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  • Homeless people receive food behind the railway station provided by Caritas. Caritas provides food and medical care to homeless people. They receive a warm meal, clothing and medical care and are being helped in their social rehabilitation. Homeless people are a marginalized group in Russia who are detested in society. They are very often subject to minor assaults, aggravated assaults and even homicide; most cases are commonly not prosecuted. Homeless live in the pipes of the community heating system, in tents and makeshift cardboard houses, at landfills or parks. Homelessness affects men, women, young and old, babies and children. Their lives are in constant jeopardy. According to Lenin and Khrushchev policy, homeless, poor and disabled people would have to stay far away from ordinary people, the Soviet man had to be healthy, strong and brave.
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  • Social workers provide food to homeless people behind the railway station. They receive a warm meal, clothing and medical care and are being helped in their social rehabilitation. Homeless people are a marginalized group in Russia who are detested in society. They are very often subject to minor assaults, aggravated assaults and even homicide; most cases are commonly not prosecuted. Homeless live in the pipes of the community heating system, in tents and makeshift cardboard houses, at landfills or parks. Homelessness affects men, women, young and old, babies and children. Their lives are in constant jeopardy. According to Lenin and Khrushchev policy, homeless, poor and disabled people would have to stay far away from ordinary people, the Soviet man had to be healthy, strong and brave.
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  • IMG_0022 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Schegarsk. 2015. Some people in the hallway at Schegarsk Internat, founded in 1950. Most of them can't walk. This Internat receives many of the most deformed babies soon after their birth. Many of disabled person are the awful legacy of  the nuclear plants in the region. Some 200 disabled persons stay at the Internat. Some of them have a little deformities, if they would have had a good education they could have had an ordinary life.  “The Little Arc” visiting service in  Schegarsk’s home for handicapped runs by Caritas since 1990. In Russia by burocratic reasons disabled person can not leave the Internats. Until very recently they would spend their live out in the Internat. From two-three years the politicians are talking about a “inclusion policy” to allow disabled persons to live in the society.These days “The Hidden World”, a NGO that collaborates with Caritas with social workers visit the Shegarsk Internat every forthnights. They provide used clothes and food to disabled persons and take care for them some day in the summer camps in the countryside.  Most of the relatives and parents of disabled persons who live at the Internat do not want to come and see their sons. According to Lenin and Khrushchev policy, homeless, poor and disabled people would have to stay far away from ordinary people, the Soviet man had to be healthy, strong and brave. There are eight Internats run by the Government in the Kuzbass region. There are Internats in every Russian region. Schegarsk Internat is about 100 km from Tomsk.
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  • Some people in the hallway at Schegarsk Internat. Most of them can't walk. They spend the days on the floor. Most of the them are Russian, there are a few Tatar.This Internat receives many of the most deformed babies soon after their birth because most of their parents worked at the nuclear plants in the region. Some of them have a little deformities, if they would have had a good education they could have had an ordinary life. Some 200 disabled persons stay at the Internat.“The Little Arc” visiting service in  Schegarsk’s home for handicapped runs by Caritas since 1990. Social workers visit the Internat every forthnights. In Russia by burocratic reasons disabled person can not leave the Internats. Until very recently they would spend their live out in the Internat. From two-three years the politicians are talking about a “inclusion policy” to allow disabled persons to live in the society.These days “The Hidden World”, a NGO that collaborates with Caritas, provides used clothes and food to disabled persons at the Internat and take care for them some day in the summer camps in the countryside.  Most of the relatives and parents of disabled persons who live at the Internat do not want to come and see their sons.According to Lenin and Khrushchev policy, homeless, poor and disabled people would have to stay far away from ordinary people, the Soviet man had to be healthy, strong and brave. There are eight Internats run by the Government in the Kuzbass region. There are Internats in every Russian region. Schegarsk Internat is about 100 km from Tomsk.
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  • IMG_010 GEORGIA. Tbilisi. 2009. Association for People in Need of Special Care Centre. A group of disable persons during a meeting with Georgian officials. 18 volunteers look after of 54 psychic disabled persons coming from Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
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  • A group of people in their room at Schegarsk Internat. Some 200 disabled persons live at the Internat. Most of the them are Russian, there are a few Tatar. In Russia by burocratic reasons disabled person can not leave the Internats. Until very recently they would spend their live out in the Internat. From two-three years the politicians are talking about a “inclusion policy” to allow disabled persons to live in the society. These days “The Hidden World”, a NGO that collaborates with Caritas, provides used clothes and food to disabled persons at the Internat and take care for them some day in the summer camps in the countryside. Social workers tend to visit Internat every forthnights.There are eight Internats run by the Government in the Kuzbass region. There are Internats in every Russian region.
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  • IMG 3278 GEORGIA. Ingiri. 2007. Refugees drawing water from a well. Most of the dwellings are not connected to drinking water or to gas supply for heating.The collective centers, where most refugees live, have become small islands apart from the rest of society, where people have jealously kept their identity and their set of values.<br />
The local population is indifferent and hostile to the fate of the refugees, who are considered as foreigners with special privileges who have come to steal housing and jobs.
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  • IMG_0365_GEORGIA. Zinobiani. 2011. Udi people seen at their house. Udi people practice agricultural and livestock breeding.
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  • IMG_014 GEORGIA. Polnisi, a new settlement about 90 west of Tbilisi. 2009. Elderly georgian refugees stay in their flat. Most of the elderly live alone and they are the most vulnerable people of the community, together the children. 20 families moved in this new settlement from Kodori Gorge, in the Upper Abkhazia. The way of life of the Georgians refugees is subsequently deteriorated after the outbreak of the war with Russia in August 2008.
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  • IMG_6730 IRAN. Zahedan. 2008. Afghan children playing in the their courtyard. Afghan refugees live in mud-brick houses or in shelters, with one or two rooms, a court and a little stock; some of them have electricity supply, outside the building may find a dwell for the water, they do not have gas supply. They stay in poor neighbourhoods together with Iranian people.
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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_0028 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Schegarsk. 2015. Some people in the hallway at Shegarski Internat. Most of them can't walk. They spend the days on the floor. This Internat receives many of the most deformed babies soon after their birth. Many of disabled person are the awful legacy of  the nuclear plants in the region. Some of them have a little deformities, if they would have had a good education they could have had an ordinary life. In Russia by burocratic reasons disabled person can not leave the Internats. Until very recently they would spend their live out in the Internat. From two-three years the politicians are talking about a “inclusion policy” to allow disabled persons to live in the society. These days “The Hidden World”, a NGO that collaborates with Caritas, provides used clothes and food to disabled persons at the Internat and take care for them some day in the summer camps in the countryside. Social workers tend to visit the Internat every forthnights. Most of the relatives and parents of disabled persons who live at the Internat do not want to come and see their sons. Schegarsk Internat is about 100 km from Tomsk.There are eight Internats run by the Government in the Kuzbass region.
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  • IMG_6604 IRAN. Zahedan. 2008. MSF's visiting-doctors are writing down data about the Afghan refugee family during a domiciliary visit. A team of social workers identify those in need of medical care and ensure they get access to consultations, a total of 18,000 people were assisted through this programme so far.
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  • IMG 2866 GEORGIA. Kutaisi. 2007. Priests during vespers. 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. This church was originallyy an Orthodox Church, later acquired by the Roman Catholics who modified its architecture, closed by the Soviet authorities and then returned to the Orthodox Church in 1989.
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  • IMG_6593 IRAN. Zahedan. 2008. MSF’s Afghan doctors visiting patients in their house. A mobile team seeks out people who are newly arrived to provide them with aid, as they are more vulnerable on a medical, social and economic basis. The domiciliary visit tend to take place a couple days a week.
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  • Children playing at the Caritas child center “Kristall”.About 20 russian catholic, orthodox and buddhist children (aged 5-16) tend to attend several courses such as Russian language to prepare public school, art-therapy, ethic, dancing, cooking and theatre. Some children need psicological support to deal with family problems such as poverty, domestic violence and alcohol. Twelve people tend to work for the Caritas center.
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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_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 3288 GEORGIA. Rukhi. 2007. Group of refugees in a corridor in a collective center. The unemployment rate among the refugees is very high; the lack of better perspectives for the future has disoriented and demoralized them. The refugees had a per capita income of only 14 lari (7 euros) per month, which is below the minimum poverty level.
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  • IMG_0011 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Novosibirsk. 2015. Children at the gym of the Franciscan Catholic Scool. It opened its doors in 1994. It is one of 24 private schools in the city and one of two Catholic Schools in the Russian Federation. Fra Guido Trezzani, the pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish, began the school in response to the expressed wishes of parents anxious to provide for their children a quality education inspired by Christianity and the Franciscan vision of life. In addition to the required core curriculum, the school offers complementary elective courses in art, languages, music and culture. There is also a program of computer learning in the school. At the heart of the School is education for human, moral and Christian values. Education in Russian culture is highly valued.
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  • IMG_0002 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Tomsk. 2015. Christians taking part a procession around the Holy Mary, Mother of God Church in the dowtown area. The Catholic parish is more than 240 years old and its church was consecrated in 1833. Caritas center and the parish are located on the “Resurrection Hill”, the historic city’s foundation site. The parish back than was bigger than any other European bishopric. The archive tells of a long tradition of catholic social work. Until the revolution the parish had a social welfare organization which operated a Catholic school and twelve other social welfare institutions. Today again, the Catholic parish runs by Jesuits,  is engaged in social work in many ways. The Catholic High School runs by Jesuits, opened its service in 1993. 130 children and adolescents (aged 6-17) attend the school. The school offers children with emotional and health issues to get a High School degree. Education in Russian culture is highly valued.
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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_0163_GEORGIA. Dodo Gareja. 2011.  Monks meeting friends. The monks live in a rock-hewn monastery complex (Lavra in Georgian) on the slopes of Mount Gareja, in the south of Kakheti, about 60-70 km south-east of the capital Tbilisi, near the border with Azerbaijan. The complex includes a dozen cells and a refectory hollowed out of the rock face. The monastery was founded in the sixth century by the Syrian monk Dodo, one of the 13 Syrian Fathers who founded monasteries in the regions of Kartli and Kakheti.
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  • IMG_023 GEORGIA. Gori. 2009. The main square with the Stalin’s monument and the City hall in the background, the city of Gori is 70 km west of Tbilisi. After the outbreak of the war, the Russians took over the city for two weeks, the 80% of the population was forced to flee, the Russians shelled the city and its district too.
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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_0024 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Barnaul. 2015. Every early morning, Tatiana attends Mass in the Caritas’ chapel along with her Christian Orthodox and Catholic colleagues. She works as german interpreter for Caritas. Barnaul is the capital of the Altai region, the city is 180 km south of Novosibirsk. Caritas center is close to the train station in one of the troubled city suburbs but is active throughout the city. Caritas office in Barnaul has a paid staff of 12 employees to carry out its services.
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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_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_0021 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Tomsk. 2015. A mother with her children attending a psicological consulting meeting at the Family Center opened in 2000. Two psicologists look after them. Single and divorced women with their husbands, addicted to alcohol or jobless, attend the Family center. Women do not have a higher education. The educational attainment level of the household head is strongly correlated with poverty. Caritas provides used clothes and food to them.They do the shopping with the mothers to teach them how to save up. Some single women work, others have a steady job with a low wage other are jobless. Families usually live in rent flat. They get an unemployment benefit by the government.
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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_1010715_GEORGIA. Tbilisi. 2011. Before the liturgy in the Cathedral of Sameba. The faith is one of the most important elements of the Georgian culture.
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  • IMG_1010916_GEORGIA. Alaverdi. 2011. The wine cellar (marani in Georgian) of Metropolitan David of Alaverdi, Telavi and Tusheti. The vineyard is in the fruitful Alazani valley, 415 meters above sea level and 110 km east of Tbilisi. The vineyard produces a red wine, the Saperavi and a white wine, the Rkatsiteli.
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  • IMG_0018 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Novosibirsk. 2015. Young catholic taking part the procession around the Cathedral of Transfiguration in the dowtown area during the 2nd Eucaristic Russian Catholic Congress that took place in June 2015. The Roman Catholic Church in Russia is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. According to the most recent figures in Annuario Pontificio, there are approximately 773,000 Catholics in Russia.
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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_0306_GEORGIA. Zinobiani. 2011. Inside the village. The Udi came to Georgia 80 years ago from the village of Vartashen in Azerbaijan.
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  • Children playing at Child Center “Country of Joy“. 28 children (aged 4-16) tend to attend several courses such as Russian language, music, cooking and theatre. They are from Russia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Azerbaijan. Three pedagogists look after them every day from Monday to Friday. Some children need psicological support to deal with family problems such as poverty and alcohol.
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  • IMG 3765 GEORGIA. Ingiri. 2007. A man stripping maize in a storehouse. In 1999 government inaugurated the “New Approach” policy, giving refugees the right to acquire land with the aim of creating conditions for the communities to become self-sufficient, via financial aid for setting up small economic activities, agriculture and livestock rearing.  Unfortunately, the economic development of these communities has ground to a halt because of a lack of funds and infrastructures.
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  • IMG_0453_GEORGIA. Bodbe. 2011. A boy with his classmates visiting the holy spring of St. Nino, near the monastery of the saint who Christianized Georgia in the fourth century AD. The saint's relics are buried in the church of the monastery, one of the holiest places of pilgrimage in the country.
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  • IMG 3531 GEORGIA. Jvari. 2007. Refugees working in a cement factory for road works.  In 1999 the government inaugurated the “New Approach” policy with the aim of creating conditions for the communities to become self-sufficient, via financial aid for setting up small economic activities, agriculture and livestock rearing.  Unfortunately, the economic development of these communities has ground to a halt because of a lack of funds and infrastructures.
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  • IMG_0676_GEORGIA. Gurjaani. 2011. The harvest of the grapes in the fruitful Alazani valley, in the region of Kakheti. Gurjaani is one of the most important centers for the production of wine in the country.
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  • IMG 4181 GEORGIA. Zugdidi. 2007. Refugees crossing the border with Abkhazia. The refugees wanted to return to their houses in Abkhazia, but the political process of re-pacification has ground to a halt after outbreak of war with Russia.
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  • IMG_004 GEORGIA. Tbilisi. 2009. An elderly georgian refugees coming from Abkhazia during the first wave of refugees (1992-1993 war with the breakaway republic of Abkhazia), in a collective center. The lack of better perspectives for their future has left them bewildered and discouraged. Tackling these problems the Government of Tbilisi had created two organizations: the Ministry of Refugees and in the 1995 the Government of Abkhazia in exile, now after 14 years bolstering them, resources are running out.
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  • IMG_003 GEORGIA. Tbilisi. 2009. Refugees coming from Kodori Gorge, in the Upper Abkhazia, she is hugging each other. They stay in a flat that can host up to three-four households. The collective centers are decaying building and they don’t have the supply of gas, heating and potable water.
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  • IMG_0630_GEORGIA. Gurjaani. 2011. Boys of the parish church during the harvest of  grapes in the fruitful Alazani valley. Gurjaani is one of the most important centers for the production of wine in the country.
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  • Children playing in front of the History of Tomsk Museum, up on Resurrection Hill. About 40 children (aged 6-16) russian orthodox, catholics and muslims, attend the “ABC” child center, opened in 2000 by Caritas. They tend to visit museums, play, sing, attend several courses such as Russian language, ethic and theatre. Three pedagogists look after them. Their parents may be single, divorced or jobless. Poverty, alcohol and domestic violence are the problems that especially affect children. Caritas provides used clothes to the families too.
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  • IMG 3957 GEORGIA. Zugdidi. 2007. A mother attending pediatric examination for his child, 30% of refugees are children. Health care is free for the poorest refugees and children in a series of polyclinics but only as regards diagnosis, visits and vaccinations, medicines have to be bought. For urgent cases entailing hospitalisation, the State covers 75% of the cost of operations and the patient must pay 25%., and here too these sums are beyond the economic means of the refugees, while 100% of health care costs have to be borne by the rest of the population.
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  • IMG_6637 IRAN. Zahedan. 2008. MSF's Afghan visiting doctors coming back to their car after domiciliary visit at Afghan refugees family who lives in the poor neighbourhoods of Zahedan.
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  • IMG 013 GEORGIA. Tserowani. 2009. A mourning in a house during a funeral. The Georgian war toll were in total 413 of which 169 soldiers, 228 civilians and 16 police officers, the wounded were 1.745, of which 1.198 soldiers and 547 civilians.<br />
The Russian authorities have confirmed 133 killed and 220 wounded instead.
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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 3669 GEORGIA. Zugdidi. 2007. The refugees go to the market early in the morning to sell their meagre vegetable and fruit produce, their per capita income is of only 14 lari (7 euros) per month, which is below the minimum poverty level. In 1999 the government inaugurated the “New Approach” policy with the aim of creating conditions for the communities to become self-sufficient, <br />
via financial aid for setting up small economic activities, agriculture and livestock rearing.  Unfortunately, the economic development of these communities has ground to a halt because of a lack of funds and infrastructures.
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  • IMG_012 GEORGIA. Tbilisi. 2009. A mother is looking after her child with flu in his bed. They moved in from the Kodori Gorge, in the Upper Abkhazia. She is unemployed and gets a benefit from the Georgian government of 22 lari per month, around 11 euro. Her husband has left his family looking for a job. The refugees fled from South Ossetia and Upper Abkhazia have a medical insurance that covers the costs for the admissions to hospitals.
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  • IMG 2976 GEORGIA. Zugdidi. 2007. A mother attending vaccination for newborn infant, 30% of refugees are children who are entitled to free medical care.
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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_0584_GEORGIA. Gurjaani. 2011. Harvesting grapes. Gurjaani is one of the most important centers for the production of wine in the country.<br />
The vineyard is in the fruitful Alazani Valley, in Kakheti region, 415 meters above sea level and 110 km east of Tbilisi. The vineyard produces a red wine, the Saperavi and a white wine, the Rkatsiteli.
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  • IMG_0269_GEORGIA. Zinobiani. 2011. A street of Udi village.
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  • IMG 0949 GEORGIA. Tskhneti. 2007.  Young athletes wrestling in a gym, these facilities are run by NGO’s that provide to support cultural and recreationals activities of the community.
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  • IMG_6292 IRAN. Zahedan. 2008. Besat clinic. MSF’s staff measuring a baby up. The clinics offer free medical consultations and nutritional support for children. MSF also refers patients to secondary health facilities and covers costs for specialist consultations, treatments and hospitalisation.
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  • IMG_1020177_GEORGIA. Tsilkani. 2011. Boys playing football in a training ground near a new settlement along the road to Gori. The settlement houses about four hundred families coming from Tskhinvali and Akhalgori, in South Ossetia.
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  • IMG_6579 IRAN. Zahedan. 2008. Shir Abad clinic. Afghan women and their children sitting down in the waiting-room. The clinic runs 6 days a week as the visit-time is from 07:30 a.m. to 01:30 p.m.
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  • IMG_0023 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Tomsk. 2015. Children at the “ABC” child center. They tend to visit museums, play, sing, attend several courses such as Russian language, ethic and theatre. Three  pedagogists look after them. Their parents may be single, divorced or jobless. Some children need psicological support to deal with family problems such as poverty, domestic violence and alcohol. Caritas provides used clothes to the families too.
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  • Children playing in the child center “Star picture” at the Caritas Center. 28 children (aged 4-16) tend to attend several courses such as Russian language, ethic, music and theatre. Three pedagogists look after them. Children coming from Russia, Uzbekistan, Tagikistan, and Azerbaijan. Some children need psicological support to deal with family problems such as poverty and alcohol.
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  • Social workers provide food to homeless people behind the railway station. Caritas provides food and medical care to homeless people. They receive a warm meal, clothing and medical care and are being helped in their social rehabilitation. Homeless people are a marginalized group in Russia who are detested in society. They are very often subject to minor assaults, aggravated assaults and even homicide; most cases are commonly not prosecuted. Homeless live in the pipes of the community heating system, in tents and makeshift cardboard houses, at landfills or parks.
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  • A social worker who works for the Protestant Church, at the street dispensary for the homeless people behind the railway station. Three social workers who work for the Protestant Church help Caritas looking after homeless. Homeless receive a warm meal, clothing and medical care and are being helped in their social rehabilitation. Caritas signed an agreement with local Policlinic to take care for people without health coverage. Homeless people are a marginalized group in Russia who are detested in society. They are very often subject to minor assaults, aggravated assaults and even homicide; most cases are commonly not prosecuted. Homeless live in the pipes of the community heating system, in tents and makeshift cardboard houses, at landfills or parks. Homelessness affects men, women, young and old, babies and children. Their lives are in constant jeopardy. According to Lenin and Khrushchev policy, homeless, poor and disabled people would have to stay far away from ordinary people, the Soviet man had to be healthy, strong and brave.
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  • IMG_0016 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Barnaul. 2015. Caritas provides food to the homeless people behind the railway station. They receive a warm meal, clothing and medical care and are being helped in their social rehabilitation. Caritas center is an officially recognized social welfare organization since 1997.  It is close to the train station in one of the troubled city suburbs but is active throughout the city. Caritas signed an agreement with local Policlinic to take care for people without health coverage. Homeless people are a marginalized group in Russia who are detested in society. They are very often subject to minor assaults, aggravated assaults and even homicide; most cases are commonly not prosecuted. Homeless live in the pipes of the community heating system, in tents and makeshift cardboard houses, at landfills or parks. Some homeless may spend the night at shelter of the government. The alcohol and drug consumption grows with the lack of any prospects.
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  • Homeless people receive food behind the railway station provided by Caritas. They receive a warm meal, clothing and medical care and are being helped in their social rehabilitation. Homeless people are a marginalized group in Russia who are detested in society. They are very often subject to minor assaults, aggravated assaults and even homicide; most cases are commonly not prosecuted. Homeless live in the pipes of the community heating system, in tents and makeshift cardboard houses, at landfills or parks. Homelessness affects men, women, young and old, babies and children. Their lives are in constant jeopardy. According to Lenin and Khrushchev policy, homeless, poor and disabled people would have to stay far away from ordinary people, the Soviet man had to be healthy, strong and brave.
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  • Patients in their room at the ward for homeless in the hospital n. 9. Caritas staff and social workers assisting homeless people once a week. They provide sanitation items, medical treatment and used clothes to them too. Homeless people are a marginalized group in Russia who are detested in society. They are very often subject to minor assaults, aggravated assaults and even homicide; most cases are commonly not prosecuted. Homeless live in the pipes of the community heating system, in tents and makeshift cardboard houses, at landfills or parks. Homelessness affects men, women, young and old, babies and children. Their lives are in constant jeopardy.
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  • Patients in their room at the ward for homeless in the hospital n. 9. Caritas staff and social workers look after them once a week. They provide sanitation items, medical treatment andused clothes to them too. Homeless people are a marginalized group in Russia who are detested in society. They are very often subject to minor assaults, aggravated assaults and even homicide; most cases are commonly not prosecuted. Homeless live in the pipes of the community heating system, in tents and makeshift cardboard houses, at landfills or parks. Homelessness affects men, women, young and old, babies and children. Their lives are in constant jeopardy.
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  • The ward for homeless in the hospital n. 9. Caritas staff and social workers take care of them once a week. They provide sanitation items, medical treatment and used clothes to homeless too. Homeless people are a marginalized group in Russia who are detested in society. They are very often subject to minor assaults, aggravated assaults and even homicide; most cases are commonly not prosecuted. Homeless live in the pipes of the community heating system, in tents and makeshift cardboard houses, at landfills or parks. Homelessness affects men, women, young and old, babies and children. Their lives are in constant jeopardy.
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  • Patients in the hallway at the ward for homeless in the hospital n. 9. Caritas staff and social workers take care for them once a week. They provide sanitation items, medical treatment and used clothes to homeless too. Homeless people are a marginalized group in Russia who are detested in society. They are very often subject to minor assaults, aggravated assaults and even homicide; most cases are commonly not prosecuted. Homeless live in the pipes of the community heating system, in tents and makeshift cardboard houses, at landfills or parks. Homelessness affects men, women, young and old, babies and children. Their lives are in constant jeopardy.
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  • A young nurse standing in the hallway at the ward for homeless in the hospital n. 9. Caritas staff and social workers take care for them once a week. They provide sanitation items, medical treatment and used clothes to homeless too. Homeless people are a marginalized group in Russia who are detested in society. They are very often subject to minor assaults, aggravated assaults and even homicide; most cases are commonly not prosecuted. Homeless live in the pipes of the community heating system, in tents and makeshift cardboard houses, at landfills or parks. Homelessness affects men, women, young and old, babies and children. Their lives are in constant jeopardy.
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  • IMG 3103 GEORGIA. Rukhi. 2007. Family of refugees in a collective center, each apartment may house as many as three or four family groups. <br />
Most of these lodgings are run-down buildings and are not supplied with drinking water, gas and heating. The collective centers, where most refugees live, have become small islands apart from the rest of society, where people have jealously kept their identity and their set of values.<br />
The local population is indifferent and hostile to the fate of the refugees, who are considered as foreigners with special privileges who have come to steal housing and jobs.
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  • IMG 2039 GEORGIA. Tsqaltubo. 2007. A girl is making cakes in her flat. Most lodgings have no gas or drinking water supply, each apartment may house as many as three or four family groups. Prospects are better for young people than for the rest of the population, they have excellent vocational training and many of them go to school or university, but they have great difficulty in finding work, the unemployment rate among the refugees is very high;  the lack of better perspectives for the future has disoriented and demoralized them.
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