“A person’s life is composed of black and white stripes, and mine is all black. Many years ago, my mother kicked me out of the house with epilepsy. Since then, I have been fighting poverty, disease, hunger! I have many other diseases in addition to epilepsy. My only income is the social allowance, but it is not enough even for one visit to the doctor.” – Ms. Karina tells us. “Why? Hasn’t there been any single bright spot in your life?” I want her to say something good. “Yes, of course – these were the people whom God sent me … Thanks to them I survived… And the Lord sent you to me – I believe in that!

Khatuna is 29 years old. She can hardly remember when her foot stepped on the ground because too much time has passed. “Even in my sleep I can’t remember how I walked,” Khatuna says with resentment. “But I remember how great it was!” Her mother became her legs, her mother became her hands. Her mom became the whole world for poor Khatuna. She has no friends, no one she can talk to. Her peers treat her like a baby, children shy away and point fingers at her… It all hurts her so much… That has killed the tortured heart of Khatuna and her guardian angel – her mother Darejan – so many times.

Lado was two years old when he first said “mom!” Nino has been waiting for twenty-three years to hear that word again. But Lado’s condition is getting worse every day…

“Lado, call me: “Mommy”. My son, my boy! I’m praying for this day and night! – Nino says to her 25-year-old son, who sits on her knees, and she caresses him like a baby. – I pray to God that his condition improves at least a little bit, so that he can move, pronounce some words, but … We roll back. How can we deal with this insidious disease called cerebral palsy with the meager capabilities and means we have?

“Dad does not care that I live on 1 lari and 30 tetri a day. He promised to always be with me, but he left me and my mother,” – says Alex. – “I haven’t come up yet with how to save my family. But I can quit school after 9th grade and become a scavenger.”

His mom Elena, young and beautiful, got suddenly paralyzed by two microstrokes. She can’t work. His grandmother has senile dementia and heart attacks. The ambulances come to her all the time. Alex doesn’t think life is great. Water just drips from a single tap in the kitchen, and it takes ages to fill at least a glass with water. The shelves of the cupboards are empty – they already sold everything. The neighbors bring them food. Is anything beautiful about it? He got confused, lost hope.

Lord, there’s no way out from this nightmare! Torture can start at any moment. Eliso suffers terrible convulsions while she tries to call an ambulance. If she doesn’t manage to call them, she will die. If the coma lasts more than half an hour and her son does not have time to get home, then… This is just one of the nightmares… There are so many of them in the life of this family that you don’t know where to start from.

Levan went to the wedding to Lanchkhuti. He was young, and handsome, and cheerful. He was a second-year university student – 18 years old. When else one is so eager to enjoy life? And then at night, acquaintances came to his mother Olya: “Olya, don’t worry now, we must tell you something. Levan…” – “Oh, what are these people saying! Shut up, shut up! It’s not true, no way! Are you trying to kill me?! What happened to her Levan? Where to go, why?!