In the Kharkov region, more than a thousand children are waiting for adoption

In the Kharkov region 1 thousand. 174 children are waiting for adoptive parents. This was reported in the press center of the news agency Status Quo, the head of the Children's Service of the Kharkov Regional State Administration Olga Shevchenko.

According to her, 86 children who can be adopted are children under the age of five. 694 children have brothers and sisters, 87 children have a disability.

There are 106 prospective adoptive parents registered in Kharkov Oblast. Of these, 85 are married couples, and the rest are single women.

Total as of September in 2017. in the Kharkov region 72 children were adopted. Of these, eight children were taken by foreign nationals.