At 43, Yuliya has faced significant challenges. In September 2022, she and her spouse moved from their hometown, Dniprorudne in Zaporizka Oblast, now under Russian occupation, to find refuge in Kryvyi Rih.
“Dniprorudne radiates beauty. A small town where most found employment in the local iron ore mine. The community enjoyed amenities like a stunning promenade alongside the Kakhovka Reservoir, refreshing fountains, and a fully renovated House of Culture. A summer skating rink, two years in the making, was set to be opened in February. The town was pristine and welcoming.
Visitors from larger cities often remarked, ‘I’d love to retire here. It’s clean, quiet, pleasant, and the sea is just around the corner.’ Today, it is clean, quiet, and lifeless. The city is under occupation, the streets are eerily silent, with residents venturing out only when necessary. The mine is being looted; machinery is getting carted off. Residents vanish without a trace.
I yearn to return, hoping our home remains intact. We had our summer house, stable employment, and a home there. Everything to live happily. Now, our only solace is the birth of our twins, a daughter and a son, now eight months old.”
As part of the project titled Addressing the Immediate Multi-Sectoral Humanitarian Needs of IDPs and Conflict-Affected Populations Inside Ukraine, Yulia was presented with a children’s hygiene kit.
This initiative is a collaborative effort with the Response Consortium, a collective of organizations that has been delivering multisectoral humanitarian aid over the past year to cater to the pressing needs of the impacted communities in Ukraine. This is supported by the financial backing of USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA). Charity Foundation Stabilization Support Services collaborates as an executing partner with CARE.Ukraine, a consortium member. The information presented is solely the perspective of Acted Ukraine/partner and doesn’t necessarily echo the sentiments of USAID (BHA) or the U.S. Government.