A year ago, on her birthday, Halyna saw a shell hit a neighbor’s house, and the house was destroyed right before her eyes. The next day, on April 3, 2022, she, her husband, daughter, and pets left their hometown of Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk Oblast.

They did not know exactly where to go, they were going into the unknown, they were very confused and depressed. The driver who brought the family to Dnipro said he knew where to stay and brought them in a shelter.

r Charitable Foundation “Good on the Amur”. Volunteers greeted them warmly and helped them settle in.

By agreement with her supervisors, Halyna transferred to work in Dnipro. Her husband used to work at a furniture factory in Sievierodonetsk, and in Dnipro he got a job at a metal warehouse. Her daughter, who recently graduated from high school, is going to enter a university.

It is not known for sure whether their homes in Sievierodonetsk have survived. The city is occupied and it is dangerous to go there. So for now, the family is staying in Dnipro, in a shelter, and building a life in a new place.