My children and Ilived in Mariupol with my mother, sister and nephews. We moved there in 2015 from the Mykolaiv region. My husband, the children's father, went through the battle of Ilovaisk. There he lost his health. He died in 2015. My relatives lived in Mariupol, we went to live with them.

In February 2022, a great war came to our city. We are under occupation. I decided to run away with the children. I called my husband's friend - they served together - and he helped us leave the`city. We passed 80 road blocks. It was March 10, 2022. We arrived in Odessa. On March 15, the neighbors called and said that our house was completely destroyed, they were shooting from tanks. My mother, my sister and two nephews died under the ruins of the house.

At first we live din Odessa for a while. Then I could no longer pay the rent, all the deferred funds ran out. My children and I had almost nothing. We arrived at the bus station and did not know where to go next. I just stood there and cried. An older woman approached us and asked what was the matter. I told everything. And she invited to live with her in her house in Reni, Odesa region. We pay utilities, help with the house hold. The children went to school here. The girlis 11 years old, and the boy is 9 years old. Starting in the fall, I will beworking as a librarian at a local school, if everything works out.

I survived two strokes. I was in very poor health. Now I need more droppers, but I don't have the money for them. Maybe the benefactors from your project will help. Or I can raise funds when I start working as a librarian.

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