 I didn't know about Ukraine at all. I had no idea. But it is something, the passion that I have for the work I do. When I came here, I met the people and now I can say after one year that, yes, I just love it. I love the place. I love the people. I have not come across such strong and resilient people. When we started working with her, she was really extremely anxious about winter. Then she was just not functional because she always thought about what will she do, how will she work. But we really kind of mobilized her because she has a lot of resources. She always wanted to help. After speaking to the counsellors over a period of seven weeks, she feels much better. She says she sleeps better. They are not only strong and resilient. They are also extremely kind. They are very caring. Oh, you look so sweet. It's very, very difficult. And if you have 10, 15 such stories per day, you just don't know how to solve their problems. And definitely they say that they find huge change after speaking to us. But still, it's sometimes as a human, as for me, very difficult. Sometimes I'm so stressed. I feel that, oh my God, will I be able to survive one more day? And then I have to cope because I cannot kind of transfer this negativity into the team, the work we do, people I live with. You see, I have chosen this life for myself. So I have to take the responsibility of how I feel. I know it's not easy. We are also very glad to see you, and you know that. Today, one of the babushkas told me that when I arrived initially to this village, I never trusted you. But then now we look forward for your visit. We trust you because we saw the way you connect with people. We saw the way how you are affected. This woman cannot move. So she is so helpless that even if she sees something that is extremely frightening for her, she's so helpless that she cannot move. And that really had a very huge impact on me. Anyone will love you. You're such a wonderful person. So ICRC has given me a new identity. When I joined the ICRC, I was going through one of the toughest times of my life. But then when I interacted with my beneficiaries, when I saw their pain, when I saw what they have gone through, I felt very little. I felt very selfish. Why am I even thinking about what I went through? It was nothing. It was just bad marriage. And that's it. I have two children with their grandparents. If I see my children crying or upset, I'm not able to hug them. I'm not able to wipe their tears. And this is the most difficult part of my being here. After I separated, I stopped cooking for six years. But when I moved to Slavyansk, some colleagues said, oh, they like curry. They like this. And I was like, why can't I do it? Let me give it a try. You know, we are very nurturing, this motherly feeling that, okay, you should feed people and it's nice to have people together. I'm a very girly, girly person. You see, I like my jewelry and my nails and whatever. I really love to dress up. I really get compliments when I dress up traditionally. Then I love henna. I just love it. It's like temporary tattoos. So yes, sometimes I get my hands painted. So I feel very nice. I feel okay. See, I'm not missing out much. I am at home. It's worth the sacrifice. But when somebody tells me that we are waiting for you to come next time, when they cook for you, when they remember you, when they say that they could sleep better, and they ask about you when you're not there. Yeah, I do see they become more functional. They are coping. For me, that motivates me, that really drives me. When I'm traveling to the places where we work, that's the time when I'm reflecting. What am I doing here? Who am I to be here? I think it all falls in place once you are sincere to what you are doing. If you are sincerely doing your job, it reflects. It's sometimes very challenging. But then what is life without challenges?