The Public Defender addressed with a recommendation to Distinct Governor of Tskaltubo municipality Konstantine Mamiseishvili on providing shelter to socially vulnerable Zhenia Jishkariani.

The Public Defender personally visited 87 year-old pensioner Zhenia Jishkariani in the village of Gumati of Tskaltubo municipality. Her house burned down during a fire in 1992. Since then Zhenia Jishkariani has many times appealed to local and central authorities requesting accommodation but to no avail.

Now Zhenia Jishkariani lives in a steel cabin of 4 square-meters where it is impossible to keep hygiene and cook a meal. She does not have appropriate clothing, a bed and other necessary items; she struggles to get through winter. Pension and social benefits are not enough for ensuring even the most basic living conditions.

Zhenia Jishkariani refuses relocation to elders’ care home of the State Care Agency in Kutaisi. As she says she cannot leave her village since graves of her husband and a son are there.

The state has delegated its obligation of prevision of persons left without accommodation with appropriate shelter to local authorities. Thus, local authorities have special obligation before families left without roof.

Since Zhenia Jishkariani is unable to independently provide basic living conditions necessary for decent life which as a result endangers her health and life, she needs timely and effective assistance from relevant state bodies.

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