Mrs. Manana is a nurse by profession. She dedicated her life to caring for others. But now she is alone. Alone with the illness, pain, and hardships that life has dealt her. She has no one to empathize with her, to give her water, or, as she says, to bury her. For more than a year, she has been unable to eat on her own. She can’t go to the bathroom or even approach the window to see the sun. She has no food, medicine, refrigerator, washing machine, gas, or heating. But first and foremost, she dreams of having a bed.
The bed in her home is an old broken sofa with books instead of legs. It’s impossible to lie on it.

“Auntie, I’m exhausted from crawling on my tummy and knees, – Alexandre complains. – There are sores and blood everywhere. It hurts, but it’s more upsetting! So upsetting! Indeed! Mom says they’ll cure me in Turkey. The problem is, we’re poor! But they won’t treat me without money. Maybe you can persuade them?”

For five months, Georgian doctors have been unable to diagnose this unfortunate boy. Giorgi’s time is running out! Five months ago, a completely healthy boy suddenly fell ill, and since then, the sound of death’s footsteps has grown louder and louder in the Ochkhorashvili family. The child is suffocating. He coughs so loudly it seems like his lungs are torn. He has stopped talking and makes sounds as if someone has cut his vocal cords. He can only get food and water through the tube, but he vomits it back out. The oxygen machine is the only thing keeping him alive. But for how long??? The boy’s life timer is on. Turn on the video and you will hear the sounds of death! Father Giorgi and Nikoloz and Gogi’s mother are begging for help to raise money for the trip to Germany for an examination! We will announce the cost of the surgery once we receive the papers! Lord, help! Since there are already very few of us left in Georgia….

“Since childhood, I dreamed of becoming a soldier. I wanted so much to defend my homeland. And now I know that I will be confined to this bed for the rest of my life,” little Georgiy said these words with deep sorrow, as if pouring his heart to me. And I immediately lost all the words of support I had prepared to say to the boy. 14-year-old Giorgi has Duchenne muscular dystrophy (progressive). The child cannot move around even with the help of a wheelchair. The muscles of all his organs are exhausted. This disease has not reached only the heart muscle. “What will happen then?” The child will die,” was the reply of Nana, Giorgi’s mother, and she wept bitterly. – I even feed him lying down… If I had a special bed, he would at least eat sitting down.”

You helped a widow with two children, significantly improved their living conditions. Gio and Nino are rejoicing and celebrating Boxing Day! Teona will continue to need our support, she cannot go to work because of her son’s illness. Thank you and bless you for everything you do! And if you are feeling down because of everyday problems or unresolved issues, take a break for a second and look at our posts on Facebook. Or better yet, call any of our beneficiaries, and all your problems will seem unimportant to you in comparison with the problems of the person you came to help in the most difficult moment of his life. Our problems are nothing in comparison! Here it is – real grief! It’s in front of your eyes! And thank God for what you have. You are the happiest person in the world! Remember this and help those in need.

Five-year-old Lizzy clutched a piece of stale bread with a death grip. She’s sick, weak, suffering from cerebral palsy, and was born with a cleft lip, but no one can take the last piece of bread from her. It’s a matter of life and death. Even Lizzy understands that if she doesn’t fight for this morsel of food, she might go hungry for several days.