Reference :
V-P-GE-E-00864
Date :
11/2024
Caption :
Village of Satskhenet/i. The ICRC regularly visits Manana (75) to support her with food and other essentials.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
ICRC website, article 12.08.2025
Manana lives alone in the remote village of Satskhenet/i which was affected by the conflict in 2008. She inherited her home from her parents whom she cared for until their deaths in 2011 and 2014. She struggles to maintain her health and the absence of anyone else who can assist her to face the challenges in her life. The house she lives in has gradually became dilapidated and is desperately cold in winter. The ICRC helped Manana have one room in her house insulated and renovated, so that she can stay warm in winter.
Home is where you feel safe. For many elderly and disabled people in remote villages of South Ossetia, their home is the only certainty they have. The armed conflicts in the 1990s and 2008 scarred and depopulated their communities. Younger people have left in search of other economic opportunities. As those that remain grow older or need more permanent care and support, more individuals become isolated from their communities, especially in the long difficult winters. A warm place in their homes helps keep them alive – it is where hope dwells.
Many of elderly, disabled or people with a low income in conflict affected communities face difficult living conditions daily. Since 2022, the ICRC has been helping vulnerable people in villages in South Ossetia to keep warm. To complement the regular quarterly support of food and essential household items, the ICRC began to renovate or insulate a room in an existing home or install a trailer where the house cannot be repaired to improve their living conditions.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
2048x1366
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
