A couple with two children and a grandfather settled in the open air in Dnipro. The family pitched a tent in Tunelnaya Balka near the path that the townspeople used to walk on fine days. People passed by the family without stopping and without asking any questions: why the family was here, whether they have housing, money, or need help. A month and a half passed like that.
Finally, in the fall, a caring Dnipro resident called the mobile brigade and informed about the family in difficult circumstances. Bohdan and Svitlana, employees of the mobile team of social and psychological assistance of the "MARTIN-club", went to the place and talked with the family. It turned out that they are internally displaced persons from Bakhmut and Siverskodonetsk. After the evacuation to the Dnipro, they lived in a shelter for some time. But later the price for accommodation increased, and the family did not have enough funds to pay the rent. Then they found a new home. Without signing the agreement, they gave the money two months in advance and drove away. Three weeks passed, and the owner appeared ー stated that the family had two hours to vacate the premises. Since no contracts were signed and they were in a foreign city, people were confused. They did not call the police, but settled in a log.
Our mobile team consulted the family: they told what services of the organization they could use and offered temporary housing. The family refused. But the psychologist Svitlana did not give up: she called and asked about the family's affairs, warned about rains and cold weather, said that children cannot live in such conditions. In the end, the family accepted the offer ー everyone was moved to a shelter for a temporary stay, and later to a new home that the family found.
Safety and respect is everyone's right. To be silent is not an option, to speak is to protect yourself.
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The mobile brigades work with the support of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, in coordination with the Office of the Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration and the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine. The services of the mobile brigades are provided thanks to the financial support of the US government (USAID Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance ), Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Humanitarian Fund for Ukraine (UHF).
