Olena N. from Melitopol
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.
Hello! My name is Olena N. When all this happened, my daughter and I were in the hospital, we had covid 19. Our life changed very much, prices increased 5-6 times. There are almost no products in stores. There is no gas and the electricity also often goes out. We cook on an electric stove only when the electricity appears. We have no other options. The scariest thing was when everything started – explosions, planes, fighters, tanks. This is all here now, we live in this fear. I used to be a civil servant. I have a daughter Sofiya. I did not receive any help. Before the war, I received social benefits. I don’t have any income now. No aid from UNICEF or other organizations was received here. There is no help here. I live in a rented apartment. We are very short of funds. There is no work. My child got sick again with covid 19. Medicines have become more expensive. A tablet of an antiviral medicine costs UAH 500, before the war it cost UAH 90. I don’t know what to do to survive here. It is very scary here, but we are trying to survive. I want everything to end as soon as possible and be back to the way it was. I want to live as I used to live. Of course, I will never be able to forget what I experienced, it will always haunt me. I want us to go back to where we were.