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“All four of us sleep on the floor, we warm each other. I am afraid that my daughters will get sick, the cold from the floor creeps to the bones,” mother Lela (41 years old) cries bitterly. The poor woman and her three wonderful daughters – Mariam (5-year-old), Ekaterina (9-year-old), Lizi (11-year-old) – are desperately fighting for survival. They have to live in a quite empty rented apartment without any amenities, and sleep on the bare floor! It’s impossible to imagine anything like that happening in a European country!
Our compatriot Lela Elbakidze is a single mother of three daughters, and she is sick. Friends, we are her last hope!
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0901200270“I will sell hair and buy some delicious food for my children” – the unfortunate mother assures us when we start our conversation.
– Lela, dear, don’t be so upset. Tell me, what has happened to you?
Lela: I could never think that I would be left alone with the children. We used to be well off, my husband and I lived in love and joy in Tbilisi!
I never took seriously the phrase: “Man proposes, God disposes!” But when my husband went bankrupt, he started drinking heavily and left us homeless. He used to have his own store, but then he went bankrupt and began to take all his anger out on me and the children.
He got into debt, began to drink heavily. Sometimes he even smashed furniture and threw it at me … (Cries.) I endured all this for a long time, tried to put myself in his shoes, I thought that it would not last long, that everything would get better again, and we would live peacefully as before. I often dream and my dreams are sometimes beautiful, but when everything around begins to collapse, I don’t know how I can get through it all. My husband took us to another part of Georgia, to his parents’ house in the village of Martvili. Our youngest daughter Mari was only 18 months old then.
But my husband did not succeed at the new place either, and he began to drink even more! So we started to quarrel more often!
Then little Mari fell sick, she had constant fevers with vomiting. I urgently took Mari back to Tbilisi, and we went to the clinic. It’s scary to remember that the doctors barely managed to save her!
While we were in hospital, my husband left us, and he was no longer in our life. I don’t even know what to call the situation we find ourselves now…
– Lela, does your ex-husband take part in the life of the children in any way, does he help with anything?
Lela: No, unfortunately. No help so far. Oh, if you only knew how sorry my baby is about this! (Cries) If she met him in the street, she would not recognize him. She often looks jealously and longingly how other dads take their children from the kindergarten. Several times Mari asked unknown men from the balcony: “Are you my dad?” It drives me crazy. Why should my baby suffer so much? Recently she started asking: “Is my dad in heaven?” Ekaterina is deeply worried too.
– Did your family support you in any way? What about your relationship with you relatives?
Lela: Yes, they did of course. First, I returned to my parents’ home. But there were 13 of us in five rooms. Children, old people. My mom and dad are pensioners, my brother can barely keep his own children. So, over time, I separated, I moved with the children to a rented apartment. They can give me moral support, but they cannot support me financially.
– Did you earn your living when you left?
Lela: I did everything I could. I got a job as a cleaner, tidied up offices and the courtyard of the Ministry of Economy for 250 GEL. So that Mari had diapers. I also took on other part-time jobs. But now life has become very hard. My health failed, I had to quit work.
– What are the health problems that you have?
Lela: The operation is already over, I was operated on in August. One day I woke up in blood. I did not want to scare my children, so I put myself in order somehow and went to Gagua clinic. The bleeding was caused by gynecological problems – a polyp of the cervix, endometriosis. The state paid for the operation and medications. The tests results are okay, fortunately. I only have to take them to the doctor. I’ll wait for the transport to start working.
– Does the state help in any other way?
Lela: We are socially disadvantaged. We get an allowance, and also 90 GEL as food coupons. During the coronavirus, they brought us food. So I can’t complain! I can feed my children on pasta, buckwheat, potatoes – and they will not be hungry. But they also want fried meat … I never go shopping with Mari to avoid her requests that make me feel awkward – she likes sweets, and I cannot explain to her, that we can’t afford them. I can send Liziko to do the shopping, she will bring everything according to the list, nothing more. She can already understand things. My poor grown up girl! (Cries again.)
The City Hall pays the major part of our rent (300 GEL out of 400). If not that, we would be in the street. We will stay here for one year.
– Lela, how do you live in this almost empty apartment? There is nothing here, except a washing machine and a fridge, which belong to the landlord.
Lela: With the help of God. The main thing is that we are not in the street. Hopefully, everything will work out. It would be great to have beds. All four of us sleep on the floor, warming each other. I’ve caught cold, I am coughing. But do not be afraid, this is not a “corona”. I’m afraid that my daughters can get sick, the cold coming from the floor freeze you to your bones. All the dishes are stored in bags on the floor. We eat, wash, and put them back into the bags. We have no table and chairs. We get tired of this, there is nowhere to sit normally. But, what can we do? A friend of mine lent us a tabletop gas stove with two burners. Now we can eat hot food too. We used to eat only dry food before that. People help me when they see my situation. Parents of schoolmates, those from kindergarten … We have no problems with clothes. Why not take them if they are in good condition? I myself give away my children’s clothes, which they grow up from.
– We talk so much about your wonderful daughters. I think it’s time to let them tell about themselves. Come here, baby. (Mari approaches.) Will you introduce me to your doll?
Mari (5 years old): This is Loli, she’s sick now, ma’am. She has a cough, sore throat, and I’m treating her. She doesn’t listen to me, she runs barefoot, and I will have to give her injections.
– So, you are a little doctor! Will you show me the other patients?
Mari: There are no others, I have only this toy. But I treat my mother and my sisters. When my mom feels sick, she calls me, and I put my hands on her forehead. And she says she is cured. I give her some water against coughing, but mommy still coughs.
– Sweetheart, what toys would you like to get?
Mari: A nice new doll. And roller skates. I can skate. Once they lent me skates and I did not fall.
– Do you know that you are a very beautiful girl? And your sisters are very beautiful. The bob haircut suits you very much.
Mari: I used to have long hair, ma’am. When they grow waist long again, I can sell them, and we will buy delicious things – a fried chicken, chocolate, sausages…
Lela: Oh, it was my decision … (Sighs.) I had to do that. Once they temporarily suspended paying social allowance – they have their own procedures. They resumed it later. But we had to live somehow during that period. I am still very sorry about it.
– Ekaterina, what are you dreaming about, dear?
Ekaterina (9-year-old): About having our own home, so that I could hang my paintings in my room and look at them lying in my bed in the evening. We can hang nothing on the walls in this house. It’s not ours, we are visiting here. I want everything to be beautiful, but here there are damp walls with mold, no wallpaper. You can’t invite friends to your place. Although, my friends are good, and they don’t care what house I live in. I make New Year’s decorations to cheer up my sisters and mom a little bit.
– So, you are an artist?
Ekaterina: I often paint and lots of people like it. I’d like to know how other artists paint, how they create their artworks. But I have never been to any exhibitions. You know, I should think carefully about the profession to choose so that I would not have too many problems in my life. In order not to live in such poverty. My feet are freezing until morning, I permanently wake up from the cold. I don’t want to.
I want to be happy and make my mom happy. She often cries because she can give us nothing. But I just need her to tell me that she loves me and to kiss me a thousand times a day. And that’s what she does. She is always by me and she supports me.
Lizi (11-year-old): I can tell my mommy everything too. Even when I am silent, she still knows what is wrong with me.
Lela: Lizi has started having problems with math recently. She often cries. I have no money for a tutor, and the schoolteacher focuses on the children whom he gives individual lessons.
– What is the book that you have, Lizi?
Lizi: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. I’ve already read half of it. I really like it. When I am reading, I get distracted and forget about bad things. I would like to have a large library, and my own mobile phone to attend the on-line lessons by myself. Everyone in my class has one.
Mommy makes us go to the neighbors because of the Internet, but I feel awkward to bother them all the time. In order not to bother the same people, we go to different neighbors. Ekaterina and I share one laptop (the second one, the school gave us went out of order). And we take turns using it. It’s good that my sister has classes in the morning, while I have them in the afternoon. I don’t even know what we could do if the schedules coincided.
Everyone stays at home during the quarantine, while we are walking. It’s very boring and sad staying at home, we don’t even have a TV. But when it’s rainy or windy, we have to stay at home. To be honest, there is not much difference, at home it’s as cold as outside. You have to put on a lot of warm clothes in order not to freeze.
Mom teaches Mari to read and count. I read something; Ekaterina draws. But I’m in no mood. Tears flow themselves. When will we live well? Why do we live like this? Mom is afraid that I will get sick from the melancholy, she cheers me up when I lie in the bed and cry. I cried the whole last quarantine. You won’t go to your neighbors’ place to watch TV on New Year Eve, will you? And we will probably have to.
Lela: How does it feel for a mother to hear and see this? (She sighs heavily.) What should I do?!
– Lizi, dear, you should always believe in a better future. You should know that you are not alone. Lela, our readers are a force that can move mountains. Let’s list what your family needs so that people can help you.
Lela: I know, dear! I’ve been with you for a long time. I read and see how much good you have done and keep doing. You gave hope to many desperate people. I addressed the Chernovetskyi Fund because I believe in your ability to change lives.
We really need beds, maybe two double beds so we don’t sleep on the bare floor, some basic furniture – table, chairs, cupboard. We also need a TV. I send my prayers to caring people. I believe that they will be heard! God bless you!
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Friends, I don’t really know how people can continue their work after reading the publication about Lela and her daughters? How can you calmly go to your warm bed when you imagine these three little girls and their mother sleeping on the cold floor? Little girls should not live like this, it is beyond justice and mercy. The foundations of their health are being laid now. And let’s not forget that they are future mothers. Lela herself, at heart, is a desperate girl who bent under a load of problems. I ask you to look at their story with your heart, to understand them, to share their pain. And try to help. Do not hesitate to share problems of other people, it only means that you are a good, caring person. And that Lela’s words and prayers and our calls are addressed to you.
You can call or visit them in person and help them. Their address is: Tbilisi, Gldani, 3rd microdistrict, Block 71, 2nd entrance, 2nd floor, apartment 33. Phone: 577 34 17 94.
We should not remain indifferent to the troubles of this family, we will show our mercy and care, all together we will help them however we can, showing them all our love and mercy! Unfortunately, no one is immune to loneliness and sickness.
Please repost our publication, so that as many people as possible learn about the troubles the Elbakidze family.
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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“It’s for the first time we fell asleep on a sofa and not on a floor” – teared up Lela. Mommy of three little beauties cannot believe it happened to her! Little Mari shows us gymnastic tricks near a brand-new TV.
“Cartoons! I love to watch them so much, it was my biggest dream!” – her eyes are shining, she is full of energy. – “And Lizi likes to watch Harry Potter”.
Lizi will become a famous doctor and will cure many people, probably also those who, in such difficult times saved their family from starving to death.
They have lots of foodstuffs now, a TV set which they were dreaming about, a huge sofa – these sweet girls who have experienced all the sorrows of life and overwhelming poverty have all that now. But not even the numerous gifts – but love and kindness that our benefactors have enveloped them with – this is the main reward for the family for all the years of suffering! https://chernovetskyifund.ge/en/projects/668-elbakidze/
“We took a deep breath, there is change for the better and we hope that everything will be fine. God bless you!” – Lela does not hold back her joy. Now she has a lot of new friends next to her and she also knows she could count on the support of the Chernovetskyi Fund – with such support she will succeed in her battle for survival!
Friends, let’s thank the Lord all together for his mercy, for this joy of sharing our bread with neighbors! Each good deed brings us closer to Him and this is the way we glorify God.
– Lela, how did your life change after we have published an article about you?
Lela: Our life has changed a lot. We’ve got a moral support – thanks to your post, we have found many friends, our phone is not silent anymore. We are not alone, and this gives us hope for the better future. Thank you very much! And of course, your help… You can’t even imagine what it means for a mother to see her children smiling. When you brought us the TV, they literally started jumping up and down for joy. And they smiled so sweet when they fell asleep on the couch, and not on the floor for the first time. (Lela burst into tears.) Our room has changed a lot, there is no longer a need to put food and dishes in bags – there is enough space for everything in our new kitchen cupboard. I will never tire of thanking you and your readers. If not for your publication, none of this would have happened. Thank you! God bless you!
– Lela, which of your new friends would you like to single out? Do you remember their names?
Lela: I want to express my gratitude to everyone, without exception, who read the publication about us and supported us in any manner. I will always pray for you! I would especially like to mention Magda, who visited us together with her friend Nino. They brought us a lot of gifts. Before they left, Magda gave me her phone number and told me not to hesitate to call her directly as soon as we will need help. I also want to mention the employees of one popular TV company. They made a surprise for little Mari – they brought her the roller skates she dreamed of. I also want to thank the teacher and the children of one of the schools of Nadzaladevi district, who read the post about us and decided to help us. Their visit has become a real joy for us. Lord, I remember that, and I will never forget; will never tire of thanking everyone who supported us. And, of course, a special thanks to the Fund – nothing would have happened without you. Thank you!
– Was there any response to your problems from the local authorities? Did they somehow react to our post?
Lela: The local authorities always helped me – they partially pay for rent. And of course, they provided me help after your publication – they brought me a pack with foodstuffs.
– What does this support and help mean to you?
Lela: Thanks to this help and support we managed to survive in this, probably the hardest, period in our life. They suspended paying us social allowance and we were left without livelihood; we were literally doomed to starve to death. But thanks to your support, we not only survived (we haven’t seen so many foodstuffs in a long time), but our living conditions have also changed dramatically. Now we have all the basic furniture, a TV set which makes my children so happy, and also toys, sweets, and other gifts.We took a deep breath, there is change for the better and we hope that everything will be fine. God bless you!
– Girls, which gifts did you like most?
Ekaterina (9-year-old):(Eagers to be first to answer) TV was my biggest dream!
– What do you like to watch?
Ekaterina: I watch everything, but most of all I love to watch cartoons
– What else did you like?
Ekaterina: All the pencils, and paints, and markers.
– Do you like to draw?
Ekaterina: I love to draw still life, I imagine them first, and then I draw.
– Who is your favorite painter?
Ekaterina: Niko Pirosmani. I dream to become a painter too. I will draw a present for you, and I also want to thank you for everything.
Lizi (11-year-old): I love to sit on the sofa and watch the TV, especially stories about Harry Potter and educational programs too.
– Lizi, Ekaterina wants to become a painter, and what do you want to be?
Lizi: I do my best to study well to become doctor and to help people. Thank you for helping everyone.
– What are you dreaming about?
Lizi: I hope that one day I will have my own room, there will be many bookshelves and a beautiful drawer with mirror…
(Little Mari approaches us).
Mari (5-year-old): Thank you, I love roller skates, TV, and soft toys… (Runs away and then comes back in a minute.) And the yummies too… Besides that, I will do gymnastics. (Runs away again).
– Maybe you have some more problems that our readers can help you to solve?
Lela: You did a lot for us – I still can hardly believe that all these happened to me. Of course, our biggest problem is housing. Our rent agreement is in effect till September, and then… I don’t want even to think about that. We also have a small table-top gas stove that they lent us, and when we’ll return it back, we will be left without hot meals. But the most important that I want to say is – thank you! Thank you, indeed! You and all the good people you have united are doing a truly noble thing. And most importantly, you give hope at the most difficult moment – when hope is almost lost.I’d like to thank everyone again! May God bless you!
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Friends, thanks to everyone who helped the Elbakidze family. I hope that we will keep supporting this wonderful family because they still have many problems. We have a chance to improve their living conditions. The family needs a gas stove so they won’t be left without hot food, and they will be grateful for any help.
We manage to do a lot of good deeds together, but I still want to ask everyone once again: please, read our posts, tell your friends about them. Do not pass by other people’s grief, because there are only three really worthy things in this life, and these are not “plant a tree, build a house and raise a son.” The first one – is to help the one who needs help, the second is to protect the one who is defenseless, and most importantly, to give hope to the one who has lost it!
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 Elbakidze family).
You can also transfer money from our website:
https://chernovetskyifund.ge/enprojects/668-elbakidze/
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!
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