'I live in constant fear,' said one Ukrainian mother who works at six orphanages in Western Ukraine.
Reuters reported in September that there were more than 105,000 children in Ukraine's network of more than 700 part- and full-time institutions, or orphanages—just over 1 percent of the child population, the highest rate of institutionalization in Europe, according to data from theand UNICEF. It became more and more difficult to track the children as the war continued.
As time went on, many adults inquired about adopting some of the children. It has been a tumultuous process, he added, because of paperwork delayed by the war. Andrew said that recent arrivals of children—three groups of 40 in each—traveled from Zaporizhzhia, a common target of Russia's missile attacks, and are now considered orphans. Another 817 children are designated orphans across all six UCARE facilities.
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