Story of Tetiana from the Town of Hirnyk

Thirty-six-year-old Tetiana hails from the city of Hirnyk in Donetsk Oblast. She evacuated along with her three-year-old son, husband, and parents due to escalating fighting and constant enemy shelling.

It became very loud. My child couldn’t go anywhere, and even the playground near our home was frequently shelled. Besides, since April, we had no water, and a week before our evacuation, we lost electricity.

Tetiana

The police helped the family evacuate. They were first taken to the city of Kurakhove, and on the same day, volunteers transported them to a transit point in Dnipro region.

On August 27, we arrived at the transit point, where we stayed for three days. Then, the evacuation team of the ‘East SOS’ CF helped us reach the train station in the city of Dnipro, from where we traveled to the city of Uman.

Tetiana

In Uman, the family found an apartment, and Tetiana has received job offers. By profession, she is a neonatologist (a pediatrician specializing in caring for premature and newborn babies in hospitals and maternity wards). She used to work at the maternity hospital in the city of Selidove.

On February 14 this year, an enemy rocket hit our hospital. A pregnant woman was killed, as well as a mother and child in the pediatric ward.

Tetiana

Tetiana and her husband are now both unemployed. Her husband worked at a coal mine, which was also destroyed by a russian missile. Fortunately, no miners were on-site at the time.

During the evacuation, our organization supported the family with food packages.

We remind you once again that timely evacuation saves lives. Protect yourself and your loved ones!

Evacuation assistance is provided as part of the projects “Food Security, Evacuation, and Legal Support for Victims of Russian Aggression in Ukraine” with the support of Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe. Since February 24, 2022, together with our partners, we have rescued more than 86,000 people from frontline and de-occupied areas, including over 11,200 people with disabilities and members of low-mobility groups.

You can sign up for evacuation from Monday to Saturday via our call center at 0800 332 614 (8:00 AM – 6:00 PM).

We also provide consultations via messaging apps:

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*Evacuated family from the town of Hirnyk (Donetsk Oblast) 

*The family made it safely to the city of Uman (Cherkasy Oblast)