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In Russia, life for many pensioners is extremely difficult. Minimum monthly pensions are set at subsistence levels for a region. Across Russia the average is £163* monthly, while utility bills cost £45 to £95* per month. After essentials and medication, the elderly are left with little for food or daily needs - so most must keep working to survive. Meet Yusif Until his 40s, Yusif worked at a confectionery factory and lived with his wife and daughter Elena. Sadly, a house fire

Have you decided who to pray for yet? Our Prayer and a Pound sponsorship campaign continues – in fact this is going to be a permanent...

More than a year since the war in Ukraine started, and the needless suffering, loss of life and terror continues daily. While living in...

Not all the women who arrive at the crisis centre are young to middle-aged women with children. Some have been thrust into poverty much...

Meet Sofia, she is 42 and lives at the women's crisis centre with her two boys. When we first met her, she was guarded and quiet....her...

The stories of homeless people are as varied in number as those experiencing it; and the men’s crisis centre sees examples of this every...

Sima & Masha are newly-weds with a new baby; such an exciting time of their lives! In reality, this time will be shrouded in struggle. ...

We hope you have enjoyed our series of blogs about the crisis centre over the past two months.We were so affected by the heart-wrenching...

One of the mums we met on our visit to the crisis centre was Maria. She shared just how much her life has been transformed through the...

In this blog we look a the cost of living for the average Russian... ask yourself, could you survive on this much?