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  • IMG 1898 GEORGIA. Kutaisi. 2007. Church of Saint Thecla. Portrait of members of the faithful during the Liturgy. 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_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 4154 GEORGIA. Zugdidi. 2007. Woman on the UNOMIG bus (United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia) crossing the border with Abkhazia. The refugees cross the border to cultivate the land or to do small jobs in Abkhazia. The lack of opportunities has driven some of the IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons), who formerly lived in the region of Gali near to the Northern border, which is now de facto closed, to return spontaneously to Abkhazia in search of work, at considerable risk to their lives, in the hope of earning a minimum income for their families.
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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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  • Children playing at home. Their mother is housewife, her husband works as a driver. A few years ago their house burned in a fire.
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  • A woman (1974 b.)  sitting in her living room showing the picture of her house that burned a few years ago. She is housewife, her husband works as a driver.They have got four children.
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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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  • A mentally disabled woman, 40 years-old. She currently lives in a tiny flat with her two daughters. She got married twice, the second husband died four years ago. She works washing floors at the local hospital.In the Altai region the guaranteed minimum income is the lowest of the Russia. The men live up to 60 years the women up to 70 years. There are many single mothers.Caritas supports single moms and families in their effort to create a healthly environment for the development of children. The intention is to break the vicious cycle of helplessness and to keep families together.
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  • IMG_0012 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Novosibirsk. 2015. A Kirghiz woman working in her greenhouse. She lives with her husband and their five daughters in a small wooden house. She cleans private houses and her husband works in the countryside collecting fruits and vegetables. Caritas signed an agreement with local Policlinic to care people without health coverage. They do not have water supply during the winter. Their daughters tend to attend Caritas center and go to school. According to official statistic 18% of the population live in extreme poverty. Some children need psicological support to deal with family problems such as poverty and alcohol.
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  • IMG_0003 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Slavjanka. 2015. A boy at the Caritas Child Center “Hope”. Children and teens tend to attend several courses such as Russian language, behavior, ethic, cooking and theatre. Slavjanka is a small village about 160 km south of Omsk, in the county of Novowarschavka, near to the border with Kazakhstan. Half of the adults have no jobs and have low paying casual jobs. The alcohol consumption grows with the lack of any prospects. Almost every family is touched with alcoholism. The adults and children feel completely out of place and have difficulties integrating. Caritas assists children and teenagers whose families have been hit especially hard by poverty and lack of prospects. Some children need psicological support to deal with family problems such as poverty, domestic violence and alcohol.
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  • IMG 015 GEORGIA. Polnisi. 2009. A refugee coming from the Kodori Gorge, in the Upper Abkhazia, sitting on a chair in her flat. She gets a benefit from the Georgian government of 22 lari per month, around 11 euro. The Georgian refugees were obliged to accept a radical change in their life-style, leaving behind them not only their material possessions but also something even more important:  what had given a meaning to their existence.
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  • A patient with her daughter in the ward for mentally disabled women at Hospital n. 3. Two social workers provide used clothes and medicaments to 55 mentally disabled women. This building used to be a military facility during the former Czarist period.
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  • IMG_0027 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Barnaul. 2015. Palina  (1988 b.) works as nurse at the Caritas Center. Two nurses provide health assistance for disabled, old, sick and poor people. Caritas signed an agreement with local Policlinic to care people without health coverage. Caritas social services provides sanitation items and medical treatment to poor, distributes medical equipment such as wheelchairs and crutches for the disabled, provides rehabilitation activities for people with special needs. Caritas center is close to the train station, in one of the troubled city suburbs but is active throughout the city.
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  • IMG_0026 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Jurga. 2015. A girl at the Child center “Happy kids”. Caritas opened the center ten years ago. About 20 russian catholic, orthodox and buddhist children (aged 5-16) tend to attend several courses such as Russian language to prepare public school, ethic, cooking and theatre. Two pedagogists and five social workers look after them, the social workers cooperate very closely with the public school. Some children need psicological support to deal with family problems such as poverty and alcohol. Some families live in a tiny room with three or four children. Caritas provides used clothes to the families too. Jurga is a small city with around 85,000 inhabitants, it is located in the Kuzbass region, along the Transiberian railroad, about 100 km from Tomsk. Main employer was a machine factory which was relocated here from during the II World War. When the factory closed tens of thousands lost their jobs. Without any alternative around 20,000 people left the city.
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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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  • Unemployed single mother, she currently lives with her two children at the Caritas shelter “St. Sophia”. She left her household because her mother could not look after them. Single mothers with children can stay for up to two years at the Caritas center. Caritas supports single moms and families in their effort to create a healthly environment for the development of children. The intention is to break the vicious cycle of helplessness and to keep families together. According to official statistic 18% of the population live in extreme poverty. 32% of all families are single mother households with one or more children whose situation is especially difficult.
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  • IMG_0030 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Omsk. 2015. Poor people receive used clothes provided by Caritas in cooperation with the social welfare offices. Caritas supports families with children and people in crisis situation in the city and in 32 counties within the province. The standard of living in Omsk is well below the surrounding provinces.
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  • IMG_0013 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Novosibirsk. 2015. A Kirghiz man standing near his house. He lives with his wife and their five children in the downtown area of Novosibirsk. He works in the countryside collecting fruits and vegetables, his wife cleans and tidies up private houses. Caritas signed an agreement with local Policlinic to care people without health coverage. They have got water supply in the summer only, in the winter they are forced to go to Caritas. Their children tend to attend Caritas center and go to school. Novosibirsk, capital of Asiatic Russia, has a population of two million people. According to official statistic 18% of the population live in extreme poverty. Some children need psicological support to deal with family problems such as poverty and alcohol.
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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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  • Caritas nurse provides medical care 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.
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  • IMG_0025 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Jurga.  2015. A woman (age 57) in her living room. Her german relatives were forced by Stalin to move from Volga region to Jurga in the early 1920’s. She lives in a small house with her husband and their three children. She is housewife and her husband works in a car factory that it should fail and go into bankruptcy. Some children need psicological support to deal with family problems such as poverty and alcohol. Jurga is a small city with around 85,000 inhabitants, it is located in the Kuzbass region, along the transiberian railroad, about 100 km south of Tomsk.
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  • IMG 3133 GEORGIA. Rukhi. 2007. Woman grieving for her son who died in the civil war in Abkhazia. As a result of this political event, after the Abkhazian civil war  (1992-1993), some 300,000 Georgians were obliged to abandon their homes and livelihoods in Abkhazia.  Most of them left by sea, but others fled over land, across the mountains of Svaneti, where many of them, around 30,000, died in the difficult climatic conditions.
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  • Teens taking part Abracadabra party that took place in June 2015 for families and their children at the Caritas center. The life of many children consists of extreme poverty, unemployment, alcohol and drug addiction, neglect and violence due to excessive challenges of young parents and lack of financial support.
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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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  • A patient in the ward for mentally disabled women at Hospital n. 3. Two social workers provide used clothes and medicaments to 55 mentally disabled women. This building used to be a military facility during the former Czarist period.
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  • A man living with his daughter (born in 2005) in a small wooden house. He works as a truck driver but now he is jobless. His wife died three years ago. He did not get aid for his daughter by the governement, because he had not done the paperwork for the documents in time. The standard of living in Omsk is well below the surrounding provinces. Especially striking is the low life expectancy among men. Most die before they reach retirement.
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  • IMG_0019 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Omsk. Caritas social services provides sanitation items and medical treatment to poor, distributes medical equipment such as wheelchairs and crutches for the disabled, provides rehabilitation activities for people with special needs. The standard of living in Omsk is well below the surrounding provinces. Especially striking is the low life expectancy among men. Most of them die before they reach retirement.
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  • IMG_0010 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Novosibirsk. 2015. A man who used to live in Uzbekistan with his son. He works as carpenter in building industry, his wife washes floors of the shops. They have adopted a Russian boy who tends to attend the Caritas center. Novosibirsk, capital of Asiatic Russia, has a population of two million people. The majority of people receive minimal wages and many have no predictable or fixed income. According to official statistic 18% of the population live in extreme poverty. Caritas signed an agreement with local Policlinic to care people without health coverage. Some children need psicological support to deal with family problems such as poverty and alcohol.
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  • IMG 3757 GEORGIA. Ingiri. 2007. A young woman running a nursery school.  30% of the refugees are children, these facilities are run by NGO’s that provide to support cultural and recreationals activities of the community.
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  • IMG_006 GEORGIA. Tbilisi. 2009. A young refugee playing in a collective center's courtyard. 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. Unfortunately during the last war with Russia, many scholastic buildings have been destroyed, burnt and ransacked, the scholastic facilities and the surrounding grounds were mined and there are still cluster unexploded bombs, shed on the ground. Many students and their teachers are refugees themselves and they will not be able to attend regularly the lessons, this could jeopardize the regularity of the school year.
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  • A elderly disabled pensioner, 89 years-old. She has got a broken femur and has breathing difficulty due to problems with the lungs. She lives alone in a tiny flat. She has got two daughters who live in a village 40 km from Barnaul. Two nurses take care for her once a week. Caritas provide health assistance for disabled, old, sick and poor people and signed an agreement with local Policlinic to care people without health coverage. In the Altai region the guaranteed minimum income is the lowest of the Russia. The men live up to 60 years the women up to 70 years.
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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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  • A teenage girl, 13 years-old, showing a medal won at a swimming race. She lives with her parents, three brothers and a sister in a house for rent. The family moved from Kazakistan, her father works as driver and her mother is housewife. Caritas supports families in their effort to create a healthly environment for the development of children. The intention is to break the vicious cycle of helplessness and to keep families together.
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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_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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  • 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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  • IMG_0009 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Novosibirsk. 2015. Orphans in their room at St. Nicholaus Orphanage runs by “St. Elisabeth from Hungary” nuns. 20 children and adolescents (aged 3-18) live at the orphanage. Children and adolescents tend to attend the public school. This years, it should be forced to shut down according to Putin policy towards orphanages.The Russian families will have to look after orphans.
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  • IMG_0001 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Slavjanka. 2015. Adolescents standing in front of the Caritas Child Center “Hope”. Children and teens tend to attend several courses such as Russian language, behavior, ethic, cooking and theatre.<br />
Slavjanka is a small village about 160 km south of Omsk, in the county of Novowarschavka, near to the border with Kazakhstan. Half of adults have no jobs and have low paying casual jobs. The alcohol consumption grows with the lack of any prospects. Almost every family is touched with alcoholism. The adults and children feel completely out of place and have difficulties integrating. Some children need psychological support to deal with family problems such as poverty, domestic violence and alcohol.
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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_0020 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Jurga.  2015. A girl at the Caritas Child center “Happy kids”. Caritas opened  the center ten years ago. About 20 russian catholic, orthodox and buddhist children (aged 5-16) tend to attend several courses such as Russian language to prepare public school, ethic, cooking and theatre. Two pedagogists and five social workers look after them, they cooperate very closely with the public school. Some children need psicological support to deal with family problems such as poverty and alcohol. Some families live in a tiny room with three or four children. Caritas provides used clothes to the families too. Jurga is a small city with around 85,000 inhabitants, it is located in the Kuzbass region, along the transiberian railroad, about 100 km from Tomsk.
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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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  • 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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  • A boy in his flat. His mother has lost her husband in Chechen war. His sister went to town to look for some job a year and a half ago. He has two nieces. They live together in run-down flat without heating and water supply. In the winter they can not use the stove because it is forbidden to use it in a multi-storey-building. The village Slavjanka is 160 km south of Omsk in the county of Novowarschavka, close to the border with Kazakhstan. Half of the adults have no jobs and have low paying casual jobs. The alcohol consumption grows with the lack of any prospects. Almost every family is touched with alcoholism. Heating systems and running water have not been working for years because most of the families cannot afford the associated costs. There are a lot of cheap, empty, run down apartments. For a couple of years now families with debts are being relocated from Omsk into these apartments. The adults and children feel completely out of place and have difficulties integrating. Some children need psicological support to deal with family problems such as poverty, domestic violence and alcohol.
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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_0029 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Schegarsk. 2015. A young woman in her room at Schegarsk Internat. Some 200 disabled persons live 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 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. There are Internats in every Russian region.
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  • IMG_0006 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Omsk. 2015. Poor people receive food provided by Caritas. Caritas provides food to the poor families in cooperation with the social welfare offices and supports families with children and people in crisis situation in the city and in 32 counties within the province. The city of Omsk was founded in 1716 as a fort and center for ostracized citizens. Michail Dostojewski was the most famous of the exiled dissidents. The city grew with the expansion of the Siberian railroad. The industry almost completely collapsed in the nineties. The trade and services industries are the only sectors that offer new jobs. The standard of living in Omsk is well below the surrounding provinces. Especially striking is the low life expectancy among men. Most of them die before they reach retirement.
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  • IMG_0004 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Novosibirsk. 2015. Unemployed single mother coming from Uzbekistan. She currently lives with her two children at the Caritas mother child shelter “St. Sophia”. She was studying to become a nurse. She was not able to finish school. Single mothers with children can stay for up to two years at the Caritas center. Caritas supports single moms and families in their effort to create a healthly environment for the development of children. The intention is to break the vicious cycle of helplessness and to keep families together. According to official statistic 18% of the population live in extreme poverty. 32% of all families are single mother households with one or more children whose situation is especially difficult.
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  • IMG_0007 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Novosibirsk. 2015. Orphan at St. Nicholaus Orphanage runs by “St. Elisabeth from Hungary” nuns. 20 children and adolescents (aged 3-18) stay at the orphanage. Children and adolescents tend to attend the public school. This years it should be forced to shut down according to Putin policy towards orphanages.The Russian families will have to look after orphans.
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  • IMG_0005 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Novosibirsk. 2015. Orphan at St Nicholaus Orphanage runs by “St. Elisabeth from Hungary” nuns. 20 children and adolescents (aged 3-18) stay at the orphanage. Children and adolescents tend to attend the public school. This years it should be forced to shut down according to Putin policy towards orphanages.The Russian families will have to look after orphans.
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  • IMG_0017 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Novosibirsk. 2015. Woman (1972 b.) suffering a stroke. She has got a son (20) and a daughter (18). They have bought the facility for the rehabilitation. Caritas nurse looks after her twice a week. Every day a nurse from the local hospital cleans, tidies up the flat and does the shopping.The care for sick people is done mainly by relatives. They lack the necessary experience in home care and do not have the knowledge to prevent secondary illnesses. Caritas in West Siberia supports families who take care of people in need. The goal is to strengthen their self-help mechanism and improve the quality of life of the people in need and their relatives.
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  • Hungary 2014. Budapest. Portrait.
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