Stories Untold - Return of Georgian Migrants: Genrieta Namchevadze

I started to work for family as soon as I arrived in Athens. I spent 10 years with this family. I didn’t speak the language at first, I only knew some words and it was very funny how we tried to communicate with each other. But soon, I learned the language. I stayed for 17 years and the only thing I said when I was leaving was that I could not leave the place without seeing Lycabettus and Acropolis, so I visited those places.

I came back in 2018. I wrote a business plan with the help of IOM. I wanted to start a greenhouse and I received the funding for it. We grow cucumbers, tomatoes. My child looks after everything and I try to help as much as I can.
 

Photo: Dina Oganova