Viktoriya Cherepenina from Lyman
Good day! My name is Viktoriya. I live in the Odesa region. I have 3 children. The eldest daughter Valeriya is 18 years old, Artem is 11 years old, and the youngest son is 8 years old. On the day the war began, we woke up to explosions. We couldn’t understand anything at first. We hid in the cellar. We did not leave our hometown. We stayed at home, in our Motherland. We can’t leave, we can’t leave our house. Before the war, I worked as a cook in a restaurant. The restaurant closed, the owners left the country, and we were left without money. We need help with food and hygiene products. Prices rose a lot with the start of the war. It became difficult to live. I do not receive any payments. The children’s father has disappeared, and there is no help from him. I took care of the children myself, it is very difficult for me now. I believe that this war will end, that Ukraine will prosper, that everyone will have a job and normal life and that everything will be fine. I want to believe it because it is very scary to imagine that we are being occupied and it will be worse. It was very scary when rockets flew over our house. Rockets, planes… It’s scary to go outside and hear these explosions. I am asking for your help. I will be very grateful for any answer. If there is a person who can help us, my family will be very grateful. Thank you very much. Glory to Ukraine!