“Ma’am, my sister is a doll, she cannot talk and her legs do not walk. She is so nice, and I love her so much, but her body hurts and she cries. And I cry together with her.”- 6-year-old Teona told me about her beloved 7-year-old sister Barbare in a very soft voice.

What is a really big family for you? 4-5 people? Maybe 6? Would you be surprised if we are talking about a family consisting of 8 people living in one room of this dilapidated building?

“I wonder what my neighbors will say when they see that my house is collapsing, and I am lying under the rubble? They will probably say: “What a pity for her, poor woman … God forbid anyone such a fate!” Or maybe no one will remember me… Maybe they will say: “Poor woman will rest in the afterlife… It was so hard for her here!”
62-year-old Eteri says – she is barely moving and has shortness of breath. “Let me show you my estates, – she tries to joke. – Look, that’s where I live, or rather, I do not live, but wait for death to take me.”

Have you ever seen the sad eyes of a child? Not, of course! Children’s eyes always radiate an endless joy! Children never have problems, but not those who are we going to tell you about, friends!

“In a scary, scary forest, in a scary, scary house, scary, scary people live…” Do you remember this horror story from childhood? Today we will tell you about such a house. But there are no scary people in this house. Children live there, they are not scary at all, they are just beautiful Georgian children.

“I can’t go to school. Mom is afraid that I will feel bad, collapse and no one will be able to help me. Therefore, I study from home. But I really want to play with the children in the yard, to run,” – 8-year-old Barbara tells us with great sadness in her eyes. – Look at me, look well… Do I look like a sick girl? I’m like everyone else, but I am not allowed to.”