the bus stop, he took my hand and said: “Will you marry me?” My heart started beating so fast and I answered: “Yes!” I miss him so much! We used to be not just a husband and wife, we used to be best friends. He was my best friend! I lost a wonderful friend and husband!
– Ketevan, what you dreamed to become when you were a child?
Ketevan: A librarian. I loved books! I took stacks of books and read one after another! But then I got married, my family became my first priority, and I no longer wanted to become a librarian. But I used to work in many places, I never sat around! I still love reading. But my vision prevents me from reading. Sometimes I ask Vika to read to me. But it is not the same as to read by yourself.
– Do you regret about anything in your life?
Ketevan: I regret that I am not a grandmother I wanted to be. Am I a worthy grandmother when my grandson cries because of hunger, when I raise him in such unbearable conditions? I am unable to give my grandson everything I would like to give him.
– A good, kind, God-loving person – is a person who… Can you continue this phrase?
Ketevan: This is the one who lives by conscience, who is ready to help those in need. He fears God because he knows that we are all in God’s hands, that God sees all our deeds.
– Does anything happen in your life that you can call a miracle?
Ketevan: When Vika was giving birth to Sergo, she almost died because the problems with her kidneys. The baby also could have died. I remember how I knelt, rose my hands and started praying. I asked God, to take me, but leave my daughter and grandson to live. And the miracle happened! Doctors had no hope that both Vika and my grandson would survive. But suddenly everything changed, and they both survived. Is not that a miracle?
“I love reading. But one of my eyes is blind and vision of another one is minus 16”
– Which of the Commandments is the closest to you? Why? What do you think about this Commandment?
Ketevan: I can’t choose. These Commandments were given to us by God, so that we could keep them and be the men of God. That’s why I think that a really religious person should keep all the Commandments.
– What do you think, can one steal to feed a hungry child?
Ketevan: I think, he can’t. “Thou shalt not steal” – is one of the most important commandments. We often have no food at home and Sergo cries when he is hungry. But I can’t go and steal. When you live well off, when you have everything, when you are happy – then, of course, it is easy to keep the commandments. But it is not easy to keep them when you are in need. That is a point! God looks at us from heaven and He sees everything! There are days when we don’t even have a crumb, but suddenly one of our neighbors comes and brings us bread, potatoes or some kind of a dish. All of them are messengers of God! And you are too, you came to help us! I’d like to express my gratitude to your Fund and all your friends for listening to me, for responding to my troubles and coming to visit us to help us.
“When Sergo is hungry he starts crying. But we have nothing to feed him. Sometimes our whole family starves.”
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Friends, look in what unbearable conditions these people live! Ketevan and Victoria are ill, but they have no money to visit doctor, to be examined, to buy medications. Little Sergo often starves because there is not even a stale bread at home. Should children living in Georgia starve?
Let us not remain indifferent to the troubles of the Burduli family. Let us help them!
Dear friends, you can visit them in person and provide them with all possible help. Their address is: Dusheti, 45 Rustaveli Str.
Please repost this story. Let your friends know about the grief of the Burduli 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.
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“I almost went crazy from the happiness when I saw that so many kind people were eager to help us, – says Ketevan Burduli. – It still feels like a dream! I want everyone to know – despite our hard life, despite the fact that everyone has a lot of problems, there are very, very kind people in Georgia. I am happy that I met you, I love you! “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God! I beg you to bless the people who did not leave us in trouble!”
We know that you are eager to find out what happened after we published a post and video about the Burduli family: https://chernovetskyifund.ge/en/projects/762-burduli/.
A post about a grandmother and a mother with leprosy, and a 3-year-old boy, deprived of absolutely everything, found a response in the hearts of many people.
And this is what the continuation of this story was:
“We don’t fall asleep hungry anymore, – Ketevan says with tears of gratitude. – Our life has changed a lot. Words cannot express how much joy we experienced, how much warmth and love you brought to us!”
Sergo really likes to receive guests and get the gifts
– Ketevan, what has changed in your life after the post was published? – Would you like to thank any of our readers?
Ketevan: Previously, neighbors sometimes helped us, and the workers in the yard sometimes gave us some firewood. And after the publication of the video about us, complete strangers started calling and coming to visit us. All of them acted like our relatives. They brought us food, things one needs in everyday life. My grandson Sergo was so happy when they brought him a toy! He didn’t even know what it was.
There are a lot of people who helped us. But I assure you, I remember every person, every name! And I do not stop praying to God for them. It’s a pity, this is the only way I can thank these kind generous people. Their help was invaluable, no matter how big or small it was. I’d like to name them: Maka and Maya Veltauri, Zura Dudauri, Natela Mirziashvili, children of Zura Shalikashvili, Natela Kavtaradze, Irina and Irakli, Vakhtang and Mariam. Rati and Nino, Natia Egadze, Nato Kariauri, the Shermadini family, Marina Varsimashvili, the Choliashvili family, Lana Chikaidze, Liziko Burduli, Mari Popkhadze, Pati Cherkezishvili came on behalf of their friends. All their neighbors.
But I had one very emotional experience… Sopho Misriashvili used to help us, but one month ago a grief came to her family – her mother died. So, on the day of her mother’s funeral, she and her sister came to visit our Sergo. They brought him sweets, which are so rare in our house. You must have a huge and loving heart to remember and care for strangers while you are experiencing personal tragedy! This touched and impressed me a lot! (Ketevan’s voice trembles with emotions.)
– What an amazing act. Do you keep in touch with your new friends?
Ketevan: Our Sergo still cannot remember all the names and so he simply calls them “kind people”. (Ketevan smiles.) You should have seen how happy he was when he met them. He urged me: “Grandma, hurry up! Come on!” He ran to meet them and asked: “How are you?” And then he listened to our conversations. Then he laid out the presents and called me – to admire and enjoy them together. (Smiles). All our new friends and helpers gave us their phone numbers asking to call them when we need something. But I don’t dare. How could I? They have their own troubles. But I always congratulate them on holidays.
– Our people are really warm and kind! Be sure, they will never leave you in trouble.
Ketevan: I hope so. You have already helped us a lot. Sergo is interested in all the new things, he is so happy that all this is ours. He feels himself like a master, he examines the refrigerator and washing machine. (Smiles). I am so grateful to you! Our health condition prevents us from washing with our hands. A washing machine helped my daughter and me to get rid of this torture – that’s what it means to us. The refrigerator came in handy! And a microwave too! You can’t imagine how much it will ease our daily routine. This may be just an ordinary thing for others but for us it is a real miracle!
Now he has toys!
“Do you want to whisper something in my ear?” – Ketevan asks her grandson smiling and listens to his answer. “Yes, I do.”
Ketevan: Sergo says: “Grandma, why aren’t you talking about TV?” I haven’t gotten to it yet. We used to live like hermits, we couldn’t even watch the news. And the child was deprived. Now we have an opportunity to distract ourselves and not think about bad things. I am happy for my grandson -, he is the first one who needs the TV. He’s our boss.
And a TV with cartoons!
If not for your Fund, no one would have known about our situation. I often go to church and pray: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God! I beg you to bless the people who did not leave us in trouble”. I see so much compassion and love in the strangers who come to visit us… They took our plight to heart. Do you know how they were entering our house? As if they were relatives, who have not seen us for a long time, who have come from afar. Miracles are often worked with human hands.
– How did the authorities react to your troubles?
Ketevan: No one called us. The governor came to visit us for the New Year. He came with his two assistants, but I have not seen them after that. Now we have a new governor, and he probably is too busy. (Ketevan has an understanding smile on her face.)
“Granny, hurry up, let’s look at the presents!”
– Ketevan, I know that help provided to you by our readers is priceless. But I am sure you still have some problems that are not easy to solve. Please share these problems with us.
Ketevan: We have something to eat and where to sleep. What else do we need? (Ketevan hides her eyes, but she cannot hide sadness and helplessness.) If only I could improve my health… Both I and Victoria suffer from leprosy having all the complications. That’s why, we are disabled. You need a lot of money for medication to support your health. I need to be operated on my eyes in Tbilisi. They called me from the Social Services Agency. They also saw a post about us. They promised to help us, but we need to bring them our medical papers. And I cannot go to Tbilisi. We need money for travel, for examination… If we were assigned at least a small social allowance it would be easier for us, we would not have to ask people for help. It is so embarrassing, but there is no other way out.
– As I see, these are not all your problems. Your house is in a very poor condition. But cold and dampness spoil not only the walls of your home, but also your health, which is already undermined.
– It’s bad that we don’t even have a toilet inside the house, it’s in the yard. And there is no gas. They promised to connect us, but we need to pay 400 GEL. This amount is huge for us, so 25 lari will be automatically deducted from my pension monthly.
– Hopefully, with our joint efforts we will manage to sort out all the problems. The main thing is not to give up
Thanks again to your Fund and to all the kind people! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
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Saying goodbye to this family, we saw a spark of hope in Ketevan’s eyes. She believes – she believes that God will not leave her family. And she knows for sure that the mercy of God is manifested through ordinary people.
Friends, we are so deep into our work, business and household chores that we have forgotten this simple truth: God works through people. Let’s give Him the opportunity to show love for this family through us! Let’s open our hearts to kindness and compassion! We are all equal in front of God, and tomorrow grief may come to our family. A small amount of money, food, household items from all of us can make the life of the Burduli family and other families in need easier. Don’t stay indifferent!
If you have a heavy heart because of everyday problems or unresolved issues, as a distraction just see our posts on Facebook, or better dial the number of any of our beneficiaries. Call them and you will forget about your problems. Because they are nothing in comparison with the problems of those to whom you opened your good heart and came to help in the most difficult moment of their life.
Our problems are noting if compared… Here are true misfortunes, in front of your eyes! Just thank the Lord for what you have. You are the happiest person in the world! Remember this and help those in need.
Unfortunately, problems of this and other families do not end here and now… Therefore, from time to time, look through the stories of unhappy people on our website, talk to them. Every time you dial the Phone of an unhappy person, God is blessing you! For sure! Go on helping these families! This is the best service to the Lord!
Your kindness is a chance for yourself to be happy in everything!
Friends, thanks again to all!
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Let’s believe that helping others, we take care of our own souls and draw closer to Lord through the suffering that we share.
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