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Elena Report-Nikopol, Ukraine This is one of the best kindergartens in Nikopol. I might be biased because this was my kindergarten. It’s always such a confusion when you start thinking what’s going on in the hearts of the people who shoot kindergartens, schools and...

Elena Report-Nikopol, Ukraine This old sweet lady is Alla. She’s 84 years old. Half of her house was destroyed after a shell. You can see the big holes in her walls and ceiling. She said last winter was terribly cold. She didn’t know how she would survive it. When she...

Elena Report-Nikopol, Ukraine Maya lives alone. She is one of the most positive people we have ever met, even after her apartment was shelled. All the windows were destroyed and she was so cold in her house. She was still smiling and supporting of everyone who lives...

Elena Report-Nikopol, Ukraine This is Valentina and she lives alone. When a shell exploded next to her house, it broke the kitchen window. She covered it with plywood, but of course she didn’t like it. The kitchen was cold and dark. She said that during the winter,...

Elena Report-Nikopol, Ukraine Her pregnant daughter was home. This is Anna. She and her husband were at work when the shell hit, but their pregnant daughter was at home. She was terrified. Anna was afraid that she might lost her baby. She had to spend some time in the...

Elena Report-Nikopol, Ukraine Valentina is a very kind person. The first thing she said after we finished the window insulation was, “Finally, I will have light! You can’t imagine how depressing it was for me to live with boarded up windows. This brings back hope.”...

Elena Report-Nikopol, Ukraine Her only source of Light… Last year, a shell landed next to Anastasia‘s house and destroyed all her windows. She closed them with wooden boards, but last week when the shell hit again, some of the wooden boards fell off from her balcony....

Elena Report-Nikopol, Ukraine Yesterday, Alexander went to the store and while he was gone, a shell hit near his apartment. There were holes everywhere from shrapnel and glass all over. He was very grateful for this window insulation. Please help us keep families warm...

Elena Report-Nikopol, Ukraine Time Stood Still! It was Lubov‘s birthday when shells came. She invited her friends and family. They all were siting at home when the first shell hit the building next to theirs, and they all ran into the basement. Two minutes later, the...

Elena Report-Nikopol, Ukraine Mold and cold for a year A year ago, a shell hit the yard of Olena’s house. Almost all of her windows were destroyed. She covered windows with plywood, hoping that It would keep her warm and dry, but it didn’t help. The moisture and cold...

Elena Report-Nikopol, Ukraine New Hope and Joy When a shell destroyed the windows in Tatyana’s apartment, she couldn’t find anything better, but to close her windows with wooden boards. She said that it was terrible. It was so dark and cold in the apartment. She even...

Elena Report- Nikopol, Ukraine Vitaliy’s building was shelled twice. His balcony was completely destroyed. Somehow, he survived both times and wasn’t injured, but with the broken windows, it was very cold in his apartment. The window insulation became the only...

Elena Report-Nikopol, Ukraine Where to Hide Last year, shells hit next to Igor’s home. He said the Russian Army was shooting over 20 shells at once. Glass was flying all over the apartment. He didn’t know where to hide. Igor said thank you so much to Ukrainian...

Elena Report-Nikopol, Ukraine This is Ludmila. Last year, she went to her dacha, or cabin, to work in the garden. She said, “I didn’t want to go there that day because I was so tired, but I went anyway. When I came back from my dacha, I saw that all of the windows in...

Elena Report-Nikopol, Ukraine Raisa is a pensioner. She lives alone, and she doesn’t have time to go to the shelter when the shelling starts, so she always hides in the bathroom. When the shell hit her building, she was so scared. She couldn’t come out from the...

Elena Report-Nikopol, Ukraine Going home! When the shelling began, Ludmila moved to a safer city. As the months went by, she was lonely for her home and her city only to find her windows were gone from shelling. She had to stay with her friends. Now, thanks to...