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Nino Gvianishvili
Nino Gvianishvili is a media and campaigns officer for Oxfam in Georgia. Based in the capital Tbilisi, Nino works on campaigns to bring about positive changes in health and education for people living in poverty. She is currently reporting on the humanitarian situation in Georgia.
What about those who have nothing?
24 Oct 2008 13:41:00 GMT
Author: Nino Gvianishvili

Before it closed down on October 23, I went to visit what became known as the 'tent town of Gori' where 2,300 people who were unable to return to their villages stayed until they were able to return home or were placed into alternative accommodation.

From the moment I entered, things looked grim. People wrapped in blankets huddled together in their tents trying to overcome the cold. In a bid to lift morale and pass time, neighbours told each other stories while the rain tapped on the tarpaulin.

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Tales of solidarity in Georgia
29 Sep 2008 16:31:00 GMT
Author: Nino Gvianishvili

Sadly, this is not the first time that Irina has had to flee her village of Niqosi, in South Ossetia, for Tbilisi.

At thirty-seven, she has already endured two conflicts and inevitably, the suffering that comes with them. Thousands of people caught up in this year's conflict will have also been victims of the previous one, a civil war involving South Ossetia, Abkhazia and the rest of Georgia back in the early nineties.

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Georgian refugees afraid to return
25 Sep 2008 14:13:00 GMT
Author: Nino Gvianishvili

After a longer than usual summer break, a result of the conflict with Russia that sent shockwaves through the country last month, it is finally time for Georgian pupils to return to the classroom. But what heralds hope and excitement for schoolchildren in Tbilisi, ushers in a new phase of uncertainty for thousands of people uprooted by the conflict who have been living in the capital's public schools for the past six weeks.

Now, they all must go, once again.

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