Vera is 58 years old and has three children. She was born in a small village in the Vinnytsia region. All her life she worked as a foreman on a collective farm and survived as they were able. She was married, and gave birth to their first child, a daughter, but then her husband died. After that, she moved to Myrnograd. Sometimes she went to the Baptist church.
The eldest daughter lives in Moscow and is an alcoholic and does not communicate with her mother.

She has married again, had two children, a son, and a daughter, but her second husband also died. 7 years ago her son was killed. Her daughter had a child but left the child with Vera to raise who is now 8yrs old. Little assistance is given to Vera.

Vera Petrovna does not go outside because there are problems with her legs. From 2013 to 2018 she worked as a caretaker at an oxygen plant. She experienced very strong stress at work, which gave problems to her legs. Now she hardly walks, and nobody will hire her for work because of this.

She does not receive a pension and has been waiting on the government for help for + 6 months. She is very grateful for the volunteers and for the people who help her survive in a difficult situation. She is very happy when volunteers not only bring her help but that she may not be alone and that someone thinks about her.