360 IDP families receive houses in western Georgia

360 internally displaced families from the Russian occupied regions of Georgia - Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) - have received village houses with plots of land to produce their own agricultural products in the western region of Imereti.

The Georgian Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees of Georgia bought a 2,000 sq.m plot of land for a four-member Kurashvili family within the framework of the state project.

The Ministry of IDPs has bought village houses for more than 1,500 IDP families since 2013 including the Kurashvili’s. Photo by the Ministry of IDPs

Pikria Kurashvili, an IDP from Abkhazia, selected the house herself. Her husband is a soldier serving in Afghanistan. The family will now take care of the house and take care of the land to produce fruit and vegetables.

Within the framework of the state project, families can choose where in the village they want to have their new house. All the houses include plots of land for further production and income.

Minister of IDPs Sozar Subari has promised 1,000 more displaced families from both Russian occupied regions of Georgia that they will move to brand new village houses all around Georgia. Photo by the Ministry of IDPs

Moreover, Minister Subari visited two newly constructed buildings in the central town of Kutaisi in Imereti region, where 400 IDPs will move by the end of this summer.