8-year-old Gvantsa dreams of new clothes and a TV.
8-year-old Gvantsa dreams of new clothes and a TV.
Look at this sad child. This is 8-year-old Gvantsa. She is from the Bregvadze family, where six young children live in unbearable poverty. Gvantsa's little sister is just one year old, and sometimes the family doesn't even have porridge to feed the baby. And Gvantsa is already at an age where she can understand and analyze this, so she no longer asks her mother to buy her new clothes and toys. The girl only dreams before sleep and imagines herself in a beautiful dress. This girl, like the sun, is happy only in her dreams. In real life, the child feels deprived and humiliated.
Gvantsa: Auntie (addressing the reporter), why is it that some children get what they want, and others do not? Which children get their wishes fulfilled?
- Those who don't upset their parents. Who are obedient, study well, don't laugh at other children, and are friends with them.
Gvantsa: Auntie, that's exactly how I am, so why haven't any of my wishes come true?
This question caught me off guard. I wanted to disappear. How can I explain to this little girl that, unfortunately, sometimes life unfairly deprives children?
Gvantsa, later, when you grow up, I promise we will talk about this. But now, wipe away your tears, smile, and share your wishes with me. Good people will hear about them, and then, together, we'll wait and see if they come true.
At the mention of good people, the child smiled, a spark of hope lit up in her eyes, and her sad eyes shone like stars.
Gvantsa: I dream of new clothes. I go to school in old clothes, and I'm embarrassed. Sometimes children stare at me because of my old clothes, and I feel awkward. Most of all, I dream of a TV. I dream so much that sometimes I even dream of watching cartoons on TV. Our TV has been broken for a long time. Mom doesn't have the money to buy one. She told me it's expensive. If I had a tablet, I would watch cartoons on it, but I don't have one either.