Orphanhood prevention

Making money out of orphans: children are being shown for value, foreigners are paying five-figure sums

Law-enforcement officials are at loss: it is almost impossible to hold anyone criminally liable for traffic in children

December 7, 2011, 15:50 4732
Zaporizhya orphanages are turning children into orphans

The orphancy issue has never left the list of urgent problems. The absence of parental care often leads to personality destruction, difficulties with socialization and consequently increase in crime and social strain in general

November 18, 2011, 0:50 2660
Where do orphans come from?

We travelled through several villages in the Zaporizhia region to clear up this issue

October 24, 2011, 16:30 5116
Street Children: statistics is prettier than reality

They sort of do not exist, but they do

October 20, 2011, 11:55 3956
Artificial “orphan-making”

At present Ukraine is confidently returning to the status of the “Orphan country”

October 19, 2011, 13:10 2543
What is «A Happy Child»?

We named our fund «The Happy Child» because we want all children to be happy! But sometimes you want to take a break and ask yourself: What makes a child happy?

October 19, 2011, 12:35 3568
«Profile» edition: You won’t ever be found

Experts who couldn’t help rejoicing over reduction of the number of orphans in the country not long ago are alarmed now. Ukraine is said to be cutting down adoption programs in all regions. The number of children becoming “artificial” orphans is growing

August 5, 2011, 12:00 2801
Without a Family

Parents in Zaporizhia leave their children in orphanages

June 29, 2011, 8:00 5987
Children thrown away

There is no “Windows of life” in Zaporozhye but there’s an alternative yet.

January 31, 2011, 13:00 5430
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Happy Child foundation - effective help to the most needy children of the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine

They need help:
Igor Ostrohliad
Igor Ostrohliad

Dandy–Walker syndrome, spastic tetraparesis, epilepsy

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Ihor Nikolaievskyi
Ihor Nikolaievskyi

Perinatal hypoxic-ischemic CNS injury, cerebral leukomalacia, seizure syndrome

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Yaroslav Obertinsky
Yaroslav Obertinsky

Congenital brain development anomalies

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You donated in 2025

$ 375 555

Our expenses in 2025
To 93 sick children $79 798
Medical equipment: $23 022
Humanitarian help: $132 436
To disabled children: $49 695
To children's village: $3 340
To orphans and poor children: $8 837
"Helpus" - help to adults: $9 901
Service expenses: $32 890
Total sum of expenses: $354 918

$7 426 887

donated since 2007