Orphans

A House Made of Splinters review – this extraordinary film about Ukrainian kids is almost too hard to bear

This documentary follows four vulnerable children in a care home in Ukraine, doing their best to get by as the bleak spectre of a state orphanage – and war – looms

November 9, 2022, 20:25 369
How the war affects the orphanage in Ukraine

Ukrainian children become orphans - due to the invasion of the russian federation and, as a result, a difficult socio-economic situation.

October 26, 2022, 21:25 676
University Of Central Missouri: Six Months Into War, UCM Graduate Shares Her Story Of Working With Orphans In Ukraine

“This broke my heart on February 24th, and I’m going to allow it to continue breaking my heart until we see victory”

August 30, 2022, 17:55 444
«All employees of the children's service fled on the first day of the war, grabbing their children and forgetting about orphans": the story of the evacuation of a family orphanage from Donbass

When the full-scale invasion began, the heads of family-type orphanages would not have been able to save their children without the help of volunteers and international organizations.

July 1, 2022, 15:05 722
How to help Ukrainian children with disabilities who were left behind during war

While over 2 million children have fled the war in Ukraine, many disabled children have been left behind in overcrowded, outdated orphanages.

June 15, 2022, 13:25 761
Ukraine suspends intl adoption – Ombudswoman

Ukraine temporarily suspended international adoption for the period of the war, but is grateful to partner countries that give asylum to Ukrainian children.

May 24, 2022, 19:25 1193
First ladies' efforts give Ukraine's orphans a home in Turkey

Atotal of 159 children from orphanages in conflict-ridden Ukraine arrived in the southern Turkish province of Antalya on Sunday.

March 30, 2022, 15:15 1700
Report from an Afghan orphanage (Video)

An ITV News correspondent visits an orphanage in Afghanistan with about 300 children.

January 20, 2022, 18:01 760
Olga Kurylenko interview: My mission to shut down orphanages

“Ukraine has more than 100,000 children living in 600 orphanages – and 92 per cent of them aren’t orphans”

November 10, 2021, 19:22 1673
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Happy Child foundation - effective help to the most needy children of the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine

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Polina Pegova
Polina Pegova

Developmental Delay (ZPMR), Autism

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Mylana Shcherbyna
Mylana Shcherbyna

Epidermolysis bullosa, dystrophic form; chronic anemia

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You donated in 2025

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Our expenses in 2025
To 93 sick children $79 494
Medical equipment: $23 022
Humanitarian help: $131 420
To disabled children: $49 497
To children's village: $3 340
To orphans and poor children: $8 837
"Helpus" - help to adults: $9 901
Service expenses: $32 760
Total sum of expenses: $353 272

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