The conflict in Georgia that erupted over South Ossetia crippled a country and the people of the area. Tens of thousands cannot return home and most of them no longer have a home to return to. In many cases, entire villages and cities no longer exist. And within all this, children suffer and are seriously affected by the events they are too young to comprehend. Reuters/ David Mdzinarishvili, courtesy www.alertnet.org

Mothers & infants, pregnant women & children constitute a great number of those driven from their homes by the recent violence in Georgia and the breakaway region of South Ossetia. They sleep on floors or classroom desks of ‘collection centres’ around the Georgian capital and don’t know if they will ever return home. World Vision’s Mother & Infant Shelter has opened its doors to mothers and their newborns & the organisation is working to accommodate more, as well as distribute mattresses & other essentials to displaced centres.