Women in need

I am a pensioner, and I care for three seriously ill family members. My daughter has had a disability since childhood due to cerebral palsy (Group A) and is completely immobile, requiring constant full-time care. My husband has a Group II disability, his heart functions at only 20%, and he is in need of a heart transplant. My 89-year-old mother has suffered a recurrence of her illness. She is bedridden and has lost the ability to swallow. Her life depends on specialized enteral nutrition, which I cannot afford to purchase. I kindly ask for your support.

I am living with a nephrostomy (a urinary drainage tube inserted into my kidney) due to complications from cervical cancer. After undergoing radiation therapy and brachytherapy in 2025, I had a nephrostomy placed earlier this year. I am a single mother of two young children: a 4-year-old daughter and an 11-year-old son. We are internally displaced from the Luhansk region and currently live in the Dnipropetrovsk region. I have recently been prescribed additional medical examinations, including a CT scan with contrast and an MRI. Unfortunately, the income I receive is not enough to cover these expenses. I kindly ask for financial support.

I have colorectal cancer. I have already undergone two surgeries and completed a course of chemotherapy, and today I had another surgery to reverse my stoma. My family and I were in Kherson when the full-scale invasion began, and we lived under Russian occupation. After the city was liberated, my husband was killed during shelling in 2023. I fled to Kryvyi Rih with just one suitcase and my four cats. Before my illness, I was working. Now I rent an apartment and have a Group II disability. My only income is a disability pension of 2,595 UAH and assistance for internally displaced persons (IDPs). I kindly ask for financial and material support.

On July 5, my apartment was damaged during another aerial bomb (KAB) attack on Zaporizhzhia. All the windows were blown out, and my belongings were damaged. I temporarily moved in with friends together with my three children, but we cannot stay here for long because they also have their own family living with them. I have no relatives to turn to for help, and the city authorities cannot assist because the apartment has not yet been legally transferred into my name. It belonged to my grandmother, who has passed away, but I could not complete the inheritance paperwork due to a lack of funds. I kindly ask for help with renting temporary housing or repairing the windows in my apartment.

I have suffered abuse from my husband, who is a clergyman. He controlled me financially, cheated on me, humiliated me, and subjected me to physical violence. I now live separately and am raising our three young children: a 2-year-old daughter and two sons, aged 3 and 4. My oldest son was born with congenital disabilities. I became pregnant with our fourth child against my will. The baby has been diagnosed with Edwards syndrome, a severe genetic disorder caused by an extra chromosome. This condition is associated with multiple congenital abnormalities, but my religious beliefs do not allow me to have an abortion. We are from the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine. Because of the abuse, I reported my husband to the police, filed for divorce and child support, and am now waiting for the legal decisions. Unfortunately, I have no money to cover our basic living expenses. I kindly ask for your support.

I have breast cancer (differentiated invasive carcinoma). I have already completed eight courses of chemotherapy: four cycles of red chemotherapy and four cycles of white chemotherapy. I was preparing for surgery, and there have been positive results — the tumor and metastases have started to shrink. My doctors have prescribed additional white chemotherapy, but unfortunately the medication is currently unavailable at the hospital. I have to buy it myself: two vials every three weeks, costing about 5,000 UAH each treatment. I cannot afford this. I am raising two children on my own: my 13-year-old daughter and my 7-year-old son, who has a disability. We live on my son's disability benefits and financial assistance provided to low-income families. I kindly ask for your help and support.