Mrs. Olha, 72 · Ukraine
A former social worker with a disability, osteoporosis and heart failure, living on a minimum pension.
Needs ≈ $111 per month
Fund helper
Nikolenko Liudmyla Vitaliivna
Fund helper, UkraineLooks after 20 people
Born in Berezan; her family later moved to another city. She spent twenty years running her own business and raised three sons. She now works as an assistant-consultant to a city council deputy and volunteers at the Real Help fund. She believes kindness has the power to change people's lives.
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Whom Liudmyla Vitaliivna visits in person
People whom Liudmyla Vitaliivna knows personally and visits every month.
Mr. Anatolii, 66 · Ukraine
A former engineer who has lost both legs, with disability group 1, needs constant care.
Needs ≈ $111 per month
Mrs. Valentyna, 72 · Ukraine
She has had two eye operations, heart surgery lies ahead, and the minimum pension does not cover medicine.
Needs ≈ $111 per month
Mrs. Halyna, 75 · Ukraine
She is raising her 17-year-old grandson alone, can barely see after eye surgery and lives with hypertension.
Needs ≈ $111 per month
Mrs. Nina, 68 · Ukraine
She lost her only son to illness, and is herself fighting arthritis and cardiovascular diseases.
Needs ≈ $111 per month
Mrs. Zinaida, 65 · Ukraine
Disability group 2, one kidney and diseased joints, and her pension does not cover treatment.
Needs ≈ $111 per month
Mrs. Olena, 69 · Ukraine
She worked at a factory for 25 years, and now, because of hypertension and osteochondrosis, barely makes ends meet.
Needs ≈ $111 per month
Mrs. Olena, 63 · Ukraine
She lives with type 2 diabetes after a stroke, lost her flat to shelling, and recently lost her mother.
Needs ≈ $111 per month
Mrs. Liudmyla, 71 · Ukraine
She worked as a sales assistant for 37 years, and now lives with a disability because of diseases of the musculoskeletal system.
Needs ≈ $111 per month
Mrs. Tetiana, 69 · Ukraine
She worked at a factory for 28 years, and now lives with arthritis, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
Needs ≈ $111 per month
Mrs. Olha, 72 · Ukraine
Disability group 2, bronchial asthma and a past stroke do not stop her from volunteering for others.
Needs ≈ $111 per month
Mrs. Tetiana, 60 · Ukraine
23 years of work experience, and now serious heart problems and hypertension on a minimal pension.
Needs ≈ $111 per month
Mrs. Nina, 74 · Ukraine
She is raising her grandson as his official guardian, has almost lost her sight and has a disability and hypertension.
Needs ≈ $111 per month
Mrs. Liudmyla, 77 · Ukraine
After a serious fracture she can barely move, and a year ago she lost her son in the war.
Needs ≈ $111 per month
Mrs. Neonila, 68 · Ukraine
She worked as a house painter for 27 years, and now lives with chronic bronchitis, asthmatic syndrome and hypertension.
Needs ≈ $111 per month
Mrs. Liubov, 65 · Ukraine
Multiple sclerosis and liver damage have forced a former economist to use a wheelchair.
Needs ≈ $111 per month
Mrs. Mariia, 67 · Ukraine
She needs a joint operation because of grade 3 hypertension and osteoarthritis, and her pension does not cover utilities.
Needs ≈ $111 per month
Mrs. Valentyna, 62 · Ukraine
She worked as a machine operator at a factory for 38 years, and now lives with diabetes, asthma and diseased joints.
Needs ≈ $111 per month
Mrs. Tetiana, 68 · Ukraine
32 years of honest work, and now hypertension and thyroid problems on a meagre pension.
Needs ≈ $111 per month
Mrs. Halyna, 70 · Ukraine
She worked as an economist for 24 years, and now, because of gynaecological problems, cannot afford treatment.
Needs ≈ $111 per month
The fund's team
Other helpers
Beresnieva Larysa Yevhenivna20 people in careFund helper, UkraineGraduated from a mining and metallurgical institute. She has given many years to community work: she was secretary of the Public Self-Government Council, then led that organisation, and since 2003 she has headed a residents' self-organisation body in her district. She has two grown-up children. At the fund she is responsible for the people in her district: she knows each of them personally, checks their needs and accompanies the deliveries.
Hrabovskyi Vitalii Oleksandrovych20 people in careFund helper, UkraineHe found his calling in charity work while still at school. He works at the Real Help fund every day: helping people in difficult circumstances and developing charitable initiatives. He looks after the people in his district, knows their needs and delivers the help in person.
Stadnik Liudmyla Borysivna20 people in careFund helper, UkraineBorn in the region, she moved to a city after the Chornobyl nuclear power plant disaster and still lives there. An active volunteer who cannot imagine her life without people and without helping others. She loves books and time with her family. At the fund she looks after the people in her district and accompanies the deliveries.
Yakovenko Nina Andriivna20 people in careFund helper, UkraineA helper at the Real Help fund. She looks after the people in her district: she knows each of them personally, checks their needs and accompanies the deliveries of groceries and medicine.