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Olena Kurhanska with 4 children left Luhansk, uncontrolled by Ukraine at the beginning of hostilities. The family settled in Peredilske small village, not far from Stanytsia Luhanska. There are no pharmacies or first-aid posts here. And the nearest store is an hour away. The story about family that was forced to leave their home.
This was reported by UA.
Olena Kurhanska was born in Luhansk. At 17, after finishing school, she gave birth to her first child. And in 2014 with 4 children, she left both her husband-tyrant and her home. Without things and documents, they settled in their grandmother’s summerhouse in the territory controlled by Ukraine. Now 8 people live in this small house.
“This house was built by my grandfather. But it remained in an unfinished,” Olena Kurhanska, a native of Luhansk says.
Peredelsky summerhouses are actually at the contact line. The family has no money to complete building of the house. There are no jobs here either. Therefore, Olena picks strawberries in the summer and takes care of livestock. A year ago, the Red Cross helped the family to buy a cow.
“I would like to I have my own farm, my own cows, and not only cows, but also chickens. My friend is engaged in chickens. We want to join our small business. In general, I want to earn money and buy a house. For everyone to have their own room,” Olena Kurhanska, a native of Luhansk says.
Every day a woman goes to the neighboring city of Shchastya to sell milk.
“We have been taking milk for a year, it is delicious. Our kids are drinking this milk with pleasure,” Anastasia, resident of Shcastya says.
After selling milk Olena has an hour to buy food and medicine – then she needs to catch the return bus.
“Today I bought my daughter a handbag for her birthday with the proceeds from trading,” Olena Kurhanska, a nativ
In order to attend school, 10-year-old Alina walks daily to the neighboring village. There are no “school buses” here.
“I get up at six o’clock, maybe half past six, my mother wakes me up. I leave school at exactly seven o’clock in order to have time to get there. When I get to school, I have 15 minutes before lessons, or even less,” Alina Kurhanska, schoolgirl says.
Last summer, about the Kurhansky family was informed in the humanitarian mission “Proliska”. We decided to help them.
“We were very shocked by this story of this woman and her children about how they arrived to this village. We delivered children’s things that are brought to us in the social wardrobe for children. In addition, the family was a beneficiary of the program from our partners of the UN refugee agency for financial assistance,” Artem Yaroshenko, the Head of the Proliska Humanitarian mission says.
In addition, representatives of humanitarian mission want to help Olena to make new basic documents, without which the woman is already 8 years old, and to give her the opportunity to get an education and find a job.
“Representatives of our organization will provide assistance in the form of social support to restore these documents so that in the future a woman can get an education and find a good job,” Ihor Sosonsky, Chief Advocacy Expert of Proliska Humanitarian Mission says.
About 170 internally displaced persons live in Peredelsky summerhouses now. There is no first-aid post, no pharmacy, no school, no store. Since February, the Proliska humanitarian mission plans to launch social transport here. It will have the route 2 times a month.
