Women in need

I grew up in a family where my mother abused me, and my father could not protect me. I lived in a shelter for some time. Currently, I live in the Dnipropetrovsk region and am raising my 13-year-old son, who has cerebral palsy, Group A, on my own. He requires special nutrition on a constant basis, and his disability pension is not enough. I have epilepsy and have been diagnosed with depression. I sincerely ask for your help.

I am from Zaporizhzhia and I am raising three children on my own (aged 5, 7, and 10). I work near my home as a cleaner for a few hours, but I cannot take a full-time job because due to constant shelling, my children study online at home. I have no relatives who could look after them. I do not receive any social benefits. At the moment, I have a large debt for utility payments, so I am asking for help. I would also be very grateful for food assistance.

I am raising six children on my own (aged 3, 5, 8, 9, 13, and 14). One of my daughters has a disability due to a heart defect. Unfortunately, my own health has also significantly worsened: I have osteochondrosis and back problems, and I constantly have to take painkillers. We live on social benefits, which amount to 7,100 UAH per month. I am asking for help because I am unable to start treatment, and even basic necessities are very difficult to afford financially.

My husband is a tyrant. He completely controlled and made me and our children dependent on him. In our home, we were treated like unpaid labor. He took out his anger on me and the children and beat us for any perceived wrongdoing. We were only allowed to eat at certain times, and if we had done something wrong, we had to eat standing. Thanks to my eldest daughter and the work of social services, I was able to leave him with my four underage children. Now we are in a shelter in a foreign city, and I am trying to start a new life.

I am a mother of three children: sons aged 2 and 9, and a 13-year-old daughter. We live in Kryvyi Rih. My husband left me for another woman. We divorced, but my ex-husband does not pay child support and does not keep in contact with the children. At the moment I am not working because I have no one to leave the children with: there is no place available in kindergarten, and there are safety concerns due to the proximity of the front line. We live on 2,960 UAH in child benefits and have debts for utility payments.

I escaped a cycle of domestic violence, where my husband abused me for a long time. He completely financially controlled me, took out a loan in my name, beat me, and humiliated me emotionally. I do not have my own home, so my six children — sons aged 11, 13, and 16, and daughters aged 9 and a 5-month-old baby — and I are currently staying in a women’s shelter. While I am resolving issues related to child support and social benefits, we need means to live on. I am asking for help.