“We never lived richly, but how could I think that my boys would go hungry,” she sobs. “I always wanted a lot of children, I thought: they would grow up and help each other, and now, we are in complete obscurity, no work, no money, no food, and God alone knows when and how it will all end. I hope for the best, but I still need to live up to this, and my children are starving here and now. Though you go outside, you can beg for alms, but you cannot do this, quarantine! ”

In the old, gloomy building of the former military hospital, which is to be demolished, there are many socially vulnerable families. Including Mac, with his beloved spouse, Zura and four wonderful sons: David - 11 years old, George - 7 years old, Zura - 4 years and Nikoloz - 1 year and 8 months. Soon, a new member of the family will be born, the baby, which everyone is looking forward to. But in order for her to be born, does mom need to eat anything? And all her thoughts are occupied with how to feed her little sons ... She herself doesn’t remember what she ate and when ... And it’s better not to see friends, in what conditions they live, cracked walls, a failed floor, blowing from all cracks ... “in windy weather, we can't even heat the stove, ”says Maka. They live as if on the street and are glad that there is at least a roof over their heads. We talked with a poor woman:

- What is the biggest problem your family currently has?

Maca: I'm in a panic. I have 4 children and I'm waiting for the fifth baby. There was always not enough money, but now, when the husband was unemployed due to quarantine, we were on the verge of death, the children were starving. We were suspended social benefits, they said that for verification purposes. What to check?

The ceiling in the building where we settled is about to collapse on our heads.

- Let me ask and inquire about the history of your family.

Maka: Zura and I met by chance. It seemed to me then that God sent him. After all, my first husband left me, and I lived modestly, with my son, with my parents. I didn’t even dream of marriage.

First, we called up with Zur "how are you." I was even afraid to meet.

And one fine day - I believe that fate - we realized that we were just made for each other: two loneliness ... And so they began to live together. Zura is so wonderful! He is raising my eldest son, David, as a native, and now we already have three common sons, and soon there will be a daughter. My first marriage failed, I became a victim of domestic violence ... How cruelly he beat me ...! For what? And I don’t want to remember ... (burst into tears).

It really hurts me to remember this, and everything was somehow forgotten, fate rewarded me for my suffering, Zura is a wonderful, caring husband and father.

- And nobody helps you? Parents or relatives?

Maca: Our relatives themselves are poor, live in a village, it is very difficult for them. Rather, they themselves need our help. There is no money, no work, no food.

- Have you ever thought that such a disaster could happen to them? How did you imagine your future?

Maca: I always knew that I would have many children, because it’s wonderful when there are many brothers and sisters, I educate them so that my children always support each other.

Together with Zura, I realized my dream, albeit partially. We could not even think that everything would turn out that way and our boys would starve.

Zura and I are both from poor families. But to be rich does not mean to be happy. We love and support each other.

- Have you turned to someone for help? To local authorities for example?

Maca: Yes, I did. Once they helped us with products, but then they refused, I applied twice.

Last year, my boys ended up in a hospital with bronchitis and pneumonia. We needed medicines worth about 400 lari, and we were financed, I am so grateful, for us it's just a lot of money.

“What do you believe in?” What do you see salvation? Do you believe in God?

Mac: We are Orthodox Christians, unfortunately, I can’t always go to the temple, but I have icons at home, I light candles and pray. (Here ... With pride, Maka shows her “treasures” and is baptized several times with tears in her eyes) And the eldest son, David, is already quite an adult, he asks himself and goes to church nearby. I believe that everything in our life happens according to the will of the Almighty.

Always, when it seemed to me that there was no way out, help suddenly came, now you have come, the Lord bless you.

- Do you believe in the kindness of strangers?

Maca: All our neighbors are socially vulnerable, it is equally difficult for us, but we always help each other. We share bread, everything that is possible.

Thanks to the neighbors, they sympathize with me, regret and try to share products, although it is very difficult for them themselves.