Working With Refugees

Nino Chubabria reports that every day she and the Mkurnali Association kids are going to a different refugee camp to work all day. The conditions at the moment are very bad: people are sleeping on bare dirty floors in schools and other government buildings. Most of these buildings have no water or sanitation facilities, and no place to cook. As of yet the government is not distrubuting aid, but aid is trickling in from international organizations like the Red Cross.

Nino and the kids have brought food to refugees, but the most critical item needed at the moment is baby formula. Many young refugee mothers have lost their ability to lactate due to stress and trauma. Nino is helping to supply baby food and diapers to refugee camps with the funds Georgian Youth Rescue raises.

In addition to bringing food, the kids spend all day every day cleaning and setting up spaces for the refugees. Here the Mkurnali kids have really stood out, with their experience on the streets, they have been able to help refugees create makeshift shelters and beds out of whatever spare materials can be found around the sites. We are exceptionally proud of our clever kids and the critical humanitarian relief work they are doing.