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Eastern Europe Photo Albums:
Ukraine
Children find a home.
Family Trip to Russia
Photo album.
Russian Reader Newsletter:
#1 - January, 2002
#2 - March, 2002
#3 - May, 2002

#4 - July, 2002

Reports from the World Wide Web:
"One Child at a Time"
(Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Family Adopts from Kazakstan

 

Russian Federation

World Child International is an accredited adoption agency in Russia. The Russian program has been one of World Child’s most successful and popular programs since its inception in 1994. More than one thousand children have found loving families through this program. World Child places children from several regions in Russia.

DETAILS: Russia Program


Ukraine

Ukraine declared independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991. Ukraine has struggled to develop its industry and infrastructure to support its large population. Ukraine’s economic decline has led to an increase in the number of children in its orphanages. Ukraine re-opened its doors to foreign adoption in 1997 after establishing a centralized governmental committee, the Center for Adoption, to oversee and regulate all adoptions in Ukraine.

DETAILS: Ukraine Program


Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is located south of Russia in Central Asia, northwest of China. The Republic of Kazakhstan gained independence from the former Soviet Union in December 1991. Before independence, it was the second largest of the former Soviet republics in territory. The breakup of the USSR and the collapse of demand for Kazakhstan’s traditional heavy industry products, have resulted in a sharp decline of the economy since 1991. The economic decline has contributed to the large number of children now in orphanages.

DETAILS: Kazakhstan Program

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