“Do you know what mom did once so that we wouldn’t freeze? She broke our wardrobe. She broke it like that: she beat it with her hands and feet, so that it turned out like firewood...

“When we are very hungry, mom cuts us some bread. A piece for each. Sometimes mom and dad don’t eat at all so that we can eat,” says Jemal. He also shows me holes in the floor...

Neither girls, nor boys, nor even their parents should sleep on such a bed. But what to do when you’ve got nothing else? When the allowance is only enough for flour and pasta...

“We have to be strong so that no one can offend us,” says eight-year-old Meri, putting on her wrestling uniform. “Let everyone know that we are not to be trifled with!”

“Quickly come in and press your ears tightly with your palms, because it will start now!” - Amiran, six years old, tells me. “It has already begun, that’s it! It’ll take a long...

“Oh, how hard it is when your mom is sick! It’s all because of Tekla!” - says seven-year-old Luka and strokes his mother on the head. The mother of four children has been chained...

“Beautiful dolls are for rich kids, and they have a bike too! If they want - they will lend it to you and if they don't want - they won’t! - 5-year-old Natalie says. Mom says we...

Ten-year-old Venera has no friends. She is sure that she will never have them. Nobody wants to be friends with beggars. “I feel like I'm being avoided. They don't sit next to me...

“It’s good that you came, because I either offend my mother or my grandmother all day long. Now I was going to offend my sister,” says a frowning Nikoloz, defiantly hugging his...