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A Child Needs a Family: Ivan P., born in 2001

November 27, 2012, 13:00 5833 Author: Maria Semashkina, translated by Daria Sukach www.deti.zp.ua Ivan is 18 years old now

Little Vanya (Ivan) cannot help touching your soul. This cute boy is always all smiles and it seems like he doesn’t need a lot to be happy. He is exultant to go to the children’s playground, to watch TV or to draw.

Despite Vanya’s speech problems he always exactly shows where he wants to go and what he wants to do. If he likes something very much he jumps for joy and expresses his feeling with emotional gestures.

Vanya is very sociable with adults and children. He also enjoys swinging alone. Little Vanya is also keen on soccer he happily plays with his friends. It seems like this sport attracts all the boys around the world!

Vanya loves to colour the pictures, put together puzzles and play with bricks.

You can hardly ever find such a cheerful boy! He is even radiating with joy if he sees a pear. The reason is children in the Child’s Home rarely get any other fruits but oranges in summer.

Children like Vanya are very promising. They only need loving parents who would love and care about them. Perhaps Vanya is Your child you look forward to welcoming into your family? Little Vanya can’t wait to see his mama he’ll present a sea of smiles and love!

If you are interested in adopting Ivan, please read the memo to the potential adoptive parents, guardians, and foster parents; you can also contact Children’s Affairs' service of the Zaporozhia State Administration by telephone (061) 239-01-56 and contact us 0990235609 or 0637336138 for more details since the child came from another region of Ukraine.

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