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Mariam Charkseliani

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Svaneti is my homeland

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Photos by Rosa Vroom.

Mariam Charkseliani

“I don’t want to leave Svaneti but improve our community. I want Ushguli to become modern.”

A Georgian girl looking and slightly smiling into the camera.

Marianna’s English is fluent. Her family owns a guesthouse in Usghuli and she loves to talk with the tourists. She wants to study other languages in the city and return to Svaneti. She says: “After finishing university, I will come back here again.”

Mariam is a student from Ushguli.

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Svaneti is threatened by massive hydropower developments

We are trying to prevent that and preserve the regions unique way of life.

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Find out more about these hydropower projects