We’re going to help this family

We thought we were visiting a poor family with four children.
But once we stepped inside, we found out there were not four children. There were eight.

They live in a small, damaged house. No real kitchen, a leaking roof, uneven floors, no gas and often no electricity. The children sleep in two small rooms.

This family fled from one of the hardest-hit front-line areas. They left with almost nothing and had to start over from zero.

In the girls’ room, we saw photos of two women.
“That is grandma,” the mother said. “She passed away recently.”
“And that is my sister. She also died not long ago.”

“That is why we now have eight children,” she said.
“We couldn’t let them go to an orphanage.”

They have almost no money. The father works but earns very little because there is hardly any work. Still, they chose to take the children in.

Because family is family.

We helped right away with food, money and a generator.
But this is only the beginning.

We will help this family get better living conditions.
To be continued.