Sophya Shneiderman during 7 years is client of "Home care" service of Hesed "Shimon". This small, grey-haired woman with the surprisingly affable light face is Red Star Knight, participant of a heroic defense of Leningrad survived since the first till the last day blockade and survived due to 125 grammas of bread per day, which was given out by cards. "125 blockade gramme, with fire and blood half-and-half", - wrote those days poetess Olga Bergoltz.
Sophya Shneiderman during war has lost little daughter. In 1943 her husband, battle pilot - navigator was lost. Itself Sophya during blockade worked in accounts department of the air shelf and after war was awarded with order of Domestic war of the second degree, medal "Veteran of war". But award, dearest for her - is medal "For a defense of Leningrad".
In Shymkent Sophya Shneiderman arrived in 1958, on her words "for a minute", by virtue of the usual family circumstances.
- I have remained for a minute, and it turned out - for the whole life, - with a smile says Sophya Shneiderman. In those times she had the glory as one of the best chief accountants of the regional centre.
Sophya Shneiderman says the huge thank to Hesed for the help, which is rendered to her by the program "Home care" she very much loves cleanliness, and in her 86 years to do such work becomes more and more difficult and, nevertheless, she tries to do adequate work.
Now Sophya lives alone in a small apartment at the centre of Shymkent workers of Hesed, her friends, colleagues frequently visit her. She is very interesting narrator and interlocutor.