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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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_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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  • 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_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_0269_GEORGIA. Zinobiani. 2011. A street of Udi village.
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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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  • 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_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_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_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_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_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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  • 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_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_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 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_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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  • 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.
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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 2186 GEORGIA. Khoni. 2007. The refugees are restoring houses attributed to them by the government in a collective center. The houses have been attributed to them by the Government via a voucher system guaranteed by the Urban Institute, a government body. The housing project is also supported by the UNHCR (the United Nations High Commission for Refugees).
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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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  • 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_0846_GEORGIA. A new settlement near Gori. 2011. Internal displaced persons are repairing their home. Most of the IDP come from Tskhinvali, the capital of the breakaway province of South Ossetia.
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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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  • 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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  • IMG_0008 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Omsk 2015. Early every morning, Father Danieli celebrates Mass in the chapel at the Caritas center. According to the most recent figures in Annuario Pontificio, there are approximately 773,000 Catholics in Russia. The Roman Catholic Church in Russia is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
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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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  • 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 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 2125 GEORGIA. Khoni. 2007. A group of young refugees walking on a road 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, who had a per capita income of only 14 lari (7 euros) per month, which is below the minimum poverty level, they risk depression and drug abuse.
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  • IMG_6395 IRAN. Zahedan. 2008. Karim Abad clinic. Patients and MSF’s staff waiting outside the pharmacy the opening of the clinic. The clinic runs 4 days a week as the visit-time is from 07:30 a.m. to 01:30 p.m.
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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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  • 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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  • 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_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_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 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_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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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_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 2736 GEORGIA. Kutaisi. 2007.  Patients waiting in a polyclinic corridor. 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_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 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_0015 RUSSIA. Western Siberia. Novosibirsk. 2015. Caritas provides used clothes and medicaments to 55 mentally disabled women at Hospital n. 3. This building used to be a military facility during the former Czarist period.
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