There are 41 children in their family. For some time, they lived under constant shelling, and eventually managed to evacuate from Lysychansk to Lviv. Here they were received at the Saint John Bosco Youth Center.
Natali Aleshko’s mother once created the first family-type orphanage in Lysychansk. And later Natalya herself and her two sisters continued their mother’s work, so now there are 41 children in their large family. In Lysychansk, they lived under constant shelling, in a cellar, drying crackers and drinking technical water.
“They bought bread, cut it into pieces and dried it in the oven. Water was collected in baths and barrels. We slept next to each other – dressed and with shoes on,” shares Natalya Aleshko, a migrant from Lysychansk, mother of a family-type children’s home.
Natalia’s husband is currently defending Ukraine at the front. And her daughter Maria draws dad and his guardian angels, because she believes that her dad is under reliable protection.
In the Saint John Bosco Youth Center, they started a new life, where their fathers help them. Nataliya’s adopted daughter Darina shares: “We have grown 74 tomato bushes, cucumbers are already growing. Our fathers laughed at us, saying: “You will be in the garden even during the war.” “Well, so what,” I say. “We need to do something, distract ourselves somehow.”
Everyone who cares can help the family – with money or maybe someone will offer a house for further living. After all, the stay at the center is temporary (one year). The family itself fears that they will have nowhere to return to after the war.
By the way, the city office “Service for Children” continues to look for adoptive parents, foster parents and foster parents. So, if you feel ready to help children who are left without parental care and care, contact the address: Lviv, pl. Rynok, 1, “Service for Children” department of the Department of Humanitarian Policy of the Lviv City Council, room 519, 523. Contact numbers: (032) 235-40-40, 297-58-83. Chatbot in the Telegram messenger SuSD_LMR.
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The St. John Bosco Youth Center is a multifunctional complex, the main task of which is the education of children and youth, in particular socially vulnerable categories. The center is managed by the Salesian Congregation of the UGCC, which is known for its mission for children and youth. The ideologist of this charisma is the Italian priest, saint, teacher Ivan Bosco.