Andriy Malashenko
Child ID: 41006 Ukraine
Andriy lives with his parents in Ivankiv, a small town that is 50 km from the Chernobyl nuclear plant. His mother had a very difficult delivery when Andriy was born. This affected Andriy’s brain. He has had an operation to help… Continue reading
Artur Karapetyan
Child ID: 41786 Ukraine
Artur lives with his mother, father and an older brother in a village called Soloviivka. His mother moved to Ukraine from Moldova and married. Her husband was an alcoholic and he abused her. Once he hit her in the ear so… Continue reading
Alyona Shmarko
Child ID: 41014 Ukraine
Alyona lives in Kyiv, which is one hundred km far from the Chernobyl nuclear plant, with her parents, four brothers and two sisters. They live in a four-room apartment.
The girl is in the seventh grade at school now. Her favorite… Continue reading
Karina Puyda
Karina ’s family lives in a small town called Brusilov. They were missionaries and didn’t have children when they moved there. Since that time, they had two boys, but they dreamed of having a daughter. Finally, in 2001, Karina was born.… Continue reading
Illya Kokhanskyi
Child ID: 41476 Ukraine
This family of five lives in a village in a three-room house. In 1996 the family left Kiev and moved to this village where Illya’s father was supposed to plant a church. But it never happened and, moreover, later Illya’s father… Continue reading
Mark Veduta
Child ID: 41720 Ukraine
Six of them live in a three-room apartment. Mark has two brothers, Yegor, 1999 and Gleb, 2007, and a sister, Lilia, 1997. His mother is a housewife and his father works as a horseman trainer. Mark has poor health and suffers from… Continue reading
Nadia Dedenistova
Child ID: 41574 Ukraine
Nadia is an adorable girl. Unlike many children in the Ukraine, she, fortunately, is in pretty good health and seems to be happy. She is very sociable, curious and agile.
Before Nadia’s mother started having children, she was a fourth year… Continue reading
Yana Sachenko
There are three generations living in a four room house consisting of nine people. She lives with her grandparents, mother, two aunts, an uncle, and two cousins. Her two aunts did participant in the Mercy Projects Child Sponsorship Program when they… Continue reading
Sofia Golyonko
Sofia is just one of ten children in her family. Her health is fair, but she tends to catch bronchitis often. She attends first grade in school. She likes to draw. She also likes to play with toys and with their… Continue reading
Volodymyr Tischenko
Volodymyr lives in a village in the southern part of Ukraine. This area became famous after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident. Volodymyr’s mother is a housewife. His father worked as an electrician, until he had a car accident. He is now… Continue reading










