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Donations needed for Friends relief work in Georgia

13 August, 2008

Russian tanks went trough the Abkhazia to Georgia and took control over the western part of Georgia. The other part of Russian army went from South Ossetia to Gori 60 km from Tbilisi. Most of the shops are closed. Panic has started in Tbilisi and people started buying all the food they could and fuel.

We have a new wave of refuges in Georgia now. Many thousands of Georgians left Gori, Georgian villages around South Ossetia and cities in the western part of Georgia to escape from the bombing and war. Many of them lost their homes (they were destroyed by bombings). They all come to Tbilisi and the eastern part of Georgia. The Georgian government tries to accommodate them, but there are too many of them and there is no place for all. That is a real humanitarian disaster; many of them do not have food, medication, clothes and a place to stay. At the same time hospitals are overloaded by wounded.

Many of the schools, preschools, polyclinics and state buildings have become refugee centres. I have visited a few such centres. The situation there is horrible. Many of the refugees live in the empty rooms sleeping on the floor, tables or desks. They have neither clothing nor food. Many of them do not know where their relatives are and if they are alive.

Friends House Georgia is a registered NGO, and we want to provide food, medication, blankets, clothes and other necessary things for the refugees. Unfortunately we do not have enough of our own funds for that. We would like to ask Friends around the world, through FWCC, for assistance.

Thank you.

In friendship,
Mikheil Elizbarashvili
Clerk of the Georgia Worship

Donations can be made in Sterling or Dollars through PayPal. Cheques in Sterling can be made out to “FWCC” and sent to 173 Euston Road, London, UK NW1 2AX, marked for “Georgian relief work”.

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