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Irma is the beating heart of Kartli. Her small room is a community's shelter. After two heart surgeries and losing everything in Abkhazia, she started anew in a former sanatorium in Tbilisi. Working in a sewing factory for just 300 euros a month, she struggles amid rising inflation. After 33 years of waiting, she received a one-room apartment in the suburbs, but it has bare cement walls, is unfurnished, and lacks heating, forcing her to rebuild her life from almost nothing.
Let's help the women of Kartli move into their new apartments - furnish their homes.
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Visit the Cookie Policy pageOur brave women who, besides enduring war traumas, stigmatisation, and living in undignified conditions, continue to stay sane and fearless in the face of the autocratic Georgian government, amid rising inflation, wild capitalism, pharmacy mafia, and banking terror.
Hundreds of thousands of Georgians fled their homes in the disputed region of Abkhazia following the 1993 war. With hardly any shelter available in the country, many sought refuge in vacant government buildings. One such place was the former Kartli sanatorium, named after Georgia’s famed historical kingdom. Around 200 families settled there, believing their stay would be only temporary.
Only three decades later, after one of the inhabitants sacrificed himself by jumping from the roof, did the government begin distributing new flats to the people of Kartli.
But while the relocation process has begun, most inhabitants of Kartli face another hardship: they struggle with fragile economic situations and often cannot afford even the basics for their new homes.
Despite being hard workers, many are employed in low-income sectors, making this new challenge just another in a long list of financial difficulties they have faced throughout their lives, including medical operations, accidents, and job loss.
In a country where workers lack protection, refugees receive little assistance, and the healthcare system is deeply flawed, their situation is dire.
Your donations can help them solidify this important step on their journey, where they hope to finally find a bit of peace.
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