Information for non-Ukrainians wishing to help or adopt an orphan from Ukraine

If you wish to help a child from the orphans' personal pages, please read this information.

Clarification about orphanages (internat's) system and number of orphans in Ukraine

Explanation to foreigner visitors from the admin of www.deti.zp.ua

The End of the Orphanage Era

Once I dreamed that there would be no more orphanages in Zaporizhzhia region. That time has come, but I imagined the end of the orphanage era quite differently.

The Complex Fate of Zaporizhzhia Shelters in 2022–2024

The Head of the Children’s Services Office describes details of the evacuation and return of social and psychological rehabilitation centers (shelters) in Zaporizhzhia region.

“Nobody Wants Them”

An investigation by Radio Liberty into alleged abuse at a children's institution evacuated from Zaporizhzhia to Poland.

Houses are being built in Ukraine for 14 large foster families who have been left homeless

In eight regions of Ukraine, the construction of modern houses for 14 large foster families from the frontline areas has begun.

Ukrainian refugee orphans in Sicily: aid, bureaucracy, an incident involving the use of force

ROME - Italy, during the large-scale war against Ukraine, Russia temporarily took in hundreds of Ukrainian orphans and children deprived of parental care.

Key recommendations on the reform of Ukraine’s child protection and care system

Government discusses return of evacuated orphaned children to Ukraine

After returning to Ukraine, evacuated orphans and children without parental care should be placed in families rather than specialized institutions.

The occupiers have developed five scenarios for the abduction of Ukrainian children

In most cases, children are "adopted" with living parents.