Our summer appeal: essential repairs to Mkurnali’s shelter

Concrete steps showing damage to the supporting layer.

Late in January a sewage pipe serving not only the Mkurnali homeless shelter but three other houses failed and waste water gushed out into Mkurnali’s yard. The great volume of water washed away a set of steps and part of the kitchen wall collapsed.

Getting the sewer fixed was quite a saga. It took two companies and one failed fix to discover that the problem was actually not on Mkurnali property. It took three weeks more to finally fix the issue. First they had to persuade the company responsible to come out, then it took them several teams to locate the problem.

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Mkurnali fights to help Vlad continue his studies

In Tbilisi, Georgia, we continue to support Mkurnali’s legal programme and the shelter that truly feels like home for former street children and families. Inga, a lawyer who defends young people in court, shared Vlad’s story, and Nino, Mkurnali’s director sent us news about the shelter.

Vlad, one of Mkurnali’s beneficiaries, reached out for Inga’s help. He signed up for vocational school but got accused of faking his high school diploma because of missing official stamps and a strange signature. His old school had merged with another, making things harder to confirm.

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