Today the family consists of 2 adults (mom and dad) and 9 children. Of them, 4 children have disabilities, and another 3 require constant care at home for medical reasons: - Denys (16 years old): congenital malformations of the brain (hydrocephalus), the peripheral nervous system (CNS) and the spine: Spina bifida (he has already undergone 5 neurosurgical operations), pelvic organ dysfunction, ureterohydronephrosis, pyelonephritis, etc. A child with a disability. - Hanna (4 years old): spastic cerebral palsy. Level 3 motor impairment according to the GMFCS classification. Secondary microcephaly. Secondary mitochondrial dysfunction. Patent foramen ovale (PFO), etc. A child with a disability. - Alisa (3 years old): congenital heart defect, Down syndrome, abandoned child ("abandoned child" has recently become a diagnosis in Ukraine). A child with a disability. - Milaniia (3 years old): HIV (she has a chance of recovery and good development). - Roman (3 years old): multiple congenital malformations: Miller-Dieker syndrome (one of only a few cases in Ukraine). Congenital malformations of the brain (hydrocephalus, macrocephaly). Dystonic tetraparesis. Hypermobility of the hip joints. Congenital heart defects (he needs surgery this year), malformations of the genitourinary system, etc. - Oleh (3 years old): HIV, hepatitis C (he has a chance of recovery and good development). - Daniel (1 year old): unspecified brain damage. Multiple hemangiomas. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Developmental delay. Atopic dermatitis. Requires specialized low-lactose nutrition. - Oleksii (1 year old): unspecified brain damage. Developmental delay. Requires specialized low-lactose nutrition. - Adel (1 year old): congenital malformations of the brain and central nervous system (hydrocephalus), muscular hypotonia syndrome. Developmental delay. A child with a disability. In other words, all the children have health problems, developmental delays and complex diagnoses. That is why the children need constant supervision by medical specialists, monthly laboratory tests, drug treatment, rehabilitation, and developmental correction (speech therapists, special education teachers). In 2006, we set up a foster family and took in a 2-year-old girl from a state children's home (diagnosis: amblyopia; she is now an adult, studying and working). In 2010, we adopted a 1-year-old boy with severe health problems from a state children's home. In October 2022, we set up a family-type children's home in Kharkiv, registered in my wife's name. We care for and raise children who were abandoned by their parents because of health problems and other circumstances. Since spring 2022, after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, up to today, we have taken a total of 11 children into our family: 10 were under 1 year old, plus one teenager. At first, the children were placed with our foster family temporarily, because they had been abandoned. After the family-type children's home was created, they were placed in it for permanent residence by decision of the state (the local authorities). At present, the teenage girl already lives independently, having come of age. One boy with severe health problems died before reaching the age of 2; we fought for his life for the last 2,5 months in the intensive care unit of a children's hospital. To date, we have adopted 3 children, and one more child is in the process of adoption. State social support is no longer paid for adopted children, as it is for children in a family-type children's home. Among the adopted children, there is a child with a disability (a teenager) and a child (under 2 years old) who needs constant care at home. We are unable to buy our own housing (a private house) by ourselves, one that would be both large and well equipped for our children. All our income goes toward providing care, treatment and rehabilitation for the children, and toward paying for and maintaining rented housing (a private house). The state has provided the family with service housing (an apartment), which is granted only for as long as the family-type children's home operates and cannot be transferred into ownership. We are not living in this apartment at the moment, because it is located on the 22/23 floors of a high-rise building, where there is an increased risk of shelling and of being hit by enemy drones; also, after the winter shelling, this building has no central heating or regular electricity supply, and the building has no gas supply. So we live in a rented house, pay the rent and utilities ourselves, carry out routine repairs on the house, and adapt it for the children. We have a vehicle (a minibus provided by the state), which is used for daily and emergency transportation of the children. So we need funding for diesel fuel in the amount of 300 liters per month. We also need to cover the salary of a nanny who would help care for the children during the day, or full-time while living with the family (the state was unable to provide such a nanny). We will be sincerely grateful for your support.