This family really needs you. 3

For more than a year and a half, your support has been the mainstay that allows Artemko's parents not to give up. The boy is almost 14, but he is forever "small". As a baby, Artemko cannot live without the help of people around him. He is fed through a tube, and this is his only way not to die of hunger. Therefore, the presence of a special probe food is something that his mom Valeria worry about to tears. After all, its cost – almost 5 000 UAH a month – is absolutely impossible for a family with three children, two of whom have different but serious features. Artemko cannot be fed without your help.

The boy also needs diapers, nappies, care products. The family receives part of it from the palliative care service, which also provides them with constant support. However, the boy's mom applies for the payment of diapers to all of us as well. When you can't go out to the next room or even sit in your own bed without help, all the feelings are sharpened. How comfortable it is for the body means a lot. The mom says that the main thing for her is to have food, because it is literally a matter of life or death. And diapers, they say, can be saved. But, honestly: it is also necessary.

It is important not only not to die of hunger, but also to live with dignity… and not have to stand either a wet bed or the exhaustion of mother from constant washing and many worries. You can make daily life easier for this family.

Name: Lukashuk Artem, 12.08.2006

City: Kyiv

Diagnosis: cerebral palsy, spastic tetraparesis, congenital malformation of the brain, microcephaly