Julia (name changed) works in the service industry. Her days consist of constant conversation and smiles, which she sometimes has to put on even when she feels completely different inside. A year ago, she began to notice how she was gradually losing her strength: her sleep became fitful, she felt constantly tired, and anxiety plagued her day and night..
At three in the morning, Vadym woke up to loud noises. Again. He covered his ears with his hands, pressed his knees to his chin, and waited. He is ten years old. And he already knows very well: after the siren, there is an explosion..
She came to the humanitarian center in the early days of winter. Nadiia entered quietly and stopped at the threshold. “I don't need anything,” she said to the specialist from the Multidisciplinary Mobile Team who approached her first..
“Sometimes it seems like I just can't take it anymore. I worry about my husband, but at the same time I have to be strong for my children,” says Iryna, a young mother from Chernihiv. When her husband went to the front, she was left alone with her seven-year-old daughter Liza and her little son, who was not even a year old..
“Now I can call this place my home” — words that 14-year-old Kateryna could not utter three months ago. Today, she smiles sincerely at the family table..
