KIEV Cheap New Balance 574 , Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Braving freezing temperatures and cold morning chill, Igor, a 58-year-old refugee from the restive eastern Lugansk region, is queuing in front of a humanitarian aid center in the historical part of Kiev for clothing and food.
"I am ashamed to receive humanitarian assistance, but I have no other choice. I left without a single source of income, because I can not find a job," Igor, who preferred not to give his last name, told Xinhua.
Igor, who left his home village not far from Lugansk city in December New Balance 574 Sale , is one of about 1 million refugees internally displaced by the conflict in eastern Ukraine. He is now seeking better life in other parts of the country.
"When I moved to Kiev, I thought that it would be easy to find a job, because it is a metropolis, the capital of our country, but soon I realized that no one is waiting for me," said Igor, who lives in a temporary living facility for displaced people outside Kiev.
He hoped that the conflict in the country will end soon and he would be able to return home.
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Igor New Balance 574 Custom , an agriculturist, was engaged in cultivation and sale of tomato and cabbage seedlings to earn his daily bread before. Nowadays, he is forced to come several times a week to an aid center, offering assistance to displaced people who have nowhere else to go.
"Every day, about 200 families turn to our center for help," Alesya Litvinova, chief coordinator of the Kiev humanitarian aid center, told Xinhua.
"People most frequently asked for housing assistance, but unfortunately we can not help them..., it is the task of the government New Balance 574 Gold ," Litvinova said, adding that employment is the second vital issue for the refugees.
"We have individual volunteers who are engaged in employment, and there is a special employment center, so we've found jobs for a fairly large number of people," Litvinova said.
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"Kiev residents support us very actively, so we have the opportunity to provide refugees with almost all kinds of assistance," Litvinova said.