“I’m crying, I’m trying to stop him but I’m able to help myself. I’m glad I have a paper handkerchief.”
These words are the UN Child Welfare Organization – UNICEF, Natalia Docheno’s Ukrainian employee, who asked to express his sensitive and emotional views related to war. Natalia was trying to close her tears, reminding the explosion that took place three years ago, who broke many Ukrainians. And the war started with them.
Natalia felt a bounce of energy communication with the feeling of shock and anger. He remembered “I completely knew that I wanted to help other people. I wanted to protect the people. I knew that I had to do something.”
UNICEF leadership celebrities instructed the agency workers to give priority to their own and their families before returning to work. Natalia moved to LVIV, west of Ukraine with her family.
Natalia said, “We were shocked at a small buggy on 12 trains. I caught the other woman’s baby in my arms because they had no place to sit. The train was slowly moving to our destination. Was and was very cold. “
Continues to live
Ukraine’s UN Women’s Office employee Ludmila Kovalchuk Kiev lived near the International Airport, which was targeted for initial attacks.
Ludmila explained, “Our sleep at five o’clock in the morning, the sound of the explosion is open. It was a touching thing. Although we heard the alert of adjacent attacks, we couldn’t believe it was really happening.”
Three years later, fatigue has created its world but life and effectiveness continue to continue. Ukraine women need UN psychological, legal, logical and financial support.
Many Ukrainian women are nurturing children alone, looking for employment to support them and constantly changing places to protect them from war.
Ludmila Kovalchuk says that about 75 thousand Ukrainian women are working in the army and representing a group that requires different and special support.
“We adapted ourselves to work in new situations. Whenever we arrange to gather somewhere in the new situation, we check whether we have any shelter near the attack. We do not plan long -operating programs because we are long time For one place, the risk of shelling increases.
“We learned to work in a mixed form during the epidemic and that experience has been invaluable.”
‘The hardest part of listening to their objections’
Another employee of the UN women lives in Anastasia Kalasanik Japuri. He went to Kyiv two years ago with his family.
Anastasia says, “After February 26, 2022, my children stopped child care and my husband’s work was also completed – the foreign company she worked, stopped her work and left the country.”
However, the wildlife of Anastasia Kalasik has increased. She focuses on providing women’s assistance in Luhansk and Donitsk regions, providing urgent assistance provided by UNMS women in Ukraine. After 2022, many of these women were forced to escape their homes.
Anastasia says, “Come back, the hardest part was to hear their objections – I heard about the women who were known for years to hear what happened to the women who could get out of the occupied territories and fight their husbands.”
Women of the United Nations, this and similar DRS, have established some “safe places” for needy Ukrainian women, including local private companies (NGOs). These centers provide the necessary assistance, which can connect women, share their experiences and solve their sensitive and mental wounds to some extent.
Remembering a UN activist, I found that Olga, one of the women who came to the center after a serious push, could truly return to her life. “
“They are starting to laugh again. Olga is now among the staff of the center who are helping other women.”
War
According to the UN Coordination Office (OCH), more than 12,000 people have been confirmed in the last three years and more than 20,000 people have been injured.
At least 2 thousand 400 children are included in the casualties. Millions of people are living in fear, while people living in occupied areas are facing serious restrictions and limited access to humanitarian assistance.
A whole generation of Ukraine are growing up during the war. Continuous attack, the crisis is deepening in infrastructure. More than 10 percent of Ukraine’s housing sites were damaged or destroyed, at least 2 million families remained without adequate shelter.
In the war, more than 300 schools and universities were also affected by more than 3,000 schools, forced thousands of children to get education through distance.
Three winter attacks drawn in the power system have been provided to cities in cooling without electricity, warming facilities and necessary services. A total of 1 crore 27 million people need humanitarian assistance.
Expectation for the future
Anastasia Kalasanik said, “Of course, whatever happened is very tired. But I can see the better future in my kids. The era they are going through right now is wrong. I have to be strong not only for them, but also for all Ukrainian families. “
He also said that he also expects solidarity shown by the United Nations and other companies. “He did not quit Ukraine.”
He says, “He stopped. They continued to help. They were not just one or two months. They’re here for years. And now, they are talking about reconstruction. These discussions on the future assure me that we have the future.”
UNICEF’s Natalia Dochenco also talked about unity and solidarity. “At first, we were all in the United States because of our anger. Then we talked about our burden. We shared our pain. We were all together. But now anger is no inspirational power. Now, which is destroyed, we made it Made to the basis of the desire to do ”.
Natalia says, “We want to rehabilitate our communities, support families and rebuild our country, as it was before the war, but better, the Soviet Heritage left behind, and wants to create a new nation on the basis of human rights.”
He says that his job gives his hope. “I have to rebuild the old programs, create new programs, listen to the sound of the weakest people, transport direct resources to their required places and provide the best options for needy people, the best for a unique, needy people to add different fields Supply the options. “
“I believe that I helped survive because of the work for UNICEF – this affiliation, still my survival strategy.”
‘We need to be more powerful’
Natalia was comforted in the Dochenco culture. “I am still inspired by the beauty of Ukraine. Our museums are open, concerts are happening, music is playing. The technique of surviving culture to many people.”
Today, many Ukrainian are looking for their own strategy to survive. “One of the biggest challenges of our work is a psychological shock, not just to give yourself themselves, but composed of our colleagues,” Ludmila Covalchuk said.
“Recently, one of our colleagues’ brother has gone missing. Sometimes, it is incredibly difficult to find the right words of comfort, yet we work with people who are in war – who need our support.
“However, on the other hand, when you face a crisis one after another, you start feeling strong and more experienced. The thing that can’t kill us makes us stronger.”
Then he said with a sad smile “This is probably true, but I always say that I hope I have no experience now.” But I have no choice. I have to bear the burden of this experience. “