Historic Shatili village – how Georgia’s mountains have emptied of people
The government is trying to use benefits to stop migration from mountain villages. Shatili, Georgia
Up to 70 percent of the territory of Georgia is mountains.
In recent decades, people have gradually left these regions. Along with difficult environmental conditions, those living here are fleeing from unemployment, poverty, impassability, outdated infrastructure, a lack of schools, kindergartens and hopelessness in general.
The government is trying to stop this process.
On how – in our report from Shatili, an ancient village high in the mountains, in the Khevsureti region, on the northern slope of the Caucasus Range.