In 2024, 1,270 orphans and children deprived of parental care were adopted in Ukraine. This figure increased by 27% compared to 2023, which indicates increased attention to the problem of orphanhood and more active participation of Ukrainian families in the adoption process.
This was announced by the head of the State Service of Ukraine for Children's Affairs, Petro Dobromilsky, during a briefing.
“According to operational data from regional children's services, as of the end of 2024, 1,270 orphans and children deprived of parental care were adopted by decision of judicial bodies.
"The number of adopted children in 2024 increased by 27 percent or more compared to 2023," Dobromilsky noted.
According to him, in many countries where wars began, this process was suspended. In Ukraine, however, this process is developing dynamically, and many families are really expressing a desire to adopt children and support them.
In addition, he emphasized that out of 15,021 children who can be adopted, 11,052 have already been placed in family forms of upbringing. The number of candidates for adoption by the end of 2024 is 2,399 people, most of whom seek to adopt children under 5 years old.
We previously wrote that Ukraine is undergoing a reform of the child care and support system, aimed at strengthening families and preventing the separation of children from their families, as well as providing children in need with family-based forms of upbringing.
In particular, the Coordination Center for the Development of Family Education and Child Care directly cooperates with 10 demonstration regions of Ukraine, which receive support in implementing the reform of the child care and support system. As part of the Reform, data on the situation of children and families with children have already been collected and a situational analysis has been conducted at the regional and local levels in each of the 86 communities.
