The number of orphans in Donetsk region has increased by two times for the last 15 years – from 8,000 up to 16,900 kids. Chief of Regional Health Department Natalya Mukhlynina has revealed at a meeting in Malyutka orphan asylum.
Over 150 infants are abandoned annually in maternity houses of Donetsk region. 90% of these kids set in the orphanage and only 10% of them are adopted.
Mukhlynina revealed that there are five orphanages in the regions with 610 kids 1month-4-year aged living there.
