Women in need

My house burned down three weeks ago. The fire was caused by poorly installed heating, leaving only charred and broken walls. We ran out of the house wearing only what we had on. We live in the Kharkiv region. I am a single mother raising my 10-year-old son. We have no relatives and no one to ask for help. We are in urgent need of clothing, household items, food, and financial assistance. In despair, I am collecting the burned remains of my home and asking for help.

I am an internally displaced person (IDP) from the Zaporizhzhia region. On September 25, 2024, my family and I were forcibly evacuated due to active fighting—our home was destroyed by shelling. My husband, mother, and brother are ill. My 8-year-old daughter and I are working with a psychologist and taking medication, but we need time to process and accept everything that has happened. We have settled in an empty house in another region and are trying to rebuild our lives here. Right now, everything is on my shoulders. I ask for help.

I live with an abuser. He beats me, humiliates me, and has made me completely financially dependent. He manipulates me into believing that everything is my fault, and for a long time, I truly believed it—I even planned to take my own life. I have five children: four of them are minors, and I am pregnant again. I have no home of my own. I desperately want to escape from my husband, but I need a place to live and some financial support to start over. I have no money at all, as I even have to report every expense for food and hygiene products. I am begging for help.

I was in an abusive relationship where my husband humiliated and beat me and also took my child away. I fought for my rights in court and won. However, I now have debts and serious health problems. I am raising two children on my own. I am not working because my older child has a disability, and my younger one is still too little. I recently underwent surgery, which led to complications, and I am preparing for another one. I am asking for help.

I am a cancer survivor (ovarian cancer) and have a Group III disability. Now, I need surgery to remove a tumor behind (thymoma) and undergo examinations: a CT scan of the lungs, an MRI of the spine, and an MRI of the pelvis. Due to severe back pain, I am unable to work. I receive a pension of 2,980 UAH and IDP assistance of 2,000 UAH. The surgery costs 25,000 UAH, which is an unaffordable amount for me.

In December, at 27 weeks of pregnancy, I was fired from my job. Now I am 30 weeks pregnant and raising two children on my own (a 4-year-old daughter and a 12-year-old son). The biological father of my older children does not pay alimony. I have no support. To survive, I took out loans, and now my situation is critical. I am in debt for more than 15,000 UAH. I am asking for your help.