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After the Russian invasion of his country, Yuriy Makeyev found himself homeless and unemployed: a dangerous combination of circumstances brought the 48-year-old to the brink of a nervous breakdown.
Today he tries to deal with mental health problems at a newly opened crisis center in Kiev with the aim of helping Ukrainians cope with the psychological trauma of the war.
“Here they gave me inspiration, they gave me the hope that I had lost. Emotionally, I had hit rock bottom, so I came. I feel very comfortable, the staff is very nice and very understanding”. said patient Yuriy Makeyev.
“Nearly half of the patients here have entered shelters for weeks, if not months, during the bombings. Some are from outside Kyiv. they lost their homes, and found themselves in a new city for them, where they had to start everything from the beginning. They faced not only the bombings, but also a total change in their lives”. said Denys Starkov, psychologist at the Sociotherapy Center.
“I had experience with these matters, but not to such a degree. Forecasts show that in the next 10-15 years this will be the main direction of our work because every inhabitant of the country is experiencing a traumatic situation due to the war”. said Oleg Olishevsky, head of the therapeutic program.
Dozens of countries pledged today to support Ukraine in what they expect to be a long and expensive recovery, as they agreed that wider reforms are needed to increase transparency and fight corruption.
At the end of the two-day conference in Switzerland, the leaders of nearly 40 countries signed the Lugano Declaration, which presents a set of principles for the reconstruction of Ukraine.
Swiss President Iganzio Cassic, who chaired the conference with Ukrainian officials, said the signed declaration is a key first step on the country’s long road to recovery.
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