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  • IMG_016 GEORGIA. Tbilisi. 2009. Georgian refugees from Abkhazia getting gas cookers and gas lamps by Georgian officials. 11 families stay in this collective center that don’t have the supply of drinkable water, of gas and of the heating.
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  • IMG_011 GEORGIA. Tetriskaro’s district, 70 km west of Tbilisi. 2009. An elderly georgian refugee in the courtyard of her house in this new settlement, she moved in from the Kodori Gorge, in the Upper Abkhazia. In this new settlement of 29 houses staying 9 families, at the moment, the houses and the surrounding lands were bought by the Georgian government. With a population of only 4,4 million people, this harsh situation for refugees has affected in impressive way at the general situation of the georgian society and has put serious problems and impediments at its development.
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  • IMG_025 GEORGIA. Karaleti, near Gori. 2009. The distribution to the refugees of used suits picked from UNIQLO (a brand for the young apparel) and Save the Children, an international NGO, in a new settlement, where 480 families moved in from South Ossetia and Kodori Gorge, in the Upper Abkhazia.
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  • IMG_0790_GEORGIA. Nikosi. 2011. A group of boys seen at the local parish church. Nikosi is located less than a kilometer from Tskhinvali, the capital of the breakaway province of South Ossetia. This area has been the stage of intense firefights during the 2008 war against Russia, now the tension remains high along the “de facto” border. Many of the inhabitants of the area are still living beyond the last Georgian checkpoint, in a "no man's land" between Georgia and South Ossetia.
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  • IMG_020 GEORGIA. Tbilisi. 2009. Disable persons’ centre. A group of disable persons in a corridor. They lost their limbs during the war with Russia of August 2008. The refugees fled from the South Ossetia and Upper Abkhazia have a medical insurance that covers the costs for the admissions to hospitals.<br />
These disable persons get a benefit of 100 lari per month, about 50 euro from Georgian government.
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  • IMG_1010959_GEORGIA. Tsinamdzguriantkari. 2011. Internal displaced persons and an officer of the Georgian government seen at the collective center. They were forced to flee from Tskhinvali, the capital of the breakaway province of South Ossetia, after the war with Russia in 2008. They continue to face harsh living conditions with little hope of ever going home.
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  • IMG_1010978_GEORGIA. Tsinamdzguriantkari. 2011. Internal displaced persons seen at a meeting with officials of the Georgian government. They continue to face harsh living conditions with little hope of ever going to home in South Ossetia.
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  • IMG_027 GEORGIA. Akhali Kheoba. 2009. Some georgian refugees coming back home. 140 families stay in this new settlement, they moved in from the South Ossetia.The way of life of the Georgian refugees is subsequently deteriorated after the outbreak of the war with Russia in August 2008. The community of the refugees asks for a great attention, understanding and compassion to give the opportunity to live in dignity and safety. This dramatic social situation is becoming an unsustainable burden for the society and the Georgian government without the support of international community.
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  • IMG_024 GEORGIA. Shavshvebi. 2009. A group of georgian refugees in front of the World Food Program’s office. 167 georgian families stay in this new settlement, they moved in from the South Ossetia.They have a per capita income of only 22 per month, about 11 euro, which is below the minimum poverty level.
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  • IMG_026 GEORGIA. Gori’s district. 2009. The ceremony of delivery from the German Government, represented by the German ambassadress Patricia Flor, to Koba Subeliani, Minister for the Refugees of the Georgian Government, of 300 new houses for Georgian refugees fled from the South Ossetia and Kodori Gorge, in the Upper Abkhazia. After the end of the war with Russia of August 2008, it was started a building program of 4.542 new house in the regions of Kvemo Kartli, Shida Kartli, Mtskheta-Tianeti and Kakheti. The houses have three rooms and have the supply of electricity, gas, heating and potable water. International community has given Georgian government 4,3 million dollars, of which 700 million dollars destined for the housing and the facilities.
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  • IMG 022 GEORGIA. Tbilisi near the Cathedral of Sameba. 2009. The Faith is one of the people’s most important values for the Georgians. Among the Christian communities of the Near East, Georgia is one of the most ancient, for in 327 Christianity was declared to be the official state religion.
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  • IMG_009 GEORGIA. Tbilisi. 2009.  Avlabari’s metro station. As a result of the war with Russia in the August 2008, 35.000 ossetian refugees fled in the North Ossetia and 167.000 Georgians were forced to leave their houses ( 25.000 refugees from South Ossetia and 6.000 from the Kodori Gorge, in the Upper Abkhazia).<br />
Georgian refugees moved in 448 IDP shelters across their country. The majority of them, 296, are in Tbilisi.<br />
Public schools, kindergartens, research institutions, higher education institutions and student dormitories are typical of the buildings pressed into service to help them. <br />
Initially, 202 of Tbilisi’s public schools sheltered IDPs. These were later transferred to other buildings, including kindergartens, freeing up 164 schools. A further 24 establishments have been partly vacated. It has not been possible to vacate every school; to date; sixteen of them are still used as emergency accommodation.
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  • IMG_0934_GEORGIA. A new settlement near Gori. 2011. Brother and sister seen in their home. They were forced to flee with their family from Tskhinvali, after the war with Russia in 2008. Their father works in the restoration of the church of Nikosi. He used to be a restorer in South Ossetia, their mother can’t find a job.
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  • IMG_0846_GEORGIA. A new settlement near Gori. 2011. Internal displaced persons are repairing their home. Most of the IDP come from Tskhinvali, the capital of the breakaway province of South Ossetia.
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  • IMG_1020042_GEORGIA. Tsinamdzguriantkari. 2011. An internal displaced person steers a wheelbarrow carrying a baby and a bag of flour inside a refugee camp. Refugees continue to endure harsh conditions with little hope of ever going to home in South Ossetia.
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  • IMG 019 GEORGIA. Tbilisi. 2009. A teacher in a corridor of a school that hosts several class from kindergarten to High School, students coming from Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The perspective for the youngest are better than the rest of population, young people are very skilled, many of them go to school or attend the university but they can not to find a job, the lack of better perspectives for their future has left them bewildered and discouraged. The Russian invasion will also have series consequences on the Georgian educational system, in fact a lot of schools have been set on fire, ransacked or damaged, the buildings are not sure because mined and there are still cluster unexploded bombs in the same areas. Because of the war a lot of schools host Georgian refugees.
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  • IMG_007 GEORGIA. Tbilisi. 2009. An elderly georgian refugees coming from the Kodori Gorge, in the Upper Abkhazia staying in a decaying building. Most of the elderly live alone and they are the most vulnerable people of the community, together the children. Poverty and malnutrition are social phenomenons, as even psychologic traumas caused by experience of armed conflict. The income pro-capita of retired persons is 22 lari a month, 11 euro, which is below the minimum poverty level.
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  • IMG_1020065_GEORGIA. Tsinamdzguriantkari. 2011. An internal displaced person standing in front of the collective center. She was forced to flee from Tskhinvali, the capital of the breakaway province of South Ossetia, after the war with Russia in 2008. Refugees continue to face harsh living conditions with little hope of ever going home.
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  • IMG_1020007_GEORGIA. Tsinamdzguriantkari. 2011. An internal displaced person seen at the collective center. He was forced to flee from Tskhinvali, the capital of the breakaway province of South Ossetia, after the war with Russia in 2008. Refugees continue to face harsh living conditions with little hope of ever going home.
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  • IMG_017 GEORGIA. Tserowani, a new settlement down the road Tbilisi-Gori, about 60 km west of Tbilisi. 2009. Georgian refugees in front of Georgian NGO’s office getting benefit of 25 lari, about 12 euro. 3.800 georgian families stay in this new settlement moved in from the South Ossetia.
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  • IMG_005 GEORGIA. Ergneti. 2009. A georgian house burnt and ransacked by the Russians army and the ossetian militia, in that the Russians called buffer zone, wide around 30 km, during the war of August 2008. The Russians army took over the cities of Poti, Zugdidi and Senaki in western Georgia, Gori in Central Georgia for two weeks, causing the flight of the 80% of the population of the city and the Kodori Gorge in the Upper Abkhazia as well.
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