“It’s good that someone threw you away! What would I do without you?"

Anna was sewn up several times. They patched up both her stomach and armpit, but she still fell apart, all the insides fell out of her. “It can no longer be sewn, otherwise it will tear completely, the last cotton wool will fall out of it,” - 6-year-old Milena gently hugs her only doll. Not only the doll, but everything in the house is old, patched, repaired. Besides Milena and her doll Anna, seven-year-old Nita, eight-year-old Max and their mother Marika live in this house.

Milena (6-year-old): Do you want me to let you play with Anna? But be careful! Don't hug her. I have no problems, I'm a good girl, although my neighbor Luka calls me a fool!

Milena: Really? No, he's an idiot! When I grow up, I will become a “policeman” and put him in jail! It’s a place for people like him.

Milena: I’ll put him in jail anyway! And you too, Max, if you continue to offend me!

Milena:  Yes! Everyone except my Anna!

"Anna is my best friend, she never offends me"

Nita (7-year-old):  Well, of course, you won’t complain about the doll to mommy, you won’t tell on her!

Milena:  That's how it always happens! We play, then they offend me, then I tell my mother, then my mother scolds them, and then they offend me again!

He is the strongest and most handsome guy at school!

Max (8-year-old):  I have been going to taekwondo for 4 years now. I have a diploma and one medal! I took first place!

Max: Two! I beat one, and the second did not come. So, I became a winner.

“Look what I can do! You try too"

Max: Maybe! I am the strongest in my class. I can stand up for all the girls.

Max: What do you mean? Yes, there is one. We will go to play, and you can chat with my mom.

The children are beautiful. But where do they live? How do they live without childhood?

Marika: I am a single mother. I have been divorced from my husband for four years. He is a good man, but we could not continue to live together. He went to a monastery. He had problems that he could not cope with. There he found peace of mind. He meets his children, but he cannot help them financially. 

Marika: I get an allowance - 540 GEL. Sometimes I work part-time sometimes in the field, sometimes at the harvest seasonally. After graduation from school, I worked all the time. I am not embarrassed of any work. It's just not always possible to find it. It's embarrassing to ask for help when your children are hungry, but I can't handle it alone. They are already big - they need lots of things besides food. We used to use the social canteen, but then they excluded us from the list because we could not take lunch. I was sick and could not leave my home, and they just deleted us from the list.

“If only a cake was cooked in this pan”

Marika: I try to invent some dishes. Today I cooked pasta, mixed it with matsoni, and got some kind of soup.

Max:  Do you know what is the most delicious dish that mom makes? Fried potatoes! I love them!

Max:  She cooks pasta. And I don’t really like such food, I would eat sweets every day!

Nita:  But we need to eat well. I also go to sports, like my brother. But I haven't received a medal yet. They say I'm too young to compete! 

Milena:  I had a birthday on May 18, and my mother brought me a cake! It was so yummy! I treated everyone! And I ate a cake once! You know how delicious it was! It “smiled” - the cake was “with a smile”! 

"I'm beautiful, better bring a dress for my doll"

Milena: Yes! And I even made a wish! I want a dress for Anna to cover her insides.

Milena:  No, I love Anna! And she also made a wish that I had a school bag with Elsa. Do you know this princess? 

“I can not only do somersaults and hit, I help my mother too”

Nita: Will you not laugh? I want to be an athlete too! I want a nice uniform!

Nita: “Taekwondo master?” Or what is the correct name? Write that I want to become a “gymnast”! Or is that also wrong? (Giggles)

Nita:  Well, my birthday is coming soon, and I will wish for a phone and a beautiful uniform! It will be great if I have a cake and candles.

Nita: I dream very, very much only about the phone!

Marika: They are my treasure, indeed! It’s true, that I’m almost starving and my children are deprived of childhood joys. They are always sad when they don't even have a thousandth of what others have. But they don't show it to me. Although mother's heart understands everything and sheds tears of blood. But we are together, and we have each other. God will give us the rest!

Mom can only dream of one thing, so that her children have food!

Marika: I dream that someday my children will have their own home, at least a small one, warm and cozy. That they would have new clothes and will not wear the hand-me-downs of the older ones. I dream that one day we will be able to buy toys without worrying that there will be nothing to eat tomorrow. I dream that they forget about hunger.

Marika: Groceries, groceries, and groceries again. My children are constantly malnourished. I dream of a refrigerator and a washing machine. Children dream of toys and television.  Parents of my kids’ classmates, our neighbors and just kind people give us clothes.

Max:  I really dream about the phone! I want a phone so badly.

Nita:  And I want a TV and a phone too.

Milena:  You already know my “wish list”!

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These wonderful people are in distress, they really need our support.

 Marika brings up three angels completely alone, with no support, with no help. Children are deprived of absolutely everything. They have no childhood and no opportunity to develop. But they have love for each other, kind hearts and eyes full of hope!

The family is in dire need of any help: food, a refrigerator, a washing machine, and a TV. A tablet or phone will make children extremely happy. Children dream of a cake too. No matter that birthday is only once a year! We can just make them happy with no reason!

If anyone is willing to get to know these wonderful kids and help them in person, here is their address: Chkhorotsku, Chavchavadze street, First building, apt. one.

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 them 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.

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