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Saving the world, one child at a time.

UAC'S Ukrainian Program currently serves thousands of orphaned and displaced children in the Odessa region. We provide aid to children in more than twenty separate institutions. We offer a wide range of direct services including nutrition, primary healthcare, psychological counseling, and educational programs for both staff and children. Please join us in our continuing effort to relieve the pain and suffering of these needy children half a world away. You can make a difference!

UAC'S Orphaned Teen Scholarship Program

The economic reality faced by a 17 year old being released from an orphanage is bleak. What do they do? Without help, the scenario is scary. Options include prostitution, crime, drug abuse, or suicide. With no family or stable support system, they have little hope. Our Scholarship Program is designed to prepare the teenage orphans for higher education and life management in the outside world. Click here to learn more.

Learn how you can sponsor a teen today!

January, 2012 Success Story of the Month: Lera Radziyevskaya

Lera Radziyevskaya is a class of 2007 graduate from Orphanage #4. Despite spending years in an unsafe, unstable and bleak family environment, Lera was determined to do something positive with her life. While at the orphanage, she spent several years preparing to enter Odessa Medical University where she is still a medical student today. Lera's goal is to become a doctor and help other people.

"I had been dreaming of getting on my own feet since I had heard neighbors whispering behind my back: "Who could she ever be? She was a daughter of her parents!" It was very painful that people had stereotyped and stigmatized a child."--Lera R.

To learn more about Lera's success, please click here .

UAC Ukraine helps break down barriers for disabled young people in Odessa through our Orphaned Teen Scholarship Program!

Clara Pascal, founder and director of UAC's Ukraine Program, with Katya Borodina, a second year Scholarship Program student and a graduate of Orphanage #7 (for children with cerebral palsy and other physical disabilities).

For more information about Scholarship Program students with special needs, please click here. These young people are truly inspiring!

Watch a quick video to learn more about what we do:

Equal Treatment
in an Unjust System

UAC Ukraine has a big place in it’s heart for special needs children. Our goal is to improve the quality of life of these institutionalized children who face many daily challenges.

Click here to learn more.