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  • IMG_009 GEORGIA. Tbilisi. 2009.  Avlabari’s metro station. As a result of the war with Russia in the August 2008, 35.000 ossetian refugees fled in the North Ossetia and 167.000 Georgians were forced to leave their houses ( 25.000 refugees from South Ossetia and 6.000 from the Kodori Gorge, in the Upper Abkhazia).<br />
Georgian refugees moved in 448 IDP shelters across their country. The majority of them, 296, are in Tbilisi.<br />
Public schools, kindergartens, research institutions, higher education institutions and student dormitories are typical of the buildings pressed into service to help them. <br />
Initially, 202 of Tbilisi’s public schools sheltered IDPs. These were later transferred to other buildings, including kindergartens, freeing up 164 schools. A further 24 establishments have been partly vacated. It has not been possible to vacate every school; to date; sixteen of them are still used as emergency accommodation.
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  • IMG_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_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 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_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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  • IMG 019 GEORGIA. Tbilisi. 2009. A teacher in a corridor of a school that hosts several class from kindergarten to High School, students coming from Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The perspective for the youngest are better than the rest of population, young people are very skilled, many of them go to school or attend the university but they can not to find a job, the lack of better perspectives for their future has left them bewildered and discouraged. The Russian invasion will also have series consequences on the Georgian educational system, in fact a lot of schools have been set on fire, ransacked or damaged, the buildings are not sure because mined and there are still cluster unexploded bombs in the same areas. Because of the war a lot of schools host Georgian refugees.
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  • IMG_021 GEORGIA. Tbilisi. 2009. Collective center. Georgian refugee coming back to his flat. The collective centers are decaying building and don’t have the supply of gas, heating and potable water, every flat can host up to three-four households. The rate of unemployment is very high, after 16 years living in the limbo, the lack of better perspectives for their future has left them bewildered and discouraged. 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_018 GEORGIA. Tbilisi. 2009. A collective center that hosts georgian refugees moved in from the South Ossetia and Upper Abkhazia, georgian refugees were displaced in infrastructures such as collective centers, sanatoria, hotels, schools and private houses.  Most of these lodgings are not supplied with drinking water, gas and heating.
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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 1043 GEORGIA. Tbilisi. 2007. A teacher during the lesson. 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.
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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_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 1222 GEORGIA. Tbilisi. 2007. Pupil in the corridor of a school. 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.
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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_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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  • IMG_007 GEORGIA. Tbilisi. 2009. An elderly georgian refugees coming from the Kodori Gorge, in the Upper Abkhazia staying in a decaying building. Most of the elderly live alone and they are the most vulnerable people of the community, together the children. Poverty and malnutrition are social phenomenons, as even psychologic traumas caused by experience of armed conflict. The income pro-capita of retired persons is 22 lari a month, 11 euro, which is below the minimum poverty level.
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  • IMG 1167 GEORGIA. Tbilisi. 2007. View of the landscape from the window of a school taking in all ages, from the kindergarten to the upper classes. Prospects are better for young people than for the rest of the population. The young people have excellent vocational training and many of them go to school or university.
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  • IMG 1554 GEORGIA. Tbilisi. 2007. Young dancer performing at a cultural center, these facilities are run by NGO’s that provide to support cultural and recreationals activities of the community.
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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_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_9961_GEORGIA. Dodo Gareja. 2011. A monk seen at rock-hewn Georgian Orthodox  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 of 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_0100_GEORGIA. Dodo Gareja. 2011. A monk seen at the 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 of 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_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_9890_GEORGIA. David Gareja. 2011. A rock-hewn Georgian Orthodox 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 hundreds of cells, churches, chapels, refectories and living quarters hollowed out of the rock face. The monastery was settled in the sixth century by the Syrian monk David, one of the 13 Syrian Fathers who founded monasteries in the regions of Kartli and Kakheti.
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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_0222_GEORGIA. 2011. Along the road to David Gareja, a rock monastery (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.
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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_011 GEORGIA. Tetriskaro’s district, 70 km west of Tbilisi. 2009. An elderly georgian refugee in the courtyard of her house in this new settlement, she moved in from the Kodori Gorge, in the Upper Abkhazia. In this new settlement of 29 houses staying 9 families, at the moment, the houses and the surrounding lands were bought by the Georgian government. With a population of only 4,4 million people, this harsh situation for refugees has affected in impressive way at the general situation of the georgian society and has put serious problems and impediments at its development.
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  • IMG_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_008 GEORGIA. Tetriskaro’s district, 70 km west of Tbilisi. 2009. Georgian refugees working the soil given him by the Georgian Government, refugee coming from the Kodori Gorge, in the Upper Abkhazia. In this new settlement of 29 houses staying 9 families, to the moment, the houses and the surrounding lands were bought by the Georgian Government. With a population of only 4,4 million people, this harsh situation for refugees has affected in impressive way at the general situation of the georgian society and has put serious problems and impediments at its development.
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  • IMG_001 GEORGIA. Shavshvebi. 2009. A new settlement built down the road Tbilisi-Gori, where 167 families moved in from South Ossetia. After the end of the war with Russia of August 2008, it was started up a building program of 4.542 new houses in the regions of Kvemo Kartli, Shida Kartli, Mtskheta-Tianeti and Kakheti. The houses have three rooms and the supplies of drinkable water, gas, electricity and heating.
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  • IMG_002 GEORGIA. Akhali Kheoba. 2009. A new settlement built down the road Tbilisi-Gori, where 140 families moved in from South Ossetia, a refugee who comes back home after having tilled his soil. The Georgian government has bought houses and lands for the refugees. They have a per capita income of only 22 per month, about 11 euro, which is below the minimum poverty level.<br />
The rate of unemployment among the refugees is very high. The way of life of the georgians refugees is subsequently deteriorated after the outbreak of the war with Russia in August 2008. The dramatic social situation of the refugees of South Ossetia and Abkhazia is becoming an unsustainable burden for the society and the Georgian Government without the support of the international community.
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