Georgia Crisis

A Georgian woman holding her baby cries at her damaged home in Gori. Photo: REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili (GEORGIA), courtesy of alertnet.orgIn early August 2008 fighting between Russia and Georgia forced around 130,000 men, women and children to flee their homes.

One year on

One year on, thousands of internally displaced Georgians are stuck in a state of limbo, unable to return to their villages.

Blog entry: Post-conflict, people in limbo

Oxfam volunteer handing water to a child. [Photo credit: Marie Cacace]Since the conflict, Oxfam has been helping thousands of people to rebuild their lives. Working with partners, we've provided humanitarian assistance to around 40,000 people through our public health and hygiene promotion work. This has included distributing hygiene kits, food, medicine and household items.

We've also been repairing buildings such as schools and kindergardens, and providing medical care as well as rehabilitating water and sanitation facilities.

In pictures: Delivering aid to people displaced by the conflict

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