Natia Goksadze
Natia began school in 2006 when she left the Etseri orphanage, and is enrolled in a Pharmacy program in Samtredia. She is considered by her teachers to be an exceptional student, at the top of her class, and certain to be in great demand when she graduates.
Natia and her younger sister Nino were "social orphans," children with some family, but of a family that couldn't support them. Natia and Nino have lived this last year with their grandmother and their little brother, and survived on the grandmother's pension of $21 per month, and Natia's stipend from Ga2Ge. The photo shows Natia on the right, with her siblings in front of grandmother's house.
Natia married during the summer of 2007, and continues her education, graduating in Spring 2008.
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