I was born with bilateral hip dysplasia. It’s not a kind of problem that would make a person disabled if the right medical approach was taken, but thanks to our "traditional" cradle, this is exactly what happened to me. The joint has the ability to
“My childhood, growing up in the village, was like every other kid living there. I helped my parents do chores, and I was teased and restless. I always heard in my family that there is nothing more important than education. My mother is a mathematician
‘’I live in the village Gurianta with my husband and three children. I got married very young when I was 18, but I was lucky to have a great family. During the first 7-8 years, I was sitting at home and raised my children, but
'’I was born in Gali and I was a completely healthy child. I had polio at the age of five, probably because I wasn’t vaccinated. In the village, I didn’t get proper treatment – a large volume of fluid was incorrectly removed from the spine
''When choosing a profession for girls, often school and family influence them a great deal. They are often advised to choose a profession that is close to other women's experience and doesn’t compete with men. Such attitudes kill women's motivation to try their abilities for
Sopiko: "Tamuna was born in Svaneti. Her problem is directly related to the fact that we lived in the mountains and there wasn’t a rehabilitation center or a specialist who would diagnose Tamuna and prescribe treatment. After the injury during birth, she continued development with cerebral
‘’When I was entering tenth grade, I fell off a tree. I underwent wrong surgery in Tbilisi and then I had to spend two years in a rehabilitation center in Yerevan. When I came back, I could almost walk, but I was falling down often.
"I’m a woman from Svaneti, where I’ve spent half a century. Although I had multiple opportunities to live in better conditions, in a big city, I couldn’t give up this place. I’m a woman deeply in love with mountains and my strength and character helps
‘’I was born and raised in Tbilisi. I was the only child in my family and my parents struggled to raise me. We recently paid back all of our bank obligations and private loans, which we had to take to ensure I had access to