'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
''I lived in Abkhazia until I was 13 years old. My parents are still in Saberio. My siblings finished school there. When I turned 13, my mother vehemently insisted for me to move to my grandmother, in Zugdidi. Grandma was living there alone and needed some help.
‘’I’m a certified teacher working in Ghvirishi public school. I’m also a majority MP in our community, in Tsageri municipality. My decision to become a member of the parliament was taken adequately by my family and society at large. On the contrary, nobody opposed it.
“It might sound a bit unbelievable but I’ve always wanted to live in a rural area. Boys that I’ve fallen in love with were either wanderers or born and raised in a rural region. I recently realized that my professional interests also revolved around these
Guli Tchitanava: “I was among those who left Sokhumi on the day it fell. I stayed till the end. My brother and son were fighting and how could I leave them?! When we heard artillery shots, we went running to bunkers for shelter. We were not
Education -------------- “You’re a Gurian traded for a dog” they say, but we have been living in Zugdidi for eight generations. I graduated from high school in 2003. Back then university entry exams were still very corrupt. My mother is a teacher and my father is a former
“Our village was half empty that night. We were about to go to bed, Datiko and I, when someone banged on our door, telling us to run and hide somewhere, as the Abkhazians were coming and killing everyone who remained. We ran for our lives,
„We lived in Mestia but our most favorite place was Lahili where we visited our grandparents to spend summer vacations. We had our own paradise there. Our grandparents did everything to make us happy. The nineties were the miserable years for many Georgians but we
„I’ve been a “guerrilla gardener” for about three years. I joined the team in a few months it came into existence and I’ve been an active member since then. I first heard about this movement from a well-publicized incident related to Vake Park. I suddenly discovered