Saturday, September 17, 2022

Social Orphans in Ukraine

 



Odesa, Ukraine

Tanya 12, who is autistic and does not speak, watches other children draw with chalk in a play area at a facility for people with special needs.  Tanya, like nine in 10 of the children in Ukraine’s orphanage system, is a ‘social orphan’ – children whose parents are unable to care for them or denied parental rights under Ukrainian law.  Photograph:  Edgar Su/Reuters

 

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