"Parliament building in Kutaisi in background."

"I gave this woman a rose and she clutched it to her heart the whole time i was there."

"mother and her disabled dauhter both homebound and bed bound. The son is hurrying around trying to take care of them."

"This man has no legs and can not feget out of bed"

"John, Georgia is a poor country. Like everywhere people do what they can to take care of their family. It is a great experience seeing these children and their families having the courage to leave their houses and finding a voice for their children. Its the most fun job I have ever had."

"I was imagining they might feel the horrible, completely unjustified feeling that they had sinned and were being punished, perhaps for failing to be adequate mothers, or who knows what else. The moms seem incredible downtrodden"

"Yes, Children with disabilities feel like a great burden to familes. While they are greatly loved as are other children by their parents, neighbor and other family members shun them and their children. The children are believed to be contagious and thus stay home out of sight. There are few services available and what limited resources a family has is drained by medications and operations that the disabled child might need."

"very painful. do I see shame as well?"