18-Year-Old Orphan Caring For Four Siblings Moves Donors To Help
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2022
- Vyacheslav, 18, from Ukraine's Donetsk region, became the guardian of four younger siblings after their mother was killed by a Russian shell and their house was completely destroyed. Hundreds have now offered to help the family after their story featured in a video by RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service.
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This young man is incredible and deserves all the help he can get for his family. His mother would be proud of him.
Did you hear him say that he slept on the floor so the 'children' could sleep in beds? Most eighteen year olds would serve their own needs first. It's just the way they are....
I'm coming to him.
😣😣😣😣
He is totally heartbroken. 💔 what a challenge for this young man to raise his siblings. However, GOD never gives us a load too heavy to carry. With his Grace, pray God this family will be a shining example to their Late MOM 🙌🙏🏻❤️
@@joyneethling5619 It has nothing to do with the fictitious person known to idiots like you as god. If god really did exist then why would he put a young family through this torture? Don't respond with the usual; "believers' " answer like "he moves in mysterious ways" or "it's god will". Absolute crap.
Oh my God, the family that gifted Vyacheslav and his siblings a whole apartment! Angels on the earth
Exactly it gives me hope hearing this kind man and his family offer the apartment to Vyacheslav and the children, you can here the emotion in the man's voice when he says God has already helped them and he is paying it back , may they all have a peaceful and happy future.
This is actions instead of empty words and prayers. Well done to them.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😪🙏God protect them in Jesus name Amen🙏
@@abaaba3257 Oh well, no need for armies. You have solved the problems of the world by posting your prayers on RUclips.
Yea, awesome humans. Bcos god is useless POS.
Heartbreaking. He calls his siblings "children" while he's 18, barely an adult himself. At least now they have a safe and comfortable apartment to live in thanks to a good man. War is madness.
No words to express. God bless him.
For sure
Graças a deus.
He isnt an adult man, he does not have that life experience yet. So sad! I am 23 and can’t imagine the responsibility for 4 children. Much respect to him, hopefully he can make the kids turn out half as decent as him!
@@brendavanderveen3135 If god is there for them, why wasn't he there for the mother, or the countless of Ukrainian innocent lives which have been lost, LOL
Her last words being "I'm fine," really hit hard. Even as she lay dying her priority was comforting her son. RIP to a great mother
I caught that too 😥
Really pleased this young lad is getting some support, breaks my heart to see a lad a year younger than my son in this position. 💔
Agreed.
Same here.
I'm really glad this family is getting help. I'm saddened to think that there may be thousands of families in situations that are almost as bad in Ukraine who receive less publicity and help.
Realistically, there really are millions of cases... in varying degrees of likeness to this... that we and the media would never get to know.... because it's just not possible, due to the sheer magnitude of the chaos, destruction, and deaths. Cases like his are broadcast when they're randomly found. It really is just a drop in a very big lake... of suffering in Ukraine and around the world.
👏........👍 👍 👍.....
@@kiabtoomlauj6249 the moment you added the word ukraine to your opinion, you became a hypocrite and all your words are worthless =(
the moment you added the word ukraine to your opinion, you became a hypocrite and all your words are worthless =(
as there are around the World, in other war stricken places...
his mom raised a good man
His Mom made him a good young boy.
I admire this young man. He will be one day become a good father and husband when he have his own family. You will be blessed 😇💖
This amazing young man needs support. He's a child himself, who has just watched his mother die, is grieving, and yet is also stepping up to care for his siblings. He's incredible, but he needs more than money - he needs a solid support system around him so that he can grieve and grow, too. I truly hope that someone over in Ukraine (it needs to be someone local, who knows the language and customs), someone trustworthy, can step up and act "in loco parentis", so that this lad has someone to talk to and to guide him through this unthinkable period ✊️💙💛✊️
I don't think you have to worry about his moral support. Eastern European are not the same like western world cultures. I am sure all the neighbours know him already and provide all the moral support he needs
@@LanaUSA212 Sadly, every culture has it's sharks...
I agree that some areas have good communities, but he's been uprooted from the area he grew up in to the opposite side of his country, so he will have lost many of the connections that he would have previously relied on. He won't be near those neighbours he's known all his life, will have access to donated money, and be surrounded by people who are also in need and may not have his best interests at heart.
That's my concern.
he's a man
@@t-and-p you don't have to worry about it. Like I said Eastern Europeans help each other. You don't live in Eastern Europe and not know your neighbours. Even if you are in new neighbourhood, people will get to know each other very fast. My family and I spent some times moving from pla e to Ave when we immigrated from Eastern Europe and withing a very short time we all knew each other . You have to understand Eastern Europeans. They don't like to be alone. They love noisy parties with lots of music and dancing and big companies . It's not line in America when everyone is sitting in their apparentment and you have to make appointment to visit anyone . People there can visit others randomly and unannounced . You probably didn't understand it , because you have to be born into that culture to understand
@@LanaUSA212 Respectfully, it's not a utopia. Otherwise they would need no police force, no prison system, etc.
*Every* culture has it's sharks.
God bless you brother, you are a good brother, your sisters are a gift for you, bring up them like a mother, whole world is with you. Slava Ukraine🇺🇦.
As an 18 year old myself, I really appreciate his maturity and virtue, really someone to look up to
I think that goes for a whole lot of older people as well, Vyacheslav is certainly a young man with his head turned on right, but then again, he hardly has been given the choice. You don't know what you would do, were you is a similar situation, probably the same because there really isn't a choice here, is there? So, maybe, try to remember there's nothing wrong with being just an average 18 year old. I'm sure Vyacheslav would want to be that, if it were only possible. What really matters is that when the situation calls for it, any situation, you do the right and responsible thing. That's a universal truth, take it for what it's worth.
@@SEPedersen thank you, I try my best
Wow. This is so terrible. What an amazing young man. I’m definitely donating. These poor people.
Where? How?
A good son! a true victim of war! God bless him, i am looking for more people to help!!
My heart just breaks when he says "children" about his siblings. God, he's still a child himself! With such an enormous responsibility on his shoulders
More power to him, had to step up and take over the role of mother and father.
Right? Especially when his siblings his puberty. Especially the girls. He’s going to have to teach them about their bodies. Something his mom should have been there to teach. When his brothers go for a job interview or get married he’s going to have to teach them how to tie a tie. All these sad milestones that he will be taking over. It’s also just so sad that he has to start being so mature. With the money of how he said that the finances will be so expensive. So so sad. But also sad that he said that he can’t cry. Most likely staying strong for his other children. Almost like when a married couple become widowed suddenly and the single parent tries to stay strong for the kids. Same thing going on here. He’s the one giving his siblings the hugs and the shoulder to cry on. That he feels like they will start crying if he starts letting himself be emotional
And he is 18 years old... I'm 18 and I still feel like a child... He doesn't even looks like a grown man, he's still a teenager. I don't know if I can hold the responsibility that's is handed to him now.
He step up and became a man, that has nothing to do with being a father or mother.
@@dutyofcall7659 No he didn't he was already a young man at 15 years old and he is a young man and who happens to be a 18 year old child and in a little while I be in my 20s and just got 14 years to be 34 years old.
@@frog6054 I like your comment.
It is so humbling seeing these kids go through this ordeal. I wish so-called adults in my society could be this mature.
Yep - send them to Russia or Europe for a month - they may or not survive…. But as long as Putin does what he fancies…who carees?
Are you freaking kidding me the kid just saw his mother die
IT'S not a mature thing!
It's a necessity.
So SORRY you're Adults aren't MATURE enough for you KID!!
Very true
This young man will become a very good and responsible father to his children someday. God bless him.
Prayers to him and his family for brighter days ahead. His mother would be so proud of him.
Such a brave caring young man! Keeping the children together! His Mama would be so proud of him! God Bless him with his future with his siblings!
I feel him, I’m 19 and barely have any responsibility but he has to look after his four younger siblings now and tackle far too many problems ahead. This is heart wrenching to have had happened to them at a very young age.
His crying absolutely tears me apart. He is grieving while stepping up to keep his family together. His mother raised a loving young man. I commend her. Sweet young man my heart goes out to you. Is there a donation link to him? Maybe we could all help him somehow.
Dobrogo dny
Being an 18 th year old girl I can't even thought how this guy have taken the responsibility of his siblings at such a young age . God bless their family and give them strength in future 💕
May The Almighty protect and guide these Kids throughout especially the eldest one.And we hope you study medicine and become an amazing doctor💛.
PAH! Your almighty did nothing when it allowed his Mother to be murdered by the #russiaterroriststate . What makes you think it will _protect and guide_ these kids it has already abandoned once?
Amen!
If there is an "Almighty" then he caused the problem in the first place. Grow up, think about it rather than something that you learned from an early age and in which you have been indoctrinated.
Amen too.
This is the second interview I saw with him and his siblings and their situation. He is a strong young man, what touched me was that they were given an opportunity to leave the Ukraine and he opted to stay.... this our my country, our home ..... stay strong and bless
Sweet heart, your mother would be so proud of you. I lost my mother 5 years ago and it was just horrible and I'm an 60 yr old lady... I can't imagine how horrible it is for you. You are strong beyond your years. You have a beautiful family. I know your mother is in heaven bragging on you for being so brave and strong... I will keep you and your family in my prayers... Sending love and hugs from USA, TX.
Дякуємо за розуміння
Hello Jeana🌹it's nice meeting you here on RUclips. I had almost same experience with you. I lost my both parents when I was 11🥺 and I know how I strived hard to survive but now I'm 65yrs old man living in luxury by God's grace. You must such a kindhearted woman to always remember him in your prayers. Greetings from NJ🤗
@@marcosbenson8396 Hello Markoc
This is the what a man should do in this case. Not a 18 year old boy. This young man deserves donations that don't stop till he is 21. We must carry him through. He deserves this at minimum. Nobody should have to go through this alone. If we do this for him he can save his work money till he turns 21. Then he will have this money to keep his family together and maybe start a business to support them all. War has no place in today's world. We must never choose war over peace. Love is the only way to paradise. We should take note of this fact and help a stranger today.
I just want to put my arm around him and tell him the world love him. I wish I could adopt him and all his sibling they are so beautiful and broken heart. He is still a child, need to get back to school.
This young man has a good heart. His mother would be proud.
Hello Treasure 🌹 it's nice meeting you here on RUclips. They did a great job out there. Wish we had lots of people like them around the world
What an amazing man . Praying for you all . Your mother is so proud of you and is watching over you all .
What a amazing 18 year old boy and I be a 19 year old girl in December and I was born in 2004 and I'm a good Older sister of my little brother who is just 5 years younger than me and my sister who is a bit younger.
Dear young man my name is Sherri I live in the USA I would love to bring you and your siblings here with me. I am 58 and I have no family either so I would love to be there for you. I could never replace your sweet mother but I would love to take care of you all to the best of my ability I am in good health. I am not rich but I would take care of you all make sure you go to College while I take care of your brother and sisters. Please whomever sees this let me know if it’s possible for me to bring them here to the USA.
Poor kiddos, I'm so proud of this young lad, all he cared about was keeping his siblings together and safe. Their doing really well now, kids are in school and he's attending university while he cares for the young ones. It's hard but he's coping. There's an update on the young kid if you search RUclips!
Good God!! My heart is so heavy. I'm a 47 year old man, who's been to prison, and I am 😭
You're a crying emoji?
@@frog6054 you're a frog?
@@cyndianderson7056
Indeed I am.
what did u go to prison for?
@@cyndianderson7056 BWAHAHAHA
Thank God . I’m so happy they gave them a place to live . Wonderful news .
Hello Veronica 🌹 it's nice meeting you here on RUclips. They did a great job out there. Wish we had lots of people like them around the world
Такая травма у деток на всю жизнь... Держитесь дети,мир не без добрых людей,вы большая семья,вы нужны друг-другу.Ваша мама смотрит на вас с неба.🇺🇦❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
РФ має бути за це покарана
@@xeonxeonko4265 ABSOLUTELY. THE LORD HIMSELF WILL REVENGE BECAUSE HIS WORD SAYS VENGEANCE IS MINE SAITH THE LORD I WILL REPAY, especially where children are concerned.
@@xeonxeonko4265 what if it's Ukrainian soldiers ciz they were killing their own people too
@@truthbetold9215 this boy is from donetsky and there its the Ukrainian soldiers bombing coz the people from there want to be a Republic and stand with Russia
Thanks for bringing tears to my eyes, its 4:12 am here and watching this hits hard at my emotion....
I cannot imagine how these children are feeling, I pray for their protection..........🙏🏽💙🇦🇺
Бедняжка милый. Какую же боль тебе приходится переносить. Так хочется вас всех обнять, успокоить, чтобы вы никогда больше вы не знали беды.
Всех вам благ, милые, много любви и добрых людей!
Como quisiera darle un habrazo a ese chico, como una madre, por todavia es un niño,pedire que dios los proteja y los cuide🥺
Prayers for him and his family .and the Ukrainian people.🙏😇✝️💙💛💚💛💙💛💛
His voice is quite deep for his age. Their story breaks my heart. Im so happy someone could help them...
Here is a boy thrown into being a man,father,mother and still be a brother! I have a good feeling this Lil family will be just fine...I wish I could help but I am not able. Looks to me his mother raised a fine young man!!
Our prayers go with this Young man because today he becomes the man his parents knew he would be, Lord and Savior will look over him Amen.
Amen! Jesus hold him in His hands, protecting him from more hurt.
@@elvenkind6072 Why did Jesus not protect him and his family in the first place? Jesus was a con man (confidence trickster). They even existed over 2000 years ago.
@@Robob0027 exactly! That's what I really hate about these religious nuts, that they always come out with "God is with you, God will guide you, God will help you" and similar. If God wanted to really help, he/she should have kept them safe in the first place!
"Hands that do are worth more than mouths that pray"
@@MissMariQueen Never a truer word ever said.
You can tell these children were raised by an amazing woman, and even though he’s still a kid himself, I can see that he’s the best big brother ever. My heart cannot take this.
This is what happens when people sleepwalk into hatred or apathy - good people die, and the most innocent among us are the ones who suffer.
God bless this beautiful, loving family - and God bless and protect Ukraine. 💙🇺🇦💛
Thank God that 18-year-old boy stepped up to the plate to take care of his siblings
"Excuse me I can't cry"...No you can
What a humble beautiful kid. And the responsibility he’s taken on. What a great kid.😂
He is not a kid he is a teenager who is a child and 16 kinda like a young adult and teens age 13 to 19
This is the kind of man that i respect
I just want to go and hug him. 🥺
the poor babies. We would adopt them all in a heartbeat. My wife and I have been together 20 years next year and we have no children.
You both would be great parents, if all 5 of them were in you and your wife's cares.
I start crying when he was crying. May God Bless you young man😢😢😢
A young hero doing his best for siblings 👍👍👍. God bless them 🙏🌺🌺🌺🌺.
Hello🌹 it's nice meeting you here on RUclips. The young man did a great job out there. Wish we had lots of people like him around the world
Such innocent kids, now they have known the horrors of war the pain of losing a loved one...such tragedy but God is always upon Ukraine! You will survive! Stay strong little ones! Long live Ukraine!
I've watched him in different interviews and he Crystal every time he speaks about his mother and that breaks my heart while I watch this in comfort and I feel guilty mann as they struggle 💔
This young man, a child himself, definitely needs help.
HOW do we send money directly to him?
It is better to donate to an aid organization for children in need. Early on he opened a paypal for those who could help, but he closed it after scammers started impersonating him and taking people’s money.
While some of it is gonna get lost to overhead in an aid organization, you don’t need to worry about the money not going to the kids who need it, even if it may not be that specific kid. If in doubt about who donate to, UNICEF usually posts the most reliable and immediately useful aid groups on their website.
@@luxborealis I'd listen to the advice given in this post. I'm terrified that young, fragile youth like this will become only more destroyed by the evil of this world, God protect these children and give them strength to carry on without their mother. I'm 43 and can't imagine not having my mother, so I couldn't respect the 18 year old more.
@@luxborealis 👍 UNICEF !!!
@@crobnson Merçi beaucoup !!!
I know this may sound weird, but World Central Kitchen may know. They're right there working with these people. And they have the highest ranking on Charity Navigator. I'm sure they'd know who's trustworthy.
If I could only adopt them... May they find strength from one another. In war...not even one is winning. My heart breaks seeing the teenager crying...seeing the other children.
My love from scotland please be strong you are wonderful 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Hello🌹 it's nice meeting you here on RUclips. The young man did a great job out there. Wish we had lots of people like him around the world . Greetings from Bristol
Please cont updates on this family’s progress. Thank you for your excellence in journalism; posting as news happens. It’s the catalyst that can turn despair into hope, and hope into action! ✨
what wonderful people, all of them
God Bless him & his siblings, Forever. Keep Them Lord, & Protect them. Amen
He got huge balls than mine to handle such huge responsibilities, huge respect for him... And my condolences for the lost of his love ones...
The pain will never disappear. Kudos to all who helped these kids, although I understand it's a really heartbreaking situation everytime the memory of your mom comes back.
You are a wonderful human being, Vyacheslav. Your parents would be proud of you for sure. May God bless you and your siblings!
This senseless war has broken many families and homes. You cannot watch this with dry eyes. This courageous young man deserves a big hug. Even though I'm on the other side of the world, you in my prayers.
My heart goes to them ...from Thailand 🇹🇭 ❤️
Дай бог вам счастья, здоровья, чтобы все у вас сложилось, вы заслуживаета счастья!!!
Breaks my heart. Vyacheslav is still a kid with such a load of responsibilities not every adult is capable of carrying.
He is a teenager who is a child younger than 20 and I got just 15 years to be 34 years old and I was born in 2004
Very good hearted young man to raise his siblings. Even adult men abandon their kids daily all over the world yet he stepped up when duty called. He will have all he needs as God is on his side. God will see him through emotionally and provide for the family. God will also be there with his mother until he is ready to go to the next level of learning. She is not gone forever. Our souls are eternal. Sending prayers of lots of healing and love ❤️❤️
He himself is just a kid ♥️ i pray to lord he his taken care of,no pain,give him strength.
He is a very good looking lad. So sorry for this young man, to have his mum taken away like that. Hope he finds all the help he and his siblings need soon.
that's great news. i'm so glad that he and his siblings are getting help as i was brought to tears when i first saw his story many weeks back.
Oh, sweet Jesus... this is so much for one so young! My heart breaks for this little family.
God bless you with peace ♥️
God bless this amazing hero. Such a beautiful and inspiring soul he is. Thank you, kid.
Meanwhile in France the donations for all kinds of help for Ukrainians dropped dramatically, because somehow, due to a source or sources of information unknown to me, the popular belief recently planted into French people's minds is that Ukraine has already received everything it needs and its people don't require any further aid.
Bless this boy, he's a true hero too.
Russian disinformation at work to shut down humanitarian donations. Russia has destroyed so much of the victim's daily life that aid will be needed for a long time.
They don't know what second breakfast is? It's time to double down.
I'm glad for the reports about this family's situation. No doubt that is enabling them to get the help they need.
It is not so easy to raise four child at a young age, unlucky to him, he has to go through this Sad and devastating situation since his mother was a victim of the said conflict😔it's hard but he needs to be strong and continue life now that he's the only hope to his younger siblings☺️❤️I wish he may find happiness and peace of mind. Godbless you dear and keep on fighting surely your mother would be proud of you❤️🙏.
I hope he will accept to move to this 5-bedroom apartment. They need that to grow normally... Normally as they can after all they've been through... Poor kids 😞😞💕💕💕
I hope this stupid war will end soon 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🕊️🕊️🕊️
Bless this young man and all he is doing ❤️
Hello Ronda🌹 it's nice meeting you here on RUclips. They did a great job out there. Wish we had lots of people like them around the world
Oh my God, this breaks my heart, 18 years old and he has to finish raising his siblings, I hope and pray people give him as much help as he deserves 🙏
Hello🌹 it's nice meeting you here on RUclips. They did a great job out there. Wish we had lots of people like them around the world
I hope this young man keeps himself and his family safe! Ukraine has really been through a lot in these last few months!
The bravest people in war time are often unarmed.
This young man stepping up for his siblings in this way is amazing. His mother would be so proud of him. These youngsters need all the help than can be given. My heart goes out to all of them.
What an awesome family! So proud of all of them and I’m sure his mom is guiding him along!🙏🏻❤️
wish i could help. praying for you Ukraine. slava Ukraine. from South Africa.
My God.im in tears watching this.Youre the best teenager in the world..You are a good role model to many boys especially those who are in bad influence.
This boy is so resilient and strong. There are no words for how brave and mature he is, I hope nothing but the best for this family🥲
all through a mad dictator , the world is with you Ukraine god bless this family and all the others- GLory to Ukraine
when people need help it's up to all of us to help any way we can, every little bit helps.
This poor young man with his siblings need all the help they can get
GOD BLESS YOU ALL
💯🥰🥰🥰
Where is a link to support this family? My son took care of me and his three sisters while serving the United States. Yes, I work, but he always made sure we had enough. This young man reminds me of him, blue eyes, the same hair color, very loving and he will put his emotions aside to help his siblings feel his strength. Your mother is proud of you. She did a fine job with her beautiful children. It takes a good woman to raise a good man.
If only I was rich I would buy you a home, help you and your siblings with your studies. Even bring you here in my country, to start a new life and away from the conflict. Stay Strong 💪
Continue to be strong and take care of your siblings you wonderful Ukranian man.
His voice 💕
This young man...
Uniquely Ukranian...
A hero of humanity...
🇿🇦🕊🇺🇦🫂🌻
This just shows that he’s a responsible son and big brother to his siblings even though their mom died he still managed to be strong for the sake of his other siblings
Hope Putin and his murders see this .God bless this young man and his family .How can I donate?.
Yes please let us know how we can donate
Poor boy! I really cannot comprehend that he must be feeling. Let the Most High gv him d courage to face the irreparable loss of his mother and accept life as a 'challenge'.
He is amazing his mum would be proud. Love you
Hello🌹 it's nice meeting you here on RUclips. The young man did a great job out there. Wish we had lots of people like him around the world
God please cover and comfort this young man and his siblings with you precious blood and hands.
Oh my God! I would like to take this young guy and his brothers and sisters to Austria or to Switzerland where they could live a peaceful life and forget this cruel war. God bless them.
He is being forced to be a man before his time, simply incredible is his response. I feel so humbled by my efforts in life.
What an honourable young man...so proud to have you in the human race.