Georgia's internally displaced women

Ya Gigauri, 29, from Abkhazia at her home in a camp for internally displaced people (IDP) housed in a former government ministry building in the capital city of Tbilisi, Georgia. Her husband was one of only five survivors in his battalion and now has shellshock which manifests itself in random, aggressive behaviour. Ya has to care for two children from his previous marriage as well as her own two children, all on under £30 a month. Photograph: Jane Mingay/Jane Mingay

Women walk at an IDP camp housed in a former hospital in the capital city of Tbilisi. The hospital camp houses more than 1,000 people, with families living in cramped conditions, usually one room per family. As unemployment is high due to the global economic crisis, many adults are forced to live on meagre government handouts and international aid Photograph: Jane Mingay/Jane Mingay

Leila Kvitsana, 4, at her home in an IDP camp in the west Georgian city of Kutaisi. Leila was born in the camp and has spent half her short life in hospital. When she lifts her white fairy dress her stomach is criss-crossed with scars from surgery. Photograph: Jane Mingay/Jane Mingay

Leila Kvitsana with her mother. Photograph: Jane Mingay/Jane Mingay

Iso Mushkudiani, 68, with her granddaughter Monika, 3, while she sleeps at their home in an IDP camp in Tbilisi. They live in a bare room with three beds lined against the walls: one for herself, her son and his three-year-old daughter, Monika. Iso has used up all her pension providing for her granddaughter. Photograph: Jane Mingay/Jane Mingay

Iso Mushkudiani embraces a child at the IDP camp in Tbilisi. Photograph: Jane Mingay/Jane Mingay

Girls in the corridor at the IDP camp in Tbilisi. Photograph: Jane Mingay/Jane Mingay

Residents at the IDP camp in Tbilisi Photograph: Jane Mingay

Women collect free bread at the IDP camp in Tbilisi. Bread is often one of the few supplies the government provides for internally displaced people. Photograph: Jane Mingay/Jane Mingay

A child runs in the corridor of the IDP camp in Kutaisi, Georgia. Photograph: Jane Mingay/Jane Mingay