Behind a Closed Gate: where conscience ends and real hardship begins.
The world of volunteering can sometimes be very unfair. We all remember those scenes: queues for humanitarian aid, where people in expensive cars, without embarrassment, take free packages. For some, it is just an opportunity to “save money” and a pleasant bonus to a stable life.
But while some “take because it is given,” behind the neighboring wall of an apartment building or behind the old gate of a private house in our city, hope is quietly fading away. This is a part of reality that is not visible from the windows of expensive cars.
Those who truly need help!
We are talking about people who have found themselves in a dead end:
Internally displaced persons (IDPs): They were forced to flee their homes because their houses were burned or came under occupation. They left their entire lives in one suitcase and often have no strength to start over in a new place.
Elderly people living alone: Elderly individuals who have been forgotten by everyone. Their very small pensions are not enough even for a basic food basket after paying for life-saving medicines.
Persons with disabilities: People who, due to severe illnesses or war-related injuries, have become trapped within four walls. For them, every day is a physical and moral struggle for survival in absolute isolation.
State social payments are only a minimal subsidy that, unfortunately, does not even cover a person’s basic needs for food and medicine. This is where the formal “social service” ends and true compassion begins.
Thank you to those who hold this front!
We are endlessly grateful to our reliable friends Rememberus.org, Igor Korsunsky, Julia Preshman Korsunsky, Oksana Bondar, who have been helping us for 5 years to find and save these forgotten people of society.
Your consistency is protection against the worst thing: death in oblivion, illness, and hunger.
Thank you for not only providing financial support but also giving internally displaced persons, the elderly, and people with disabilities the most important feeling — that they are needed, that they are remembered.
Care is what makes us human. Let us not leave those who are struggling alone with their hardship.
With support: GO “Wives of Veterans”
