Katia, 16 years old

»I have an older sister, who was already in Kyiv, before my mother, my 15 year-old cousin and I came here from Donezk in September 2014.
My father remained in Donezk. We talk via Skype or telephone with him and he says that it's dangerous and there is a lack of food. We are afraid that something happens to him and he would like to come to us but this is expensive and difficult.
First we went to our dacha in Donezk, but as the shooting started there too, we fled by train to Kyiv. Personally I didn't notice much from the war, because my father took us directly out off the war zone.
I especially like math, geography and sport in school. In the summer I spend a lot of time with my friends here in the camp for child refugees. My best friend is also here and we got to know many new friends. In my spare time, I play the drums, take photographs and dance for a long time.
I would be very happy if my father and two friends from Donezk come to Kyiv too, I miss them very much and I haven't seen them for a year.
I'm afraid that the war still goes on and that I can not go back to our old house and will not see my father and my grandparents again. Sometimes I'm dreaming of my old friends and what we have done together in the past.
I can not imagine at all, how it will be, if the war continues. I miss my old school, my former class, my father and my old home. I took only clothes from Donezk, as we first thought that it will only last a few months, but now it has taken a long time.
I would like to attend the university, find a job and have a husband, who loves me and have children and start a family. I thank you.«

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