Zaporizhzhia region has unfortunately been among the "leaders" in Ukraine for many years in terms of the number of children in orphanages. Alongside the development of family-based care, orphanages continued to operate, accepting children from crisis families and children with disabilities. A sharp turning point occurred in the first months of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, when not a single orphanage was prepared for evacuation, and children wer...

The fate of institutions and children has been different. Some orphanages were evacuated from the occupied territories, some from the parts of the region controlled by Ukraine, while for some, particularly the Molochansk orphanage, there is still a lot unknown. As of early 2026, there are effectively no institutions for children in full-time care in the areas of Zaporizhzhia controlled by Ukraine, although institutions named "orphanage" continue to function as regular schools without accommodation. A...

Evacuation of orphaned children abroad saved lives, but it has been accompanied by complex and controversial situations. Some children from the Berdyansk orphanage are still in Italy due to court decisions, requests for refugee status, and security issues; some have reached adulthood and remained abroad. In other cases, evacuated institutions are functioning steadily, like the Huliaipole orphanage in Poland, or have found themselves ...

To find out how to help foster families and family-type orphanages in Zaporizhzhia, you can contact the Child Services.

For those who wish to support orphaned children in Zaporizhzhia, we offer the opportunity to join our "Happy Home" project, where we help family-type orphanages and foster families from Zaporizhzhia region evacuated to other regions.

Below is the information about orphanages in Zaporizhzhia region, which we have collected and updated over many years — from 2004 to 2022. Some institutions have already been closed, evacuated, or renamed, while others remain on the occupied territories by Russia.

We decided to preserve these pages on the website because for hundreds and thousands of children, these institutions were their home for many years. The children have grown up, but the memory of their childhood will remain on our website.

Pages of orphanages and children's homes in Zaporizhzhia region (archive)