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  • IMG 2375 GEORGIA. Kutaisi. 2007. An old woman walking on the square in front of a sanatorium. There are 22 sanatoria dating from the Soviet era in the region of Kutaisi. These are now occupied by around 7,000 refugees. Pensions amount to about 12 lari (6 euros) per month, which means they are living below the minimum poverty level.
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  • IMG 3741 GEORGIA. Ingiri. 2007. Woman cutting wood. Most of these lodgings are not supplied with drinking water, gas and heating. The refugees live in run-down buildings.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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  • Woman in her bed at 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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  • IMG 3330 GEORGIA. Zugdidi. 2007. An elderly deaf mute woman is making bread in her flat. They use portable electric stoves to cook. Most of these lodgings are not supplied with drinking water, gas and heating. Many old people live alone and are among the most vulnerable members of society, together with children. Poverty and malnutrition are common phenomena, as are psychological traumas resulting from the experience of armed conflict. Pensions amount to about 12 lari (6 euros) per month, which means they are living below the minimum poverty level.
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  • IMG_0410_GEORGIA. Zinobiani. 2011. A woman seen in the church located on a hill close to the village, according to the Georgian tradition. Udi people are Christian-Orthodox.
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  • IMG_1020065_GEORGIA. Tsinamdzguriantkari. 2011. An internal displaced person standing in front of the collective center. She was forced to flee from Tskhinvali, the capital of the breakaway province of South Ossetia, after the war with Russia in 2008. Refugees continue to face harsh living conditions with little hope of ever going home.
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  • IMG_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_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 2060 GEORGIA. Tsqaltubo. 2007. Early in the morning the refugees try to sell their meagre vegetable and fruit produce in a courtyard. 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, 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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