Yesterday, we took in Olena, a 39 y.o. woman from Kharkiv with her child and mother. She’s a Tamada, a wedding host. On 24 February, she was at work, at wedding with 300 people, when first rockets and air strikes hit Kharkiv. Everybody hurried home. /1
For ten days, Elena and her family (10 people) sheltered in the basement of the family house in the northwestern part of the city. They spend every night down there and thought they could sit it out. /2
On day 8 and 9 of the war, rockets reigned down on their neighborhood and completely destroyed their neighbors house. Police rescued the neighbors from beneath the rubble. Olena and her family decided to flee. But her husband and two friends were drafted on the spot. /3
The husband with a serious health condition could avoid the draft, but Olena’s two family friends are now with the army (presumably fighting) and since day 13 of the war, they lost contact. /4
Olena, her child & mother made it to Lviv by train and then to Poland, walking over the border. There German volunteers drove her to Düsseldorf, where she knows nobody and doesn’t speak any German or English. Hundreds of 🇺🇦 are already here, who need our help! /5
Until yesterday, I never met Olena. But friends of friends told me that they know someone who needs help. Since then we house her for a couple of days and handle paperwork before she and her family go on to communal housing in Düsseldorf. I urge everyone who can, pls help, too!
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