Orphans
Arbor Heights family adopts Ukrainian tweens
In just one hour an Arbor Heights couple changed their lives, and the lives of 12 year-old twin sisters, forever
November 2, 2009, 10:00 4486
The citizens of Zaporozhya Svetlana and Victor Ivanovy: "We are ready to adopt from 5 to 10 orphans more"
The family of Victor and Svetlana are taking care of 11 children. The housing problem prevents them from helping more orphans
October 16, 2009, 13:00 4224
Southern Colorado Family Hopes To Adopt Girl With Special Needs
An orphan in the Ukraine is clinging to life Thursday night. Now her survival is dependent on a Southern Colorado family, who is trying to adopt a little girl. The Family needs help adopting the girl
October 13, 2009, 10:00 2376
The Day: Adoption becomes the norm - Ukrainians adopt orphans more often
The situation with adoption has improved in the past three years, reports Ukraine’s Ministry of Family, Youth, and Sports of Ukraine. Last year over 2,000 children were adopted by Ukrainians and 1,500 by foreign married couples
October 7, 2009, 10:00 3104
Couple's Adoption of Three Sisters Leads to Search for Fourth
Ukrainian girls Katia, Darya and Irina needed a home, and the DeSimones needed children. The couple adopted the girls and now is searching for their fourth sister
October 1, 2009, 10:00 9203
Ukraine Says Local Man Hasn't Returned Kids
International adoptions out of the Ukraine could be stalled indefinitely because of a Central Florida man. Documents show Larry Vander Maten participated in a hosting program for Ukrainian children, but he missed a deadline for sending the children home
September 10, 2009, 15:00 3719
Family called to adopt special needs kids
Malone, minister of music at First Baptist Church in Moore, Okla., discovered that in Ukraine, children with special needs are moved to a mental institution once they reach the age of 5 or 6. Few of them survive the first year there.
September 1, 2009, 10:00 4134
SOS Children’s Village to open soon despite setbacks
The Day reported in 2005 about the launch of the project to build a SOS Children’s Village in Kyiv oblast. As it was the project took four years
August 21, 2009, 7:00 2762
Two thirds of Ukrainian families want to adopt a child before the age of three
Only 6,5% of Ukrainian adoptive parents candidates are ready to adopt child older than 5 years old
August 20, 2009, 7:00 2453
Ukrainian orphans find family feeling in Phila
As part of a program sponsored by the Souderton-based Love Cradle USA organization, nine orphans from Ukraine were paired with American families for a monthlong visit
July 30, 2009, 12:00 4949Publications are shown from 61 to 70
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