WEBVTT - Made with VTT Creator 00:05.461 --> 00:16.651 position:50% align:middle We] are from Mariupol, like everyone else who lives here. We spent the first month of the war in Mariupol under shelling. A month later we had the opportunity to leave. 00:16.651 --> 00:24.006 position:50% align:middle We moved from the apartment we rented to the private sector to our brother's, because they had at least some kind of basement, some kind of shelter. 00:24.006 --> 00:32.606 position:50% align:middle We [thought] that it might come in handy, so we went there. We took only enough things for 2 days, and diapers for 2 days. Eva was still small then. 00:32.606 --> 00:43.164 position:50% align:middle And we stayed there for a month. It was difficult. A 2-year-old child already understood that it was safer for her in the basement. 00:43.164 --> 00:51.045 position:50% align:middle If we went up to the 1st floor and she heard an explosion, she would immediately point her finger down - and we would go down. And we sat there most of the time. 00:51.045 --> 00:58.544 position:50% align:middle She [the daughter] wanted her dad. When she saw the plane for the first time... We were just outside, and it flew over us. She was pointing like this and 00:58.544 --> 01:15.680 position:50% align:middle saying (she still spoke russian at the time): “Plane. Dad”. As if we were flying to Dad on a plane. I say: “Evo, not on this one”. And she seemed to understand, nodding her head like this. 01:15.680 --> 01:25.547 position:50% align:middle It happened that neighbours who were leaving at their own risk, who had such an opportunity, left their houses open and told us: “If we don’t come back in 3 days, 01:25.547 --> 01:38.244 position:50% align:middle you can take the food that was left there”. It was the same with water. There was not much drinking water there. We divided it between the children. 01:38.244 --> 01:46.503 position:50% align:middle We had three children in the house. As for the adults and for cooking, my mother and another woman who was with us went to get water from the well. They came under fire once. 01:46.503 --> 01:56.689 position:50% align:middle Fortunately, they were unharmed, but there were many wounded people nearby. During this attack, they got into some gymnasium, I don’t remember the number. 01:56.689 --> 02:03.160 position:50% align:middle They gave us another half pack of diapers there. Because even though the little one was already going to the potty, in the basement she said: 02:03.160 --> 02:21.369 position:50% align:middle "I won't do it, I feel better with a diaper, it's warmer." Then we had this opportunity... We had one car for 10 people, and we couldn't leave. And 2 days before leaving, 02:21.369 --> 02:32.536 position:50% align:middle cell service appeared in the attic. I only had cell service, I could make calls, but after the hundredth time, I could get through. And my brother only received messages on Telegram 02:32.536 --> 02:39.269 position:50% align:middle - and that was it. And then he received a message on Telegram from the daughter of the woman from the neighbouring house that his mother was there. 02:39.269 --> 02:45.501 position:50% align:middle Although there were no signs at all in the house that anyone was there. For example, other neighbours were going out, we were cooking outside. 02:45.501 --> 02:52.494 position:50% align:middle And it turned out that all the locks were electric, and she was simply locked there. That is, she was there. It's good that she had a supply of food. 02:52.494 --> 03:00.899 position:50% align:middle And she [the daughter] said: "Do whatever you want. You can even break down the door." Like, mom is there. She somehow got in touch with her daughter and said that she was there. 03:00.899 --> 03:11.156 position:50% align:middle My brother opened the door, the garage was opened, and she had a car. And she is a driver, so we were able to leave together. We left immediately for Dnipro and did not go further, 03:11.156 --> 03:21.983 position:50% align:middle because my husband is serving. Here a certain circle of acquaintances appeared with whom I can help him. Therefore, we do not go further, but we still help him. 03:21.983 --> 03:31.325 position:50% align:middle My daughter is 5 years old, her name is Eva. In general, my child is very active, she likes all that. And I, the mother who hosted such holidays - I also love it all. 03:31.325 --> 03:42.691 position:50% align:middle For me, every holiday is a pleasant memory. I love children, I love holidays, and therefore I am glad that they do this for our children. Rinat Akhmetov Foundation... 03:42.691 --> 03:54.905 position:50% align:middle We received both hygiene and food assistance from him. And this is not the first holiday. Last year, we also received gifts, that is, children, from this foundation for New Year. 03:54.905 --> 04:04.931 position:50% align:middle We are very pleased. Such events are very important for children, because no one really understands... Most people don't understand what trauma is. 04:04.931 --> 04:12.950 position:50% align:middle Even if you look at a child, you can't immediately tell what they have experienced. But in reality, it is trauma that will remain for a long time and which needs to be worked with. 04:12.950 --> 04:23.056 position:50% align:middle Such events where children can express their emotions and not hold them back are important and not only for children - they are actually a kind of rehabilitation. 04:23.056 --> 04:37.314 position:50% align:middle It's really cool for children. And for adults, it's cool if they know how to have fun, how to relax. If we have the opportunity to go, I try to take Eva everywhere, because 04:37.314 --> 04:47.013 position:50% align:middle I know what's wrong with her, what she's afraid of, how she behaves when she's anxious. I know what she has... Yes, she's not in the worst possible condition, 04:47.013 --> 04:59.994 position:50% align:middle because she hasn't seen too many scary things. But I know that she has some fear, some changes have happened in her. And that's why I understand that this is the ideal 04:59.994 --> 05:08.000 position:50% align:middle option for her from what I can give her now. To take her to a holiday, and not scroll on the phone or do something else at home.