"I conducted my first lesson as a teacher when I was 18 years old. I was studying at the Faculty of Philology, and suddenly a vacancy appeared in our village: I had to teach Georgian language lessons in one-on-one classes. This is where my story as
Before I turned 21, I spent 5 years in the USA – first I went there by FLEX, then I was given a scholarship and I stayed at the university. I've always been interested in activism in Georgia and I've been observing it from the
With the scholarship from the International Education Center, in September I went to Italy to study for my master's degree. I’ve been learning Italian from the first day since I arrived there. There were American students in the group with me, who, unlike me, we're
I’m the only woman in Georgia who is openly HIV positive. I have been living for 12 years with this diagnosis. I have three completely healthy children and I’m expecting my fourth child now. I've always dreamed to have many children and I’m happy that
I think a lot about how my life went before this happened. Some people say they were finally able to rest; some have discovered new things; for some, the routine didn’t change at all. I’m especially envious of those people since my life after the
'When we lost Abkhazia and the victorious Abkhazians came to the border, we took refuge in a family of our relative – in the village Orsantia in Zugdidi region. That's where our misfortunes started. In the Gali district, this place was called a ''low zone'', as
When I was 19 years old, studying at the Theological Academy, I wanted to help other people and in summer I went to the homeless children' house in Dzegvi Monastery for a short time. I was young then and just curious about what was happening
Student of the Academy of Arts. A potter. It's one thing when you make your own decision to leave home; but then there's what happened to us
"When they ask me who I am, I answer - I’m a pilot. When I was a child, we lived in Gori. I remember when I heard the jet noise - I used to go out immediately, hoping to see an airplane in the sky. You