Reference :
V-P-GE-E-00869
Date :
11/2024
Caption :
Village of Kornis/i. The ICRC provided Inal (47) with a trailer. He lost his house in a fire accident four years earlier. He is unemployed, living with a disability and survives with an income from occasional manual work he does for his neighbours.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
After the fire accident, he addressed the district and central authorities for materials to help rebuild the house. The required assistance was unavailable at the time locally due to scarce resources. Inal decided to seek the ICRC’s support after hearing of the activities through talking to his neighbours.
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.
ICRC website, article, 12.08.2025
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
2048x1366
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
