I am from Abkhazia. I live in the village of Saberio, in Gali region. We have areas of land and a house in the village. Of course, we still visit our village and benefit from the harvest we have there. In 1993, when the war started, like all the other local residents, we left our house, and fled from the territory of Abkhazia and started living here. Now we live in the village of Rukhi, in the Zugdidi region. My kids were born and grew up here. They graduated from school here. These years, I mean the years of displacement, were not easy and they are not easy even now. We tried to overcome many difficulties. We were trying to earn a living and survive somehow. We had to feed and take care of our kids. Just for that purpose, despite the fact that there was a war, it was risky and dangerous to cross the border and visit and stay in Abkhazia. But we still decided to go back to our village in Abkhazia. This was not really an easy decision, but we had to take care of our kids and somehow earn a living, so we went back to our village in Gali. There I had to start my living from scratch all over again. We started cattle breeding and agricultural work and farming again. So, this is how we worked and supported ourselves for years. From the point of view of ethnic origin, our relations with the Abkhazian people was completely normal. Despite the tense and complicated situation in Gali due to the war and occupation (and the fact that we needed an Abkhazian passport and other documents to get to our own houses) the relationship between us and the Abkhazian people is not hostile. I will not get involved in politics and political issues because I believe that one should be aware of politics in a different way. However, I think the government should pay more attention to Internally Displaced Persons. We need more support from the government both economically and psychologically. I would say that since IDPs had to go through great traumas and economic hardships for 30 years, support from a psychological point of view is very important for us. We are very hardworking people—we are not lazy. We love labor, and always work hard. Maybe this helped us to overcome these great and terrible challenges. Because of this hard work, my family was able to face these challenges and we were able to survive. Abkhazia is Georgia. It was, and will always be a part of Georgia, so it is our eternal heartache. I believe that we will return to Abkhazia with dignity. It is true that I often visit my home in Gali. I have a hazelnut plantation there and I harvest every year and I gain income from it. However, I do not consider it worthy, as my house, my region, and our territory are occupied so we are not full-fledged citizens there. We don’t have any rights there. Our rights are not protected there. We must ask other nations to allow us to enter our land, our homes, and farm and harvest crops. That is not fair. There have been a lot of discussions about the issues of returning back to Abkhazia since then. We dream of going back to Abkhazia and I hope that this wish comes true for all IDPs and all families whom left Abkhazia. Despite how comfortably we live here and how comfortable our homes are here, we still prefer our land, our own houses, and we still want this. We want to live in our houses and go back to our hometowns where our loved one’s graves are—where our ancestors are buried. This graveyard is so valuable and precious for all IDP families. Even just a small piece of land of this graveyard is so precious and invaluable for us. I want the ability to return back to our beloved Abkhazia that we miss so much, with dignity. I hope it will happen soon and that all the IDP families whom fled Abkhazia, may truly return.