FRANCE24-EN-Report- Georgia

This summer camp looks just like any other. Children from all across Georgia come to rest here on the Black Sea’s shore, all expenses paid by the government. But this place is located in a conflict zone. Soldiers guards the entrance and coastguard patrols beyond the beach. The Ganmukhuri camp lies about one kilometer of Abkhazia; the separatist region supported by Russia. But the kids who come here are more excited than afraid. The new generation is being brought up with more than just love for their country. The « patriots’ camps » have been invented by the Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili. Each summer since 2005, more than 30.000 children have attended the camps where they learn the patriotic values of their country.

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