Women in need

I was born and raised in a family where my father abused and beat my mother. After her death, I struggled to recover for a long time, and her loss was devastating for me. Later, I married a man who turned out to be a despot and a tyrant. He beat me and abused me in every possible way. During our life together, I lost my one-and-a-half-year-old daughter. All of these events had a profound impact on me, and I was diagnosed with a schizophrenic disorder and its consequences. During our divorce, my husband was also awarded the property we had acquired together, and for the past seven years I have effectively been without a home of my own, living in shelters and places for people experiencing homelessness. At the moment, I am staying in a temporary shelter once again. I need financial support to pay for my medication and food.

After the last time my husband beat me, I suffered a heart attack, after which he left me. It is very painful for me to think about everything I have been through and to remember all the violence I experienced. Unfortunately, I also experienced abuse from my father during my childhood. For the past year and a half, I have been undergoing rehabilitation following my illness, and I still feel barely alive. I have now moved to another city and am staying in a shelter. I want to finally live without constant fear, abuse, and beatings. I am looking for a job, but at the moment I have no money at all. I am not an internally displaced person. I am asking for financial support.

I was thrown by a blast wave during the shelling of our city. As a result of my injuries, I have been assigned a Group III disability status. I have a spinal injury and neuropathic pain in my limbs. Unfortunately, my husband was also injured. He suffered a severe blow to the head, had a stroke, has completely lost hearing in one ear, and has a stent placed in his carotid artery. Our home was completely destroyed. We currently live in the Dnipropetrovsk region and rent an apartment. We survive on two pensions and IDP assistance, but we are desperately short of money for medications, hygiene products, and even basic food.

In February, my husband passed away from meningoencephalitis, leaving me alone with our two children, aged 9 and 10, while I was pregnant. We lived together with my mother-in-law in her home. Our relationship was never good, and after my husband's death, it became even worse. She forced me and my children to leave, and because I do not have a registered place of residence, I cannot apply for survivor's pension or maternity benefits. I am trying to find a solution regarding my registration, but in the meantime, I was admitted to the hospital to preserve my pregnancy. I am currently 30 weeks pregnant. My husband also left behind an unpaid loan of UAH 10,000, and because of it, my bank cards were blocked as well. I am currently left without any money and feel desperate, not knowing what to do. I am asking for your support.

I have been battling liver cancer for more than a year, and during this time I have undergone five surgeries. My ovaries were removed, I underwent surgery for blood clots and on my liver, and I also had a heart valve replacement. I am very weak and have been in the hospital for more than nine months. In 2024, I moved from Mariupol to Sambir with my three children, aged 5, 8, and 9. I am currently receiving treatment in Kyiv, while my children are staying with their father. My husband wants a divorce and provides me with no financial support. I desperately want to recover for the sake of my children, so that I can return to them and see them again. I am asking for financial support because I am facing this situation alone and currently have no income.

I have experienced a great deal of violence, beatings, and abuse from my husband. He drank, beat me, stopped going to work, and I had to take out a loan just to survive with my children. I managed to leave my abuser, got divorced, and filed for child support. We were awarded the minimum amount, which he does not pay anyway. I went to court regarding the non-payment and increase of child support, but the case has been dragging on for six months, and there is still no decision. I live with my 13-year-old daughter and survive on my disability pension and UAH 1,800 in child support. At the moment, I urgently lack money for medication and to repay the loan that I am still paying off. Unfortunately, due to my health condition, I cannot work and have a Group II disability.