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Tuesday, August 12, 2025

A dedicated student’s path - Empowering Families and Advancing Child Well-Being

Seventeen-year-old Elene, once living in a boarding school, has returned to her family thanks to timely support that met her urgent needs. With essential furniture and appliances provided, her home life has become safer, more comfortable, and better suited for learning and well-being.

Monica defies the odds & sets medicine in her sight

Monica P. lives with her father, step-mother and her two step-brothers in a mud-brick two-roomed house with neither electricity nor running water. Her...

Former beggar, Giorgi, 12, now enjoys school & karate

“Sometimes I got 5 GEL (US$2) a day, sometimes even less but still we could buy bread and tea with this money”, he says. But when a World Vision Social...

Single mother raises daughter on her own with help of small loans

Marina Gabrichidze, 42, has worked since age 15; she can’t remember a time when she wasn’t knitting or embroidering. Her grandmother taught her how to knit...

Georgia: textbooks for thousands of children in former conflict zone

“I didn’t have textbooks for Music and English; my sister for Geography. I was borrowing books from other children on the days when we didn’t have that...

Georgia: 6 months after conflict World Vision continues to help thousands displaced

At its height, the conflict displaced an estimated 180,000 people with Georgia bearing most of the brunt. Tbilisi swelled in population by nearly 10%...

Romanian farmers on their way to better future

“I planted one tomato and one cabbage and took good care of it and watered it. And when I ate my tomato it was the sweetest one that I’ve ever had”, says...

Teenage peer educators teach youth about HIV and AIDS

World Vision’s health and HIV and AIDS programme supported the peer educators to arrange different activities throughout Georgia to raise awareness of the...

Inclusive kindergarten helps reunite family

In his early years Bombora was diagnosed with Down Syndrome, and Keto, a single mother, could not provide him with the special care her son needed, so she...

World Vision peace projects bring hope for Abkhaz youth

There is hope, however. World Vision set up Peace Clubs in Abkhazia in January 2008, operating out of youth clubs that were set up by Accion Contra el...

Emergency Shelter to close its doors – mothers & children ask for more time

Thirty-six-year-old Nona and her three children have called World Vision’s ‘Emergency Shelter for internally displaced mothers and infants’ home since...

Relief effort enters new phase as pre-crisis programmes resume in Georgia.

As World Vision staffs its new office in Gori, it is becoming a major presence in the relief efforts of the area. The repair/winterization project will...

Youth Peace celebration in Abkhazia bridges divides

In the northern mountains of Abkhazia, 120 youth, aged 14 to 18, representing the various ethnicities that dot the eight regions of the area, spent 10 days...

Displaced newborns and mothers face uncertain future

World Vision was one of the first organizations to respond to the urgent need of mothers and infants displaced by the conflict that began in August in one...

World Vision Georgia continues to adapt to crisis

The city of Gori, which was occupied by Russian troops until August 22, is fast-becoming a hotspot for humanitarian aid as families continue to move back...

Food rations reach more than 28,000 displaced in Georgia

“I continue to be amazed and proud of the work that our staff is doing every day,” David Womble, National Director of World Vision Georgia, said. “I remain...

Georgia’s displaced may be unable to return for months, World Vision warns

“Once winter comes, it is likely the roads will be blocked and the weather conditions too extreme for displaced families to return to their communities,”...

Displaced brothers wait for mother still in conflict zone

The family is among some 264 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who found refuge in kindergarten #151 located in the Georgian capital Tbilisi, when...

Grandparents determined to cope for future of grandchildren

The family left the village of Kekhvi, near to the South Ossetian capital Tskhinvali, when the conflict broke out. Now they share a 10 square metre room...

First Humanitarian Aid Reaches Gori

This delivery consists of a 10-day supply of food for 1,000 people in Gori, a city which continues to be occupied by Russian soldiers. World Vision staff...

A family reunites in Tbilisi

Thankfully, Mariam wasn’t aware that ‘work’ for her father Dimitry meant standing as a guard at the block post in Sveri, the conflict zone. According to...

Emergency medical supplies reach wounded in Russian Federation

Medical supplies valued at US$25,000 provided through the World Vision Canada Gift Catalog were donated to a local Orthodox Church in Beslan, North Ossetia...

New wheelchair for Giorgi who just wants to return home

Bela’s entire family hid in a basement but it wasn’t deep enough to block the terrifying sound of gunfire. When the shooting stopped, Bela took hold of...

Georgia Conflict: Humanitarian needs remain great as peace plan under discussion

World Vision offices in both Georgia and the Russian Federation are working on proportionate responses to great humanitarian need of those affected by...

Relief continues in Georgian capital as violence displaces thousands

World Vision is providing both food and non-food items to the internally displaced persons (IDPs), as well as medical supplies to Tbilisi’s main,...