I have always dreamed of becoming a military man, of defending the Motherland! God gave me this opportunity! But today the machine gun falls out of my hands! Bring me back to life! I must be on my feet and with my loving family! Only the thoughts of surgery in Turkey and a complete cure keep me in this world! And my wife Sofiko and my beautiful daughter give me strength to fight and live until the trip to Turkey. But when there’s no money for medication, I start having seizures, and I beg God to relieve me from this torment and take me to Himself! Forgive me for my weakness! But without medication while awaiting surgery, I feel nothing but excruciating pain!

Here is my love! Her name is Tamta! She loves me no less than I love her! I will never, never abandon her! But we really need the help of kind hearts! “Of course, I chose my sick and very frail daughter! Because I’m her mother! She’s my one and only,” Rosa, the mother of the sick girl, says. We’ve been inseparable for 33 years, and we can’t imagine life without each other!” Rosa (mother): Until she was 7, I fought tooth and nail for Tamta’s health. I sold all my valuables and even dishes. But my daughter has had cerebral palsy since birth. She can’t walk, talk, or use her hands. But a miracle happened despite her condition! She’s smart and understands everything! She has a loving heart! Poor thing, it’s heartbreaking to know that she’ll spend her entire life in a wheelchair. “When my husband refused to accept her, I made the only right decision and I have never regretted it! What mom can just take and forget her child? And it was the best decision of my life!

Beka himself can’t work, and his poor mother doesn’t have the money for a prosthetic leg. Without it, navigating stairs is a challenge. He often falls, and there’s no one around to lend a hand to help him up. It’s really embarrassing for him to have to rely on strangers to get up, like a cripple! Imagine trying to go downstairs without a prosthetic, sometimes falling, in a house without an elevator! And after one of those falls, he might not even be able to get up! The staircase is steep! While his peers are out enjoying themselves, making friends, falling in love, and planning their futures, he spends entire days by the window! But for him, the world outside is daunting, harsh, and colorless: “What do I see in the future? There’s nothing there, just emptiness, total despair.” Nino (Beka’s mother): “My son was only 24 when he had a severe heart attack. The surgery lasted 9 hours. And now, he has diabetes. Then came the gangrene, and now my dear boy is without a leg!”

Ani (19 years old): The unbelievable happened! After the surgery, I took my first independent steps! I set aside my walker and walked. I managed to take four or five steps. The feeling is indescribable! The doctors say it’s a true miracle! If it weren’t for the kind friends of the Fund, I would have remained confined to a wheelchair forever. I feel great, except for the pain in my legs. But this pain is also a positive sign. It means sensation is returning to my legs. My body is starting to recover after the surgery.

In the dark and cold room of the dilapidated house lies a 70-year-old elderly man who has been unable to get out of his rusty bed for 9 years. After a debilitating stroke, his right side is completely paralyzed. Speaking is difficult for him, and he cannot walk at all. His pension doesn’t cover the cost of medications. He is starving. And this is happening in our Georgia, where historically, elderly people have always been treated with respect and honor! Tariel (70 years old): My wife died 30 years ago. Before she died, she asked me not to bring a “new mom” to our only son. I promised her that and kept my word. I started raising our young son all by myself. Can you imagine how hard it was for a single man? But I never broke my word to my wife.

“Mom betrayed me and dad. She left me with a very sick father, didn’t even hug me, didn’t hold me close when she left forever!”