At first, the living conditions were not very good: we had to live together with many people in the assembly hall of the building (there were no beds at that time, we slept on imitation beds made of wooden pallets used for transporting goods). At first, it was difficult because of the large number of strangers around and the living conditions that left much to be desired, but volunteers were constantly working on the building’s improvement, trying to improve the conditions for the displaced people, and later they settled them in separate rooms. Now Maryna says that staying in the shelter taught her independence, which she did not have before the war when she lived with her parents, and made her stronger to overcome all the obstacles life puts in her way.
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