A group of children with disabilities from Zestaponi in west Georgia were given the rare chance to express their view of the world by sharing their photos at a recent exhibition in the capital, Tbilisi.

Keti Gongladze, 13, photographs a baby on a World Vision poster about infant abandonment at the Centre for Children with Disabilities in Orioni, west Georgia.

Photos shot by children with disabilities in west Georgia show their desire to share their world with others – a world of friends and family and farm animals – a world in which they want to have the same opportunities, achievements and sense of belonging as other children. Yet many of Georgia’s 12,000 children with disabilities live in isolation at home or in institutions because they are a burden on families and society….Photo story by Ana Chkhaidze, World Vision Georgia