Good day! My name is Maryna. I am from Kharkiv. On the day when the war started, we lived our usual lives. We went to work, and the child to school. We had plans and confidence in tomorrow. On February 24, we woke up not from an alarm clock, but from explosions. The roar of bombers and shelling could be heard. As with all Ukrainians, our lives have changed radically. There is no certainty about tomorrow. Now we have neither a home nor a job. I worked as a curator in a chain of stores. In the first days of the war, I still went with my child to trading points and collected money, because there were no more money-collecting machines. All this happened during the bombing of the city and the sound of sirens. The worst thing was when bombers flew over us at night. We live on the 9th floor. I lay down and hugged the child. Then I just wanted to survive this night. In the morning, acquaintances called and informed me that they were leaving the city. It was impossible to evacuate the city for some time, all roads were blocked. You could leave only with your car, and I didn’t have one. There were a lot of people at the station, so many that it was scary to go there. My daughter reacted calmly to everything, I thought she would be scared, but no. She is a child, she was interested in sleeping in the bathroom or the bomb shelter. We have now moved to Kyiv and are trying to find a job here, but it is difficult because the child is 7 years old and it is difficult to leave her alone at home. There is no payment from the state. We have applied for assistance, but we have not received it yet. We rent housing, the rent costs UAH 8,000. All our savings go to pay the rent. We need your help. The main thing is that peace should come as soon as possible and that war does not repeat itself in the future. The worst thing is when you go to bed and don’t know if you’ll wake up tomorrow. We hope for the future and wait for a peaceful sky above our heads.