Pelykh Ihor Ivanovych

“My name is Pelykh Ihor Ivanovych, born in 1960.
My father’s name is Pelykh Ivan Ivanovych, my mother’s name is Pelykh Anna Ivanivna.
I was born in Kyiv, in Vetriany Hory district. There I lived in a private house all through my childhood, I did not attend a kindergarten, my grandmother and grandfather brought me up.
After school I entered the college of radio electronics and then graduated.
I got married in 1979.
At 23, I was called into the army and was sent to Turkmenistan.
When I came back home, I got a job as a fisherman. I mostly worked on the Kyiv Sea.
The son was born and grew up. But, unfortunately, after he joined the army, my wife and I got divorced.
Then I married again.
I almost did not communicate with my previous family. By that time, my parents had already died and I buried them.
I understand that I have to blame myself for being in the street – I did not value my relationships with people.
I got divorced once more.
I lived as a loner, worked, rented a room, but then suddenly I broke my hip due to an unsuccessful fall. Then a broken arm was added, on which a plaster was put incorrectly, which was the reason why the bone knitted in a wrong way. I found myself unable to work and got homeless.
I really want to change my life! Yet I do not know how it could be, but I believe that it is possible.”

Photo and assistance in sending to the shelter thank Александр Чекменев (Alexander Chekmenev)