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Friends let me introduce: Mariam (1-year-old), Barbara (2-year-old), Lika (3-year-old) and Giorgi (4-year-old) – kids, who can only dream about sweets and toys. They are still too little to realize how difficult their situation is, but they already have to endure hardships, and they know by heart: “Mom has no money now… She will buy it later, someday …”
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0901200270“Lord, nothing hurts as much as when you cannot afford even the basic stuff for your child… It hurts a lot,” – laments Gvantsa (23-year-old), the mother of these wonderful kids. – While they are quite little, I keep telling them: not now, I will buy that later, but when this “later” will come – I don’t know. Life is getting harder every day …”
A large, socially disadvantaged Egikashvili family huddles in a tiny rented house without any amenities. Bare walls, tattered lino on the floor… Their main and real treasure are those four wonderful kids.
Look into their eyes! There you will see the future of our beloved homeland, Georgia … Friends, we must show our Christian mercy, do everything for their well-being and somehow make their life easier.
– Gvantsa, please, tell me what the main problem of your family at the moment is.
Gvantsa: We live in terrible poverty … I have four children, and sometimes I don’t even know what to feed them. We have no money for food or diapers for our youngest daughter.
Take a look around! We have nothing. Look, where my little ones have to sleep. The house itself is in such a state that it is about to fall apart. But we don’t have the money to rent a better home. A refrigerator and a TV set are from the Soviet times, and besides that, our washing machine went out of order! You can imagine how much washing is to be done when there are four little children in the family, and adults as well. My hands are about falling apart …
– Has your situation always been that dire?
Gvantsa: You know, we always used to live modestly. I knew that my husband was not rich. I got married for great and true love. Leri and I have known each other for almost 10 years. But when the kids were born one after another, it became very difficult, because they needed so many things… We could no longer fit in the house of my husband’s parents – it’s cramped there even without us: there are 7 people living there including two small children. We had to rent an apartment, if it can be called that. A room and a kitchen, the toilet is at the end of the garden, and I bathe the children in a plastic wash tub …
– Could you tell me in detail how you met your husband?
Gvantsa: I was born and raised in Tskhaltubo, and my husband, Leri, had relatives there, so he often came there on a visit. That’s how we met. I was in the 8th form then. A few years later we got married. I lost my first child and it was a severe blow. Then I decided that I would have as many children as the Lord would give me …
– How did you imagine your future when you just started a family?
Gvantsa: I was very young then. I wanted to study in Gori at the Faculty of Informatics. My mother was a computer science teacher, so I chose this profession. All the documents were ready, and Leri and I were going to live in Gori. But then I got pregnant and had to go back to the village, where, as you know, it’s hard to make money. My husband is ready to do any work – he even works as a shepherd, but this is very little money – we do not live, but just survive.
– Does anybody help you? Parents or relatives?
Gvantsa: My mother died of cancer 9 years ago, my father used to help us, but now he is unemployed. And my brother is a student, he studies in Tbilisi, and has just some occasional side job. They themselves need help. As for my husband’s parents, they are also aged. They help us as much as they can, sometimes bringing potatoes, bread, or pasta…
– Do you believe in the kindness of strangers?
Gvantsa: Of course, otherwise I would not have addressed you. I know that sometimes a complete stranger can lend a helping hand. Georgia is a very small country where everyone is used to supporting each other. I thoroughly follow your Facebook page and every time I get ascertained that this is really so …
– Did you learn about our Fund from social networks?
Gvantsa: Yes, I even remember the first post that caught my eye – about a single mother and her daughter … My heart breaks when I read about so many people living in poverty, who are terminally ill and need help. And you really do Godly things, helping so many people, making their lives better. I wrote to you in the hope that you will not remain indifferent to my kids, who are deprived of everything – toys, sweets, new clothes. Most of all, as a mother, I want them to have everything they need … But what can I do? My husband and I are completely unable to cope alone.
– What do you believe in? In what do you see the salvation?
Gvantsa: Of course, only in Faith. I used to go to church almost every Sunday. But now it’s more difficult – having the babies. I try to lead them to take communion whenever possible. And I pray at home all the time – for the health and well-being of my children … So that everything would be OK with them.
– We are so sorry! Did you address anybody for help? The local government, for instance?
Gvantsa: Oh, sure. We get an allowance of 560 GEL. Unfortunately, we were refused any other benefits …
– What is this money enough for?
Gvantsa: Only for the basic things: rent, utility costs, and the cheapest food
– In particular, what do your children eat? What is their everyday diet?
Soups, cereals, pasta. When my husband manages to earn some money, he brings meat and I make a broth.
– Please, tell me more about your children.
Gvantsa: They are stair-steppers. Only the eldest, Giorgi (4-year-old), had a chance to go to the kindergarten. Lika (3-year-old) tries to imitate him in everything, she wants to go to the kindergarten too. She even wants the same toys as Giorgi! Giorgi dreams about a police car and an ambulance car, and Lika, of course, too. (Laughs). Giorgi adores his sisters, especially the youngest, Mariam (1 year old). When I turn on the music, they all dance together, it’s so funny.
– May I talk to your children, please? Hi, Giorgi! Do you miss the kindergarten?
Giorgi (4-year old): Yes! It’s fun there and there are lots of toys. We have just a few at home.
– What is your favorite toy?
Giorgi: The bear – it’s soft and fluffy It’s a present, I like it so much!
Lika (3-year-old): I’ve got a favorite bear too! It’s pink and beautiful!
– What toy would you wish to have?
Giorgi: I want to have a police car with police lights and a siren. It’s cool! Mom promised me to buy one when she has the money…
Lika: I want a car with a siren too!
– Why not a doll, Lika?
Lika: Giorgi and I always play together, if we have the same cars, it will be more fun.
– What do Barbare and Mariam dream about?
Barbare (2-year-old): I want a bear … Gio gives me his bear to play, but I want to have mine, so that it would sleep with me … And sweets too! Many, many sweets!
Giorgi: We all love sweets! (laughs) Mommy buys them. But not very often.
– Gvantsa, what is your biggest dream?
Gvantsa: I only dream of my kids being fed, dressed and shod. So that I don’t have to constantly refuse them and explain that there is no money now, that I will buy that later … When? I don’t know. I have a cherished dream – to continue my studies. But it is impossible right now. My angels need me so much, they are still so little. But I try not to lose hope for a better future.
– What do you think, you need most in your home?
Gvantsa: We will be grateful for any help! I really need food, diapers. God knows, I ask for help only for the sake of my children …The thing we need most of all now is a washing machine. Kids are at such age now that you should never leave them unattended. There is no one to look after them, but me. And I’m just knocked off my feet. You can see for yourself that we have nothing at all. Everything here is just junk. The beds are falling apart. The refrigerator and the TV are so old that I am surprised that I can still turn them on …I’m not used to asking, and I’m extremely embarrassed, but mothers will understand me. When you have no money to buy an extra candy for your child … It’s a terrible feeling. It hurts. That is why I addressed you. I hope that the hearts of your good friends will respond to our sad situation …
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Friends, as you can see, the large Egikashvili family lives in dire need. They need all kind of help! Food, diapers, clothes, beds and home appliances.
Let’s support them, show mercy, let’s give the children a chance of developing and having a happy childhood.
Call Gvantsa, ask her about the family’s needs, cheer her up and support her. Phone: 598 088 913
You can visit the family in person and provide them help. Children will be happy, for sure! Their address is: Gori Municipality, village Uplistsikhe (95 kilometers from Tbilisi)
Friends, Chernovetskyi Charity Fund starts a charity campaign to help the Egikashvili family. As you know, the Fund never stops on ad-hoc help. The country and the people have no future without children! Take care of the young generation! Let them survive! Count them as your relatives. And we are sure that God will bless you.
Please repost our publication. Let you friends know about the Egikashvili family! It’s extremely important!
God gives us chances to care about the people who are unable to take care of themselves. Not all people are the same. Not all of them are as kind as we are. Do not pass by someone else’s trouble! Those poor people are sent to us by heaven so that we could prove not by words, but in deeds that we trust in God!
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
Our Fund’s accounts are:
#GE15TB7194336080100003
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(Purpose: Egikashvili family).
You can also transfer money from our website.
It is also possible to transfer money from ОРРА, TBCpay and ExpressPay terminals. (You can read more about rights and responsibilities of the Fund following the link (https://goo.gl/GY2Gus).
We have already helped many disadvantaged people! Let’s support the Egikashvili family, as no one is immune to bad luck! And who knows, maybe someday we ourselves will need the help of strangers!
One call saves life – 0901 200 270.
How much does a child’s smile cost? One thousand, one hundred thousand, one million?
It depends on whose smile it is! If this is the smile of those kids that we will now talk about, then it is priceless!
Here is a conversation I heard when I came to visit them and brought them gifts – both to the children and their mother…
– Mommy, who is calling you? Let me listen, please! – asks four-year-old Gio.
– It’s a lady from Tbilisi.
– Will she come? Ma’am, will you come? (Shouts into the phone.)
– She will come, but not today, Gio.
– I want to talk too! – three-year-old Lika leaves her toys and rushes to her mother. – I have new dolls. (Speaks into the phone.)
Gio (speaking into the phone):
– I have a car with a remote control, and I want teddy bears too. Move away, Lika. (Addresses his sister.)
– Guys, I can’t hear anything. – laughs their mother Gvantsa. – Oh, Barbara is running here, she wants to talk too…
After the publication of the post about the Egikashvili family (https://chernovetskyifund.ge/en/projects/finished/646-egikashvili/ ) our wonderful readers started calling and visiting them. Complete strangers from different regions of Georgia called Gvantsa and offered her help. And people still keep calling them (it is wonderful!) Everything that happens seems exciting and unusual to the children – to four wonderful angels. They express their great joy and rush towards every guest.
– You have provided us with almost everything, – says Gvantsa emotionally. – With foodstuffs, medications, furniture, a complete set of home appliances. No one ever cared for us that much. My children have everything! I want to say thank you to the Chernovetskyi Fund!
– Gvantsa, it is not easy, of course, to remember the names of everyone who responded. But, perhaps, they will recognize themselves from your stories, and this will warm their hearts.
Gvantsa: You are right – it was so many people who responded that I won’t be able to recall the names of all of them. Nevertheless, I want to say that I am immensely grateful to all of you for your kindness. You can’t even imagine what this support means to me now. That’s a huge support!
The guys from Batumi brought us a washing machine and a TV! Such an act made me feel confused, it was a real shock for me – in a good sense. Then people from Gori visited us with bags of potatoes, and chickens. They said they would visit us again.
I would also like to mention two women from the Gori region, who provided us with canned food and compotes prepared by them. My children especially liked the carrot snack. They asked for it for lunch and dinner until it was over. Although we still have a small supply of carrots, but I hide it for now. Why should they eat it all the time? (Smiles.)
An employee of one company, a foreigner, encouraged his colleagues to get together and come to visit us. They gave us 300 GEL. They said they wanted to help us on a monthly basis and would figure out how to do it.
During the time that has passed since the publication of the post, we have received many gifts: children’s clothes (both new and used, but in good condition), shoes, food, toys, dolls, balls, cars with and without a remote control, musical microphones. I got the opportunity to keep my children busy, because they used to follow me all the time. (Laughs.) Now, when I do the housework, they can entertain themselves. They entertain themselves perfectly! The four of them sit down, and get all their toys at once… But if they hear the doorbell, they rush as fast as they can. They want to know who else will come, they want to talk to the visitors. The children got a new kind of excitement in their life. Everyone likes attention.
They meet them right in the street, lead them home and then go around the guests, study them. Everyone wants to be in the center of attention. As for recent visits – a girl from Rustavi visited us about three days ago. She brought us clothes, toys. She caressed the kids, photographed them all together and one by one. Of course, the children are happy after such visits.
I want to say that now we live in Vaziani. In case if someone decides to visit us.
– Do they know your story in Vaziani? How was your acquaintance with your neighbors?
Gvantsa: Yes. We rent an apartment. But before we moved there it had to be renovated. So, local guys renovated two rooms for free. They purchased wallpaper, plasterboards, and other building materials at their expense. They reinstalled the electrical wiring in the house. Now the children have their own bedroom and a large new bed donated by the Fund. Only baby Mari (1 year old) sleeps with me.
I have the new refrigerator and I like it very much. But I still wash laundry with hands, even though we already have a wonderful washing machine. We need pipes, hoses to supply water. But it’s okay, it’s just a matter of time. The owner of the apartment is now sorting out all the paperwork issues so that we can get gas connected. Then I can enjoy a civilized way of cooking on the new gas stove. While we are waiting, I cook soups and cereals on the stove. We have a large stock of cereals, pasta, lobio.
– A huge number of people decided to respond, to do something necessary and useful for you. And what about the local authorities?
Gvantsa: They helped us too. At that time, we still lived in Uplistsikhe. Gamgebeli (head of administration) of Uplistsikhe and Kvakhvreli came personally to visit us and brought us food. There was even talk about buying an apartment for us. But then they backed down. They found out that my husband was drinking and decided not to help us. The reason for refusal was that a drunkard can shift all the good.
– But the apartment supposed to be for children.
Gvantsa: I think I should be persistent on this issue, try to talk to officials again. Maybe it will work out. Who knows? If such an idea flashed once, it means that they are concerned about the fate of my children. They are somehow right about the drinking person. I had to take my kids and leave him. But even that didn’t make him think. I am now condemned by my relatives and they don’t want to communicate with me.
– We will not judge you. You know, our readers are not judges but helpers. How else can we help?
Gvantsa: The Fund gave me everything that I asked for, and even that which I was embarrassed to mention. The children have everything, thank you very much. We are living better than before. Despite the turmoil in my personal life, I can say this: your help is ten steps forward. I am in an even tempered, calm mood and completely occupied with thoughts of children. When they go to kindergarten, I would like to get a job.
– What would you like to tell our readers?
Gvantsa: I feel your warmth and I believe that everything will be fine. You gave me optimism. Let everything go well for you. And your good will return to you hundredfold.
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Friends, all together we managed to give hope to Gvantsa and her angels. Your responses have turned into a long chain of goodness. Everyone who helps this family tries to offer them something that others have not yet done. And this is a wonderful decision made by the heart. Young mother Gvantsa now experiences difficult period in her life, and she faces many trials. Stay close!
If you have a heavy heart because of everyday problems or unresolved issues, as a distraction just see our posts on Facebook, or better dial the number of any of our beneficiaries. Call them and you will forget about your problems. Because they are nothing in comparison with the problems of those to whom you opened your good heart and came to help in the most difficult moment of their life.
Our problems are noting if compared… Here are true misfortunes, in front of your eyes! Just thank the Lord for what you have. You are the happiest person in the world! Remember this and help those in need.
Unfortunately, problems of this and other families do not end here and now… Therefore, from time to time, look through the stories of unhappy people on our website, talk to them. Every time you dial the Phone of an unhappy person, God is blessing you! For sure! Go on helping these families! This is the best service to the Lord!
Your kindness is a chance for yourself to be happy in everything!
Friends, thanks again to all!
Our Fund’s accounts are:
#GE15TB7194336080100003
#GE42LB0115113036665000
#GE64BG0000000470458000
(Purpose: Egikashvili family)
You can also transfer money from our website.
https://chernovetskyifund.ge/en/projects/finished/646-egikashvili/
It is also possible to transfer money from TBCpay and ExpressPay terminals. Find our Fund under “Charity” section (You can read more about rights and responsibilities of the Fund following the link https://goo.gl/GY2Gus). ).
One call saves life – 0901 200 270.
Let’s believe that helping others, we take care of our own souls and draw closer to Lord through the suffering that we share with others!
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