Read the letter from a mother begging to save her only daughter. It will make you cry!
“My daughter Mariam is only 2 years old. She has a rare disease – a cleft soft palate, and she urgently needs surgery. It’s just impossible to describe the terrible feeling when you can’t help your child simply because you don’t have the money to pay for treatment. Oh God! It hurts to write this, my heart breaks from worry, every day we have tears and screams. The little one can’t properly eat, drink, and even crying is dangerous for her. Food and water come out through her nose and can get stuck in her throat at any moment. Just imagine how the little one suffers, how a terrible cough chokes her!”

“Just a week after you highlighted our need, our empty home was filled with furniture, appliances, and children’s clothes!” – says Eter. “In a week, you solved problems that other organizations ignored! With you, I don’t feel like a beggar; I feel heartfelt attention and support. People call me every minute, asking what we need and how the little ones are doing. And I tell everyone that everything is wonderful now!”

We thank you, Lord, for guiding us to this family, for allowing us to meet your angels in time! It is frightening to imagine what could have happened if we hadn’t arrived in their lives. We would have heard from the news that a large Georgian family was found under the rubble of their own home! Oh, dear! Or they would have died of hunger… The family could have disappeared from the face of the earth, and it wouldn’t have pricked the conscience of those responsible for them at all.

Not long ago, the eyes of the four little Berdzenishvili children from Saguramo were filled with sadness and fear. The little angels were eating dry bread.  Eleven-year-old Dachi went to school in old clothes. The beautiful sisters – Barbare, Nini, and Anastasia – dreamed of toys and new dresses. The children slept on rusty beds, and their bones ached. The children’s father is ill and unable to work, and their mother couldn’t leave the children alone, so poverty had taken deep root in their home, and hopelessness shone through the eyes of the four little angels. Today, for the first time, their eyes shine with happiness because a miracle has happened and all their wishes have come true. We share with you a photo collage that once again convinces us that kindness is a blessing from God within us.  With every good deed we come closer to the Lord.

May the Lord help our souls open up to God with kindness and compassion during the days of the Great Easter! From the very moment many thousands of years ago when God revealed Himself to people in fire, He has always ignited the hearts and souls of believers with love and compassion! This terrible story is our chance to show the Creator that in Georgia, we’re one family, and there’s no room for ‘someone else’s sorrows’ in our country! That’s what sets Georgians apart from all other nations in the world! Irakli (12-year-old): My brother and I woke up to the sound of fire. The walls were ablaze. My younger brother Rezo and I were choking from the thick smoke, facing death for the first time, but all we could think about was saving little Sesili, pleading with God to spare our sister! In one second, our happy life turned into a pile of ash and dirt!

Thank you countless times for deploying large-scale help! Thanks to more than two thousands of your active responses to this story, much has been accomplished for the Kantelashvili family. The support has been amazing! Thank you very much, friends, from the whole team of the Chernovetskyi Fund! Among the unresolved issues is the fact that the family does not have a bathroom. Also they do not have a heater for winter. None of us wants Alexi to go back to scrap collecting. We can avoid this by continuing to help the family. Join the ranks of the project’s regular helpers! And if you’re feeling down about household problems or unresolved issues, take a second to look at our Facebook posts. Or better yet, call any of our beneficiaries and all your problems will seem unimportant compared to the problems of the person you came to help in the most difficult moment of his life.