Donetsk bread is a branded dish of the region. Their own bakery helps Ukrainian immigrants to maintain hope Anastasia Rudneva, MOM, Ukraine Refugees and migrants in the bakery of Anna Goncharenko in the Ukrainian Dnieper smells of freshly baked bread every day. For many forced immigrants, this aroma became a reminder of the house, and the bakery itself – a symbol of hope. The family business, built from scratch, despite pain and loss, indicates that with support and faith in oneself, much can be achieved. We publish the history of Anna and her affairs on the International Hope Day, which this year is celebrated at the UN for the first time. & Amp; nbsp; until 2014 Anna lived with her husband and four children in Gorlovka, Donetsk region, worked as a doctor at the mine. Life was stable and full of love. Everything changed when hostilities began in the region. The family had to urgently leave – they moved to Toretsk, who remained under the control of Ukraine. ~ 60 > “At first I felt lost,” recalls Anna. – Then I saw an announcement of courses for entrepreneurs. They asked there: “What do you know how to do best ?” and I immediately thought – pancakes! I always prepared them for loved ones. ” Anna Goncharenko in her bakery in the Dnieper in the east of Ukraine. So the idea of a business was born. Anna bought a pancake, a coffee machine and rented a small room. But pastry turned out to be real passion: “In my family, everyone was baked: mother, grandmother. And at first I did not succeed. I suffered failure for failure. But she didn’t give up – she knew that one day it would work out. ” and it turned out. Now in its bakery – more than 20 types of bread. stove with which it all started 60 ~/h2 ~~ 60 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 ~ 62In 2019, the International Migration Organization (MOM) allocated a grant, thanks to which Anna was able to buy a large professional stove. It was she who became the “heart” of the bakery. This furnace has survived shelling, repair and crossings. ~ 60 > “When a full -scale invasion began, I thought only about one thing – how to take the stove. Neither money nor documents were so important. Without it, I would not be able to start everything again, ”says the entrepreneur. in 2022 the family again had to leave the house – this time they moved to the Dnieper. They collected things, took a dog with them, the stove – and all started from scratch. 60 > after a few weeks the bakery earned again. A son, who was not previously interested in pastries, stood up at the stove. The daughter -in -law took up the counter, the husband – with a repair. “We did everything together. For us, a family business is not just a structure, this is the heart of our business, ”says Anna. Today Goncharenko already has two bakeries in the Dnieper – she leads one herself, the second – her son. In 2023, MOM came to the rescue again: thanks to additional support, it was possible to purchase equipment and open new jobs – including for other immigrants. 60 ~ Strong > family Recipes ~ 60 > 62 ~ in the menu – more than 20 types of bread, bunks with cinnamon, cookies, croissants, nuts and corporate chats are a Donbass roll with poppy test. The most popular poppy roulet, prepared according to a family recipe. “There is always a queue for him,” Ganna smiles. -Some recipes did not take root here, but others became loved. I study with customers. ”~ 60 > first buyers in the Dnieper were the same immigrants as she. ~ 60 >“ I wrote in social networks: “Look at tea, just talk”. People came. They were scared, lonely. Like us. We supported each other. Then the locals began to come, ”says Goncharenko. now she dreams of hiring a family – mothers and daughters, spouses, brothers and sisters:“ Family is a support. Only on it can you really rely on it. I want to preserve this feeling, even if the business will grow. ” history of Anna is one of many. Since the beginning of the full -scale invasion of Russia in 2022, MOM supported more than 1800 small and micro -enterprises throughout Ukraine – grants, consultations, equipment. All in order to give people a chance to restore their lives and even succeed in difficult times. ~ 60 > of course, anxiety does not go anywhere. Goncharenko admits that he is still afraid – especially when shelling affects everyday life and business. ~ ~ 60 > “When it rummages at night, there is nobody in the morning,” she says. “But we are still opening.” Because you have to continue to live. ”