Ani (19 years old): The unbelievable happened! After the surgery, I took my first independent steps! I set aside my walker and walked. I managed to take four or five steps. The feeling is indescribable! The doctors say it’s a true miracle! If it weren’t for the kind friends of the Fund, I would have remained confined to a wheelchair forever. I feel great, except for the pain in my legs. But this pain is also a positive sign. It means sensation is returning to my legs. My body is starting to recover after the surgery.

“I’m not afraid to open the wardrobe anymore, there are no mice in there,” says Mariam. “In the old wardrobe, they used to live and squeak annoyingly, and we had to put mouse repellent to get rid of them. But in the new one, see, there are only our beautiful clothes—new jeans, blouses, overalls…” “And I’m not afraid to sleep anymore,” says her sister Anano. “The new bed won’t turn into a horror attraction at night. Its legs don’t break, and it doesn’t collapse.” Poor girls! The Barbakadze family endured a lot of hunger and poverty before turning to the Chernovetskyi Fund for help. Friends, if any of you can give the girls a summer vacation, it would mean the world to them. Mariam and Anano have never had a holiday and are spending this summer in the sweltering city. Maybe it’s possible?! They dream of it so much, even when there’s no food in the house. The farther the dream, the more desired it is.

“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.”

My family and I never lose hope that my little brother will recover, says Likuna, the sister of 7-year-old Omari, who has brain atrophy, a rare genetic disease. Thank you for believing in this too and for helping us.We want Omariko’s body not to reject food, so that my brother can gain weight, so that he does not have bedsores, so that he can breathe freely. And the stander you gave us helps with that. Omariko gives us a signal with his eyes when he wants to stand, and we put him in the stander. I wish for all sick children to be able to stand on their feet.The family and friends of the Chernovetskyi Fund are doing everything they can to make the illness retreat.

In one small room, eight people huddle together. Some are physically ill, others are mentally afflicted! And who among them is worse off, who suffers more and endures greater pain? Let’s delve into this, my friends! No one can be worse off than them, in their region of Georgia! Thank to Almighty God that someone has informed us about them to our foundation! Now it’s only us who are responsible for what happens to them next…

Every time we encounter one or another human tragedy, we at the foundation think that it couldn’t possibly get any worse! It simply can’t be more painful!

And then we realize that we are only just beginning our journey towards God! After all, according to the Bible, suffering people are the most beloved to Him! We just can’t understand why local officials lose their souls and hearts completely after elections! Is it the power that does this to them, or has some unholy force taken hold of their councils and mayoralties?! What is the problem?

“I know that merciful God did not send my little angel to earth for such terrible suffering!Let those in white coats who did this to him answer to you in Your fair judgment!” At birth, the doctors ruthlessly broke the newborn baby’s leg, but said nothing to the unfortunate mother!Now the little one’s left leg is not growing! Thank God that together we can find a way out! Surgery abroad is needed! Maybe not just one. But the main thing is that recovery is possible! And this is great happiness! Nikoloz longs to walk and crawl, to explore the world like all our children.And he cries bitterly in pain when he tries to do so. Is it possible that no one will be held responsible for this crime in the maternity ward?! What do you think, friends?!