Description of the integration initiative implemented
Interviewee 6 speaks Greek and has got used to life in Greece. Although she faced great hardships and deprivations in Ukraine, she decided to work in Greece. She contacted a friend of hers who was already in Greece. She always does the same work because she thinks that she knows it well and is good at it. She rarely goes out or meets her compatriots. She believed that they are without manners, are low-educated, and she does not want any contact with them. She usually surfs over the internet and talks to her via skype to her family every day because she misses them. When she encounters any difficulty, she would first ask her employer’s children or other Greek friends, her previous employers. She believes that they considered her a member of their family. She feels that there is trust between them as they are her closest people. She sends remittances to her family. She does not have any future goals. Initially, her plans included her return to Ukraine, but she has used to live in Greece. She also fears that she will not be able to find employment in her homeland and would not allow her to help her family.

Personal story
Interviewee 6 came to Greece with a tourist visa. Another Ukrainian who was already in Greece helped and advised her to come to Greece. She thought that she would be able to work in Greece to support her children and husband. When she arrived, she worked immediately as a friend of hers to help her find an employer. Then she worked as a live-in caregiver for 12 years, taking care of an elderly couple in Athens. She continued to work as such until now, but as a live-out caregiver. She has been caring an old woman since 2015. She works five days a week for 14 hours a day, from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. 5 for 800 euros a month. After 8 p.m., she leaves and returns to her apartment that she shares with another Ukrainian woman. She is currently self-insured for social security contributions and healthcare insurance. She is responsible for her medication and injections, preparing her meals and bed, bathing and accompanying her.

Analysis of the initiative and individual story
The migratory initiative of Interviewee 6 is associated with linear progress in the search for better income and work. The difficulties experienced emphasize the importance of resilience required to live in a foreign country. Interviewee 6 stressed the importance of live-out caregiving to live-in. In the latter, one cannot do what she wants; she has no personal life or privacy. She has to keep an eye on the elderly all day long and overnight. Now, she feels free. When she works for an employer, she explained that she does it consciously and respectfully. She feels grateful to the Greek employers who employed her and perceived her as part of their family.

Results and Impact
Her work offered her security and the sense that she is useful and can help her family. She felt that her employers appreciated and stood by her in case of need. She misses her family, but she is satisfied that she could help her husband and children.