 with her family in front of their destroyed house In mere minutes, her house went from a family home to a blazing pile of rubble. "Everywhere was fire," recalls Alla Pylypenko, a teacher, as she describes the terrible afternoon last March when Russian tanks attacked her village in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine. Shells struck the house, she says. There's emotion in her voice as she explains what the building used to be like. An old photo she sends via WhatsApp shows a large property with balconies and a pond in the front garden. Images taken after the attack capture the soot-stained, crumbling walls left by the assault. But Mrs Pylypenko and her family now have a new home in the garden of their old one - a factory-made house that was assembled in just a few days last autumn. The building, a donation to the family, was one of the first homes of its kind built by Ukrainian firm HOMErs, which says its designs could benefit millions of refugees and people still in Ukraine who have lost their properties in the conflict . HOMErs, previously known as Tera Monada, has a range of modular houses, made from standardised factory-made units that slot together quickly to achieve the desired final design. Image source, Alla Pylypenko Image caption, Alla Pylypenko and family outside their modular home Given the extent of damage in Ukraine, any reconstruction efforts will have to be both fast and cost-effective. In March, the World Bank estimated that it could take $411bn (£323bn) to rebuild the country. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has, in the past, put the figure at $1tn . "There are about 200 destroyed houses in my community," says Mrs Pylypenko. "Modular houses are absolutely important for us." Her new property is significantly smaller than her old one, she notes. But it is the only such building in her village and accommodates six, including Mrs Pylypenko's 10-month old granddaughter. Her daughter,){kind=link}
In mere minutes, her house went from a family home to a blazing pile of rubble. “Everywhere was fire,” recalls Alla Pylypenko, a teacher, as she describes the terrible afternoon last March when Russian tanks attacked her village in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine. Shells struck the house, she says.
There’s emotion in her voice as she explains what the building used to be like.
An old photo she sends via WhatsApp shows a large property with balconies and a pond in the front garden. Images taken after the attack capture the soot-stained, crumbling walls left by the assault.
But Mrs Pylypenko and her family now have a new home in the garden of their old one – a factory-made house that was assembled in just a few days last autumn.
The building, a donation to the family, was one of the first homes of its kind built by Ukrainian firm HOMErs, which says its designs could benefit millions of refugees and people still in Ukraine who have lost their properties in the conflict.