Giorgi`s family was displaced by Georgia`s armed conflicts and civil war of the early 1990s.
Giorgi has cerebral palsy and his parents found it too difficult to care for him at home and placed him in the Kaspi State Institution – where 24 children died in the winter of 1993-4 - when he was just four years old. It was the only choice his parents had.
Then First Step Georgia intervened, Giorgi was hospitalised and after two major operations he walked for the first time and enjoys much better eyesight. In 2002 Giorgi was moved to First Step Georgia’s Children’s Village where the once abandoned and hopeless little boy has grown into a creative, active, 18-year-old. He attended special school and learnt practical and social skills. He is involved in singing, painting and swimming lessons. He also learnt what love is and now describes himself as ‘the happiest person of all’. Now he lives semi-independently and is employed at McDonald’s .
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HELP OTHER CHILDREN BECOME AS HAPPY AS GIORGI
Children develop their skills and personalities through play, through painting pictures, making music and competing at sports.
As little as $12 per month gives 1 child swimming lessons.
$72 provides 6 kids one month of swimming lessons.
$42 per month provides developmental aids like musical instruments, paints, toy kitchens and sports balls for the Day Care Centre.
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