For the last 2 months i have been living in the Pankisi Valley in the Republic of Georgia working with the Roddy Scott Foundation, helping them run there english and computer classes, sadly my time in Georgia has ended and I'm now heading back to NZ (it's not all bad:-).
Working with the teachers and local Kist community there has been one of the most rewarding things i have ever done, never have i seen students so eager to learn and better themselves as i did in Pankisi, which is regarded as one of the most poorest parts of Georgia. Although the valley has a reputation as a former hide out for Chechen fighters, I was greeted with nothing but warmth by the local people who feed me, housed me and let me into there lives, for this I am forever grateful..
Every day I was there i would take my camera with me as i went out to the different schools around the valley never knowing what i might find, after a while i started to focus my attention on a number of stories around the valley. Right now im editing these stories down and will post them here soon so stay turned, here is a few pics that didn't make the final edit.
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NIce pics. It is a shame that Google buries this page and other normal ones like it beneath a lot of speculative journalism from 2002.
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