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Five hungry children live here in these post-war-looking ruins, dreaming of warmth and food … The rooms are so cold that you can’t take off your jacket. But winter is still ahead!
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0901200270“I am dreaming of a warm room… Mom said that you were coming, and everything would be fine!” – says Anastasia, a wonderful little girl (7-year-old), and chilly wraps herself up in a faded darned jacket. Her brothers and sisters – 3-year-old David, 9-year-old Kristina, 13-year-old Shalva and 15-year-old Mari – look into my eyes with hope … My heart squeezes – this childish gaze, full of pain and sadness, tears my heart out …
In this shack, which can hardly be called a house, eight people huddle: Irina (35-year-old), her husband David (38-year-old), their five wonderful children and great-grandmother Tina (84-year-old), who needs medications and care. All of them are socially disadvantaged. “Long ago my husband and I dreamed of building a house and living happily,” mother Irina sighs bitterly. “And now, you see, there is nothing just to feed the children,” says the unfortunate woman and throws up her hands.
Fate is often cruel, and life not always goes the way we suppose it to go. This kind Georgian family is a victim of unfortunate circumstances. Hunger and cold brought them to our Fund. Friends, we cannot let them down! Because the compassion and empathy of their generous compatriots is their last hope!
– Irina, how did you find yourself in such a situation?
Irina: It was an unlucky turn of events … When you are young, you look at things optimistically. You think that only good is ahead and you can move mountains. When David and I got married, we thought that we would both work to keep our family, build a house that would be full of love and warmth. We dreamed that children’s laughter would always ringing here… We always wanted to have many children. As you can see, this dream has come true, but the rest … David is a hard worker, he takes any job he can find. The problem is that it’s difficult to find a job in the village. 13 years ago, his mother died of cancer. The treatment took a lot of money, we got into debt. And six months ago, grandmother Tina needed a heart surgery and we again had to take a loan. Now she gets only a part of her pension, which is not enough even for medications… Our income is hardly enough to buy food. And you can see yourself in what condition our house is…
– Have you addressed the local authorities for help?
Irina: Yes, of course! Many times. I asked them to fix our roof at least. But they refused. I can’t say they left us completely unattended – couple of times they just gave us one-off aid of 100 GEL, and some food. That’s it.
– What is your income now?
Irina: Only the social allowance. Together with the food coupons it’s 500 GEL. We do our best to stretch them out for a month, we buy only the most necessary stuff. New clothes are out of the question, and winter is quite a disaster. We have to buy firewood, but it’s very difficult to heat this house. You see how it blows here, the walls and the floor got rotten long ago … The children huddle together when they sleep, to warm up somehow …
– Whose house is that?
Irina: We have no house of our own. My husband’s father had to sell the house for debts, and grandmother Tina gave us shelter … You know, we don’t even know exactly how old this house is. Anyway we are not in the street. If only we could fix the roof …
– What is the allowance enough for? What do your children eat?
Irina: Cereals and pasta, that’s it … But the children need meat and dairy products, which is an impermissible luxury for us …
– Does anybody help you? Parents or relatives?
Irina: We have absolutely no one to help … My father died two years ago … Mom herself lives in poverty. We have no rich relatives either, now everyone experiences hard times. Everyone tries just to keep themselves and their children …
– How did you meet your husband?
Irina: He was in our village passing on for business together with his parents. We met by chance and liked each other very much. David introduced me to his parents, and we got married very soon. We made a promise to be together in good and in bad times. And so it happened, as you can see. But only for some reasons there are more bad times…
– Irina, what do you believe in? In what do you see the salvation?
Irina: My children and I often go to church, and I also pray at home. Faith gives me strength and does not let me fall into despair …
– Do you believe in the kindness of strangers?
Irina: What do you mean “strangers”? How can you help someone if you don’t know that they are in need? Our neighbors, for instance, always help us with whatever they can. They even gave us a fridge. I am so grateful to them! It was the neighbors who advised us to contact your Fund. They say that you have many good friends, and that you help everyone!
-Tell me about your children, please. Do they go to school and kindergarten? Which of them is most talented?
Irina: The elders all go to school, only little David (3-year-old) stays at home. The kindergarten is located 4 kilometers from us, and it is impossible to take him there and back every day. Each of the children is talented in their own way … I’m not saying this because they are my children, it’s just that my soul hurts that there is no way to take them to additional classes … Mari (15-year-old) is a very good student and is planning to enroll in foreign languages, she really wants to study with a teacher and prepare well for the entrance exams… Shalva (13-year-old) loves boxing. Before the grandmother’s operation I had been taking him to the boxing classes for three months … But then I realized that we would not be able to pay. Kristina (9-year-old) wants to take dance classes, but what can we do when we only can afford to wear rags and eat just porridge.
– Can I talk to your children, please? Mari, you are the oldest. What are you dreaming about?
Mari (15-year-old): I really want to go to college and get a good education. Most of all I like to learn foreign languages … On-line study is a real problem for us, because we have only one netbook for four of us. The netbooks of Kristina and Shalva went out of order long ago, and last year I had to run around neighbors and borrow a phone …
– And you, Shalva, do like to study?
Shalva (13-year-old): To be honest, not very much. Sport is a different matter! I love box, but I can’t go to the box school, as we cannot afford to pay for it. At school I like math the most, it is the most interesting subject.
– Have you already decided what you want to become?
Shalva: Yes, I will become a military officer. This is a profession for real men!
– What would you wish to all children in Georgia?
Shalva: I wish them success, health and all their dreams to come true.
– Well-done, it’s short and simple. And you, Kristina, what will you be when you grow up?
Kristina (9-year-old): I will become a doctor. I will cure and save people.
Anastasia (7-year-old): I will be a doctor too! We will work together, my sister and I! We will save people together!
– You are very friendly sisters. What do you like to play together?
Anastasia: We play dolls … We have one Barbie doll and we take care of it. I want to have many, many dolls dressed in beautiful dresses …
– You will have them, dear. What else are you dreaming about?
Anastasia: I want to have a lot of beautiful dresses. I don’t have them at all. This sweater was first Mari’s, then Kristina’s, and now it’s mine. It’s ugly, I want to have a dress … Like a princess!
– Which is your favorite princess?
Anastasia: The Snow White, she is the most beautiful!
Kristina: No! Rapunzel is the most beautiful! She has beautiful golden hair!
– Girls, and what is your little brother dreaming about? Can he talk?
Kristina: Not yet, we can’t understand him! He points with his finger when he wants something, saying “mome” (“give me”). He wants sweets, he gets so happy when someone treats him!
Anastasia: He likes to play cars; he rolls everything as if it was a car.
– You are so wonderful, guys! Irina, and what are you dreaming about?
Irina: I only dream about having food and warmth for my children! So that they have a normal home, clothes … They do not deserve this poverty! It hurts my heart when I see how they are starving and how they are looking for something to wrap up in so as not to freeze …
– What do you need most at the moment?
Irina: Food … I want to feed my children well … They need winter clothes as well. I dream of a washing machine. Because we have to bring water from the well and washing with hands in cold water for eight people is just hellish torment. The TV doesn’t work at all … Look around, we have nothing! Everything is falling apart, the beds, chairs, and the house itself … I would also like to have a chest of drawers, because we have no place to put the clothes that we have, they are just lying around.
We look forward to any help! Any! I can’t stand watching how my children suffer… Even just a kind word can give hope for a better future, and I will be grateful to everyone who reads about us and takes our pain to heart…
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Friends, our compatriots, the Deisadze family, are in a dire situation. Their house is about to collapses upon their heads. And five wonderful kids have nothing to eat! They walk in rags and just dream of getting warm! Nobody hears their cry for help, and they have almost lost hope, but it is in our power to return it to them. Return the belief in goodness and hope for the better future!
The Deisadze family urgently needs help: food, children clothes, washing machine, TV, furniture. And children really need a computer to keep up with their school curriculum.
You can visit the Deisadze family in person and provide them with all possible help.Their address is: Samtredia municipality, village Etseri
Or you can call Irina and cheer her up with kind words! Phone: 568 65 07 11.
Please repost our publication. Let your friends know about the grief of this family! It’s extremely important!
God gives us chances to care about people who are unable to take care of themselves. 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
#GE42LB0115113036665000
#GE64BG0000000470458000
(Purpose: Deisadze family).
You can also transfer money from our website.
It is also possible to transfer money from Nova Technology, 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 ).
We have already helped many disadvantaged people! Let’s support the Deisadze family too, as no one is immune to bad luck! And who knows, maybe someday we ourselves will need help of strangers!
One call saves life – 0901 200 270.
100 kilos of joy and 200 kilos of happiness!
Dear friends, how to describe and convey those positive emotions that you give to people who have almost lost their faith? How to convey the cheerful exclamations of children when they get a long-awaited gift!
“We used to watch only half of the cartoons, now we watch them whole!” – says 7-year-old Anastasia and presses her cheek against the TV.
– What do you mean – the half of cartoons? – I ask her at a loss.
Anastasia: I mean, you only see one half of the princess, and can’t see another half.
Irina (mother): Our old TV went out of order, only half of the screen was working – so we suffered.
You know, for someone seeing the princess in whole is already a reason to be happy! Not only that! Read the story with a happy end! Look into these joyful eyes and warm your soul!
Irina: I am grateful to everyone who took our problems to heart and helped us. It turned to be a lot of such people. Nobody has ever done so much for us. Neither state, nor some other institution. I always believed and knew that there are many good people. And when they unite, they can move mountains.
Sorry, I don’t remember all the names. But I will try to tell you about what touched me. Mamuka from Tbilisi, big authority man, helped us in repairing school notebooks. One of them did not switch on, another’s charger went out of order one year ago. The kids were missing online lessons because of that and I worried a lot. But now everything is in order. Mamuka turned to be a man of his word – I respect such people. He promised us to fix everything – so he did and sent us them back.
They sent gifts for us from Tbilisi – foodstuffs and clothes. All the necessary stuff that one should have at their kitchen: sugar, oil, pasta… Kids immediately started a dress fitting: this fits me, that fits you. There were enough clothes for everybody – both for daughters and sons. Brand new and used but in a perfect condition. Even our grandmother Tina got two dresses.
I would also like to mention the servicemen from Kutaisi. They brought us one bag of flour, one bag of cabbage, semi-processed meat products, bottled sunflower oil. You can cook non-stop now.
– What do you cook?
Irina: Different things, whatever the children ask me. Fried potatoes, borsch, soups… When the children are full, I feel calm. You took off the burden of problems from me – this has not happened for a
long time. It feels unusual (smiles). You can’t even imagine what a washing machine means to me – it’s literally salvation for me. It’s a hard work to wash by hand. Besides that, I can now delegate part of the housework to my daughters – Mari and Christina. They quickly learned how to handle the washing machine and can load clothes and linen on their own and then hang them. I need this help, as I will have more hassle now. On February 23 my sixth child was born – my son Gabriel (shines).
– Great news! Congratulations! Wish you both to be healthy and happy!
Irina: Thank you! I have already been discharged from hospital, but Gabriel is not yet. He was born eight months premature weighting 2,210 kg and he must spend a while in an incubator. My boy gets oxygen. May God help him to be discharged with no problems so that we take him home.
But when I think about where I will to take the newborn baby, I start worrying. Our wet-walled shack is not the best place for a baby. But what can we do? We have no other house.
– It means that housing problems still remain. Apparently, the local authorities do nothing. What should happen to make them act? We already posted an article about you and the sixth baby in the family was born as well…
Irina: The help of the local authorities – are just ad-hoc actions. Nothing else, unfortunately. Nobody got interested in us even after the news you mentioned.
Last summer we started house building on our own. But we did not manage to cope alone. We should not have started that. So, the unfinished house stands next to our old wooden one. I pray to God asking him to send us help. To find a construction company or someone rich who will manage to compete the work.
I am afraid it will snow again. It will be a disaster for us. I want the winter to get away as soon as possible. We got tired of dampness and cold. And we must raise the baby in such conditions…
I probably must strive, look for funds, opportunities. But I’m too busy right now, and I’m focused on my newborn baby. Our relatives gave me a crib, where my boy will sleep.
– Guys, you probably can’t wait to meet your little brother.
Anastasia: Yes! He’s tiny. I wonder what does his face look like. What would he do?
Kristina: I know! He will sleep day and night. Then he will wake up to have some milk and will go to sleep again. He will also need his diapers to be changed. Anastasia and I can do that.
Anastasia: Yes, we practice on our dolls when we play the house. Look, we have new dolls! They also gave us chocolate, but it already comes to an end – we love sweets so much, that we cannot stand! (laughs.)
– Show me your new TV. Switch it on, let’s watch it together!
Mari: I have already watched Harry Potter on TV. I like to watch movies. Kristina, Anastasia and Datuna prefer watching cartoons – “Cinderella”, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” and so on… (smiles.)
Kristina: My favorite animated film is about Rapunzel. I watch it closely. Datuna can’t watch movies for a long time. He starts playing with his new car and drives it across the room, making the car sounds: “Vroom!” and I raise the sound to hear what are they saying.
Mari: This TV is fine. We used to watch the old one, which our neighbor lent us. Only half of its screen worked. It was not interesting at all – it even ruined the mood.
– What about your mood now, Mari?
Mari: Good. Thank you all for the gifts! We are very happy!
Irina: If I only could express all my feelings now! When my children are happy it warms my heart. That’s what you managed to do. I will never stop praying for you and blessing you!
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We often hear the talks about the demographic crisis in Georgia and calls to create large families. But these talks are not backed up by anything. How do the large families live and who takes care of them? The story of Irina Deisadze is a great example of that. Despite the difficulties which they were expecting they dared to have a large family. And what do they get instead? Just an ad-hoc aid.
There is no need to explain our readers why the choice of Irina and her husband is so valuable. You feel and understand everything, you are the most empathetic and cordial and you have already supported those brave people. One should be very brave to have six kids in our situation. The youngest is only the few days old – a new citizen of Georgia Gabriel. He deserves to live in good conditions. Let’s take care of that.
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: the Deisadze family)
You can also transfer money from our website: https://chernovetskyifund.ge/en/projects/660-deisadze/
It is also possible to transfer money from ОРРА, 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).
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!
One call saves life – 0901 200 270.
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