“Mom, Andria grabbed the entire bread loaf again, now he’ll eat everything himself, he’ll leave us nothing,” – six-year-old Mari calls her mother for help. She knows that she will not be able to cope with her brother alone and that he will not give away the bread himself. Then nine-year-old Giorgi, six-year-old Mari, five-year-old Alexander will be left without bread, and only two-year-old Andria will have his fill…

Mom Inga gets 320GEL social allowance for her three daughters and herself. It is somehow enough for two weeks, and then they start starving… If this unbearable living routine lasted a little longer, it would make this unfortunate woman commit suicide without getting out of depression… But she was “lucky” – she was entitled to attend a social canteen, and now she and her daughters can get at least some gruel there. Although it can hardly be called normal food, it still saves them on hungry days.

Grief, misfortune, poverty, pain, mental pain – these comes to your mind when you look back on this family… Seems like evil fate keeps pursuing these poor people. There is no other way to explain their misery and suffering.

“Ma’am, look. I used to have very long hair. Down to here,” – says 10-year-old Sofiko and points to her back. – “But I cut it off.”

The word “mother” for four children – 3-year-old Luka, 5-year-old Gabriel, 13-year-old Vazha and 15-year-old Levan – is a taboo!

“Caution! Slow down! Stop! Danger!” Probably it is safer to walk in a minefield than in this house. Having worked for many years at the Fund and having seen the primitive living conditions, we sometimes think that we got already used to such houses. But alas! It is impossible to get used to this.