Bakhtilie Akhmadullova, 73, lives in Granitne, a village on the frontline in eastern Ukraine. Both her sons and their families had to abandon their houses after they were damaged in shelling and the roofs collapsed.

Thanks to the help of civil society organisations, they are slowly rebuilding their homes but Bakhtilie continues to sleep in her clothes, for fear that further shelling could force them to take refuge in their dark, narrow basement.

After heavy shelling in 2015, Bakhtilie began to lose her voice and now speaks in a low croak. She does not understand why this has happened. Bakhtilie also suffers from hypertension. In order to prevent a deterioration in her condition, she receives free medical advice and medication from doctors and nurses at one of MSF’s mobile clinics, which visits the village twice a week.