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Three years on, dreams of driving replaced by survival

Original: On this very day, three years ago, I was saving money to get my driver’s license… I dreamed of driving my father’s car.

A young person from a war-affected region recalls that three years ago they were saving money for a driver's license and dreaming of driving their father's car. Today, they say, the family no longer has a car, and their savings go instead toward tarps and firewood to survive the winter. The reflection highlights how war has stripped ordinary ambitions down to basic survival needs.

Why now: The stark contrast between ordinary dreams three years ago and a fight for basic shelter today resonates as a personal account of the war's toll.

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• On this very day, three years ago, I was saving money to get my driver’s license… I dreamed of driving my father’s car. Today, three years later, we don’t have a car, but I’m still saving my money to buy tarps and firewood, for fear that we’ll drown in the winter, and I’m… · haya200 · 6

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