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“In my dreams my mother always smiles, but in reality she cries and cries,” says 12-year-old boy Yura sadly.
Little Anna immediately joins our conversation:
– We really, really love our mom! Let me teach you how she teaches us to warm our fingers. Do you know how?!
– Why do I need it? – I ask the girl.
– You are so funny! You are already an adult, but you don’t know why! If it gets cold, they can break. Or don’t you need your fingers?
“Misfortune literally haunts me,” poor mother Araksi cries bitterly. – My husband kidnapped me, then betrayed and abandoned me; my parents turned their backs on me… And a year ago my father died, he used to be our only support and protection … We are alone in this world and absolutely no one needs us!”
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Friends, Araksi Markarian is in despair, she has absolutely no one to ask for help. We are her last hope! It is in our power to support her, Yura and Anna, to bring them back the belief in a better future, belief that the world has not turned
Araksi: After the divorce, my children and I found ourselves here, in my parents’ house, completely without any livelihood. You see, we have no one to ask for help at all. My ex-husband’s family has forgotten about us, and my mother has a nervous breakdown after my father’s death; and she lives only on her pension. The social allowance is just tiny, and it’s not enough for anything!
– How did you find yourself in such situation?
Araksi: It hurts me very much to talk about it … I will not tell you in detail how I lived with my husband … He used to drink and gamble, and of course we used to have conflicts … I can only say that he betrayed me and the children. He traded us for a better life … He just filed for divorce behind my back and left for Germany. And kicked me and our children out. As far as I know, another bride was already waiting for him there. My ex-mother-in-law also followed him. I have no contact with them…
– Did you get married for love? How did you meet your husband?
Araksi: What are you talking about? I was only 16! I just entered the Institute of Foreign Languages, I was eager to study, to get a specialty, to work! And he was doing repairs in our apartment, and once he treated me to Coca-Cola … I drank it, fell down and woke up in Tbilisi at his relatives’ place. I didn’t want to get married … But according to our traditions, I was considered to be disgraced, so I had no way to turn back. Moreover, my parents thought that I myself ran away with him. They were very angry … My dad didn’t talk to me for 5 years! I lost my first child when I was 6-month-pregnant. I worried so much… Then Yurochka was born. At first, my husband doted on him, his firstborn, son! But then everything went wrong again, there was no way to eradicate this addiction to gambling in him … He got into debts … I would have endured everything for the sake of the children, if he hadn’t fled to another country and kicked us out. My daughter Anna was only a few months old when we divorced, she does not know her father.
– And what happened next? Did you return to your parents’ place?
Araksi: I had to. My father was alive then, he always treated me in a special way, he always used to support me, and my mother still cannot come to terms with the fact that my marriage fell apart … I worked as a cashier in a store, and my dad looked after the children. He took them from school, from kindergarten, Anna called him dad … The poor man died of cirrhosis one year ago. The earth disappeared beneath my feet, it was only he who understood me and supported me. As I already said, we do not have a very warm relationship with my mother, she still cannot forgive me my divorce, she blames me. She is not herself after my father’s death. I tried to move to a social shelter with my children, but I just could stand two months there. It was so dirty there and the conditions were awful! It could be okay for me, but what about the children? I had to return to my parents’ house again, my mother gave us the kitchen, and she herself huddles in one room. There is no heating here at all. I am grateful to her that we still have a roof over our head. But it is cold and damp here, the heater went out of order … Our neighbors gave us this sofa, the three of us sleep here, we barely fit on it, and it is about to fall apart.
– You have absolutely no one to ask for help?
Araksi: We have no one, my husband’s family has long forgotten about us, and I only have my mother. She is not be able to help us, her pension is all her income, and her health is not good at all. And I can’t find a job. I lost all my teeth because of nerves, who will hire a woman like that? This pandemic in addition to everything…Our neighbors help us, share lunch with us, they even gave us a TV. I don’t even know what would have happened to us without this support. One woman found our contact information at a social agency, she brought toys to the children and some food … We are so grateful to her for that!
– What do you believe in? In what do you see the salvation?
Araksi: Only Faith in Lord supports me and does not let me fall into despair. My children and I go to church and also pray at home. Many thanks to our priest! He knows how hard it is for us, and he also does his best to help us with food. I don’t even know what I would do without the help of kind people.
– Did you address anybody for help? The local authorities, for instance?
Araksi: Many times! They promised to fix our gas heater, but no one has come so far. And we are entitled to a scanty allowance for the reason that we are housed. This tiny kitchen is called housing … And no one is interested in our living conditions and in the fact that the house does not even belong to us!
– What is your income?
Araksi: 130 GEL of social allowance plus 60 GEL food coupons. Thank God, at least they give us food at the social canteen, otherwise we would not manage to stretch our allowance for a month. Because besides all, we have to pay utility bills!
– What do your children eat? What is their everyday diet?
Araksi: Porridge, pasta, broths, now they even give us the whole chicken at the canteen – once a month. This is a luxury for us! They also give us flour, I bake bread myself, it turns out cheaper. My children are not picky, they eat absolutely everything what I cook. If there is nothing, they don’t complain, they are happy with tea and bread.
– Tell us a little about them, do your children study well, what are their hobbies?
Araksi: I can be proud of them! They are very diligent, but this pandemic … Imagine, at school they told me that they would expel my children if they didn’t attend classes. Yura and Anna missed the entire semester last year because we had no way to connect to the Internet. So, I had to provide connection and buy a used phone, but now we have extra expenses because of that …The kids are very talented, they love to draw, and Anna wants to take dancing classes, but I really don’t have money to pay for that, I have to refuse her this too …
– Can I talk to your children, please? Yura, you are the oldest, let’s start with you. Do you like studying? What is your favorite subject?
Yura (12-year-old): I like history and natural history the most. I think these subjects are the most interesting!
– What will you become when you grow up?
Yura: Well, I haven’t decided yet, but I think I will become a sailor, I will go on long voyages on a huge beautiful ship. I want to travel and see different countries…
– Do you like sea? Can you swim?
Yura: We often go to the seaside with mom in summer, my mother teaches me to swim, but I’m still bad at it … We always have so much fun together on the beach, we splash in the water with my sister, play … And the sea is so huge and beautiful!
Anna (7-year old): I also really love the sea and really want to learn to swim! I also want to dance! I dream of becoming a ballerina when I grow up! And I also want to work in a beauty salon …
– Really? What are you going to do there?
Anna: I will do beautiful hairstyles and paint nails there! I will be beautiful myself and I will make beautiful everyone who comes to me!
– Oh, you have huge plans! Anna, do you have a favorite toy?
Anna: Yes, this gnome, his name is Smurf. He sleeps on the sofa with me, mommy and Yurik. True, we don’t fit very well, but mom doesn’t mind, because he can freeze at night! It’s so cold in here!
– What are you dreaming about, Anna?
Anna: I really want a doll with a stroller, many, many sweets, and also a tablet to attend lessons! Because Yurik and I have one mother’s old phone for the two of us …
Yura: I want a tablet too! You can do whatever you want there: study, draw, play!
– Yura, what is your biggest dream?
Yura: I dream that my mother and sister and I would have our own home and that we would be a happy family…
– What do you call a happy family?
Yura: It’s when everyone is happy, smiling, and no one quarrels with anyone … And when mom does not cry …
– What is your biggest dream, Araksi?
Araksi: I dream about the same things as my kids. About at least a tiny house of our own! And so that my children were not in need of anything …
– What do you think, you need most in your home?
Araksi: Gas heater! We are freezing, this is the so called “Italian yard”, it is very damp here … The sofa where we sleep is falling apart, and it is very small for us. Children are growing up … They really need a computer – on-line learning has become a real problem for us! We need a refrigerator too, I can’t cook dinner even for a couple of days, everything gets sour!
We will be grateful for any help, my children are constantly malnourished and need absolutely everything. I am very embarrassed to ask, I addressed you only for their sake!
– How did you learn about our Fund?
Araksi: From social networks. I came across your post, then visited your Facebook page, saw how many people you help. I decided to write to you, and you called! No one from those who I addressed responded to my cry for help, except you…. You gave me hope that at least someone is not indifferent to the fate of my children!
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Friends, Araksi and her two young children – 12-year-old Yura and 7-year-old Anna – really need our support! They have experienced so much sorrow, so much pain, and live in such terrible poverty that we simply have no right to pass by such a misfortune! A single mother with two children is freezing, they sleep on a tiny, ruined sofa. Yura and Anna are deprived of absolutely everything, they are constantly malnourished, they do not have normal clothes and shoes, and they even don’t have the opportunity to study normally. And we know that children are the future of our country!
Araksi, Yura and Anna are in dire need of any help. They need food, a new sofa, a refrigerator, computer, shoes and clothes for the children.
You can visit them and provide all possible help to the Markarian family.Their address is: Batumi, 83 Demetre Tavdadebuli Str,
Or you can call Araksi and cheer her up with your kind words Phone: 555 46 25 76.
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: the Markarian 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 Araksi and little Yura and Anna, 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.
You brought me back to life!
Is the beautiful mom Araksi smiling again? Her children dreamed about this so much! Friends, we prove again and again, not in words, but in deeds – dreams come true!
Remember this heartbreaking life story of the abandoned and disadvantaged Markarian family https://chernovetskyifund.ge/en/projects/673-markarian/.But your kindness, mercy and prayers saved the children from starving to death! For the first time in years, they are warm at home and they have delicious food for lunch.
– I have no words to express my gratitude to the people, who not only made our life better, but also saved the life of my son!
Together with Araksi, we thank the Lord that Yura’s life is no longer in danger. Thank you for this stove and sofa, chicken and yoghurts – this is a miracle for true believers. Dear wizards with big open hearts, it is in our power to work more miracles for our neighbors …
-Araksi, how did your life change after our publication?
Araksi: It will not be an exaggeration if I say that after the publication of a story about us, our life has changed dramatically. We used to eke out a miserable existence, struggling for survival every day. We used to wear jackets and winter shoes at home, and we still could not get warm in any way, and now, thanks to you, we have a heater… Our room has become so much cozier, because we got such a beautiful table and chairs, where we dine all together. Look what a sofa we have! It’s so comfortable! We had no place to lie down, our old sofa creaked so loudly and was about to fall apart at any time… They gave us a stove, brought food, gave us money… I have never felt so much attention and love! My children are happy – it’s the most important thing. I am very grateful to the Fund.
-We are so happy, Araksi! What do you remember the most? Maybe you remember the names of those who lent a helping hand to you?
Araksi: I remember everyone who responded, who came to visit us, who called us… Imagine the complete strangers brought food to my children, and one young man even topped up my mobile balance. I should mention four friends who brought us a stove and food: chicken, sausage, fruits, yoghurts – my children have already forgotten how they taste. Now it is a pleasure for me to cook yummies. And how not to mention the person who saved my son’s life? The dentist said that if we have not gotten to him on time, then the cyst on my son’s tooth could have develop into a malignant tumor… I don’t even want to think that we could have missed the moment – I would never forgive myself that! And this great woman, she did not even tell me her name, assumed the cost of Yura’s treatment – it was a significant amount. Teona Danelia, a surgeon from Tbilisi, is also very worried about my son’s health, she often calls and supports us. I have no words to express my gratitude to the people, who not only made our life better, but also saved the life of my son! It’s hard to believe, but it’s true! I will ask the Lord to take care of each of you, my dear ones!
– Thank you for your kind words, Araksi. Was there any respond from the local authorities?
Araksi: No, unfortunately…
– Araksi, have you expected to get such support from the friends of the Fund? Tell me about your emotions.
Araksi: I really believed that caring people would respond – if it were not for their compassion and help, I don’t know what would have happened to my children, maybe we would have already starved to death… I always hoped for the help… But I could not have expected to get such support, especially in that difficult time, when people are out of work, and there is a pandemic and crisis in the country. I would never have earned enough money for my son’s treatment, for buying stove, heater, and furniture – these are just gifts of fortune! My kids were amazed to see so many sweets! When I see them happy, I forget about all the difficulties that I had to go through. It’s worth living for such moments of joy that they gave us!
– Araksi, you are so emotional speaking about the Fund’s help. What does it mean to you?
Araksi: All the trials and betrayals, losses, and disappointments, which I went through, made me weaker morally and physically. I resisted this in every possible way, but it still seemed to me that I started losing hope and faith… We lived from hand to mouth, the children could not sleep because their feet were freezing… I was already in despair, but you brought me back to life – I have hope, I smile again, I rejoice every day, I am happy that we have a roof over our heads, that the children have food and they are with me. Isn’t that enough to thank the Almighty? You are the proof that God heard all my prayers – we are not alone, and my children still have a chance for a better life! Thank you for making us rejoice again!
– Araksi, we are very happy that we managed to help you. I’d like to talk to your kids. Anna, how are you doing? Do you like the gifts the new friends brought you?
Anna: Of course, we liked it! Now my toys do not feel lonely – they fit on the new sofa, and we all sleep together. We had no stove before, but now my mother cooks all sorts of yummies – she baked a cake that I like so much, and I helped her… We have a heater now and it’s warm at home – there is no need to wear a jacket … And I also want to say thank you to all the people who brought me gifts and sweets! They will come to visit us again, won’t they?
– Of course, dear! Yura, how do you feel yourself?
Yura: Visiting the dentist was a little bit scary at the beginning, but my mother said that there was no other way and I need to endure a little bit to get cured. Now I feel better, my doctor is very good and kind… Thank you for helping! My mother used to be in a bad mood all the time, she cried… I don’t even remember her being so happy!
– Yura, we wish you to get well soon! Araksi, let’s continue our conversation. Are there any problems left that we still could help you to solve?
Araksi: I am embarrassed talking about my problems, you have done so much for our family! If anyone will decide to help us, we will be grateful for any help – foodstuffs, clothing… We will no longer be applicable for subsidies from March, and I know that it will be difficult for us to pay for utilities … And I would really like to renovate these peeling walls and change the door, so that Yura and Anna would feel comfortable being at home – my children also have the right to have a beautiful and carefree childhood… I will never tire of thanking everyone who helped! God bless you!
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Dear friends! The Markarian family is in dire need, they huddle in one room and live in complete poverty, hoping only for compassion of good people. They will be grateful for any help: foodstuffs, clothing, financial support. Maybe with our joint effort we will manage to help this poor lonely woman to renovate her room, so that the Markarian family will become a little bit happier… Please don’t pass by the misfortunes of these people.
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 Markarian family).
You can also transfer money from our website: https://chernovetskyifund.ge/en/projects/673-markarian/.
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).
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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