Maryna K. from Kherson
Due to possible threats to the security of this family, we chose to unpublish the images identifying the family. The family remains under occupation, and truly needs help.
Good day! Unfortunately, the war did not bypass our family. It was not the worst when they drove past our village on tanks. Then they aimed their guns at us and ransacked our house. The worst thing was when the rocket flew into our house. We fled at night under fire. We ran for 3 days. Now we are in the occupied territory. We couldn’t get further. My children and I rent an apartment. My children: Artem is 3 years old, Veronika is 14 years old, Denys is 20 years old, and he is seriously ill (he has blood cancer). We need money for our son’s treatment, food, rent, and utilities, we need clothes because we ran away with nothing. We lost everything – the house, the farm, which was our source of income. Now we have nothing. We do not receive any aid from UNICEF or the UN, because we are in the occupied territory. We don’t have a mobile phone, they probably can’t contact us. I applied to various funds. We also rarely have Internet. My husband refused to be on the video because he is ashamed to ask someone for help. We used to earn money ourselves, we didn’t ask anyone for anything. But now the situation is such that we are forced to ask you for help. Please help our family. Thank you.