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  • IMG_6244 IRAN. Zahedan. 2008. A young Afghan refugee and his mother sitting down in the waiting-room. The clinics have an average of a hundred patients a day, about six thousand a month.
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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_6320 IRAN. Zahedan. 2008. Besat clinic. Afghan patients during a medical examination. Medical protocol provides for medical examinations, tests and medicines giving to patients.
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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_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_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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  • 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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  • 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 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_0334_GEORGIA. Zinobiani. 2011. A man seen in his car. The Udis are one of the most ancient native people of the Caucasus and are direct descendants of the linguistic tradition of the Caucasian Albania.<br />
About two hundred Udi people live in the village of Zinobiani, in Kakheti. The Udi are Christian Orthodox and practice agricultural and livestock breeding. They came to Georgia 80 years ago from the village of Vartashen in Azerbaijan.
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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_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_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 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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  • 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 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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  • 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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  • 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.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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_6398 IRAN. Zahedan. 2008. Karim Abad. Afghan woman arriving at clinic for a medical examination. Two general doctors, two nurses and one pharmacist work in this clinic. 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_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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  • 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 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_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_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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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