Alyona Minkovski

My colleagues are working in the extreme difficult and dangerous conditions to scale up our relief for families that are displaced by the war.

We have over 108 workers, of which many have been displaced themselves with their families.

In nearly every neighbourhood, buildings are destroyed with surrounding damages.

Desperate families tape their windows to prevent shattered glass after a blow.

Civilians are paying the highest price for this war.

I also lie awake at night and listen to the heavy explosions in Tehran.

I am worried about my colleagues and their families.

Some are living so close to locations under attack and colleagues have been telling me that the sounds are becoming too much.

Even small cities are under attack and nowhere seems to be safe.

Yet even in this situation people try to help each other.

Conversations now start with inquiring if the other person is okay and still safe.

Despite all this doom and gloom, Iranians are still living.

We are living in a surreal balance of war and everyday life.