Our Angel Girls in Russia

                                                                                                                                                                          Russia seems to have a very high number of children with Down syndrome waiting to be adopted.    We have children listed here from various regions in Russia.  Additional medical info and photos can be obtained early in the process with an inquiry letter (submitted by the agency on your behalf).

These children face institutionalization at the age of 5, and are no longer eligible to be adopted once they are sent away.  All of our children in Russia are considered HIGH RISK.  Please consider choosing one of these angels!

 

Kristina

Girl, Born October 2003

SIGNIFICANT RISK, PLEASE ADOPT ME SOON!!

  • 2 trips

  • One parent for first trip, about one week

  • Both parents travel for 2nd trip, only 4 days

  • One parent stays behind for 1-3 weeks, depending on whether the 10 day wait is waived

  • No family size restrictions

  • No parental age restrictions

  • Total program and travel fees under $25k

  • Fee includes a $500 orphanage donation

  • Multiple children can be adopted simultaneously (from the same orphanage)

  • Married couples and single mothers may apply

Our agency partner involved with this adoption is About A Child.  Please contact Victoria Kats at 888.596.2816 for more information.

I have $0 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

 

Maria

Girl, Born April 2003

SIGNIFICANT RISK, PLEASE ADOPT ME SOON!!

  • 2 trips

  • One parent for first trip, about one week

  • Both parents travel for 2nd trip, only 4 days

  • One parent stays behind for 1-3 weeks, depending on whether the 10 day wait is waived

  • No family size restrictions

  • No parental age restrictions

  • Total program and travel fees under $25k

  • Fee includes a $500 orphanage donation

  • Multiple children can be adopted simultaneously (from the same orphanage)

  • Married couples and single mothers may apply

Our agency partner involved with this adoption is About A Child.  Please contact Victoria Kats at 888.596.2816 for more information.

I have $0 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

 

Paula

Girl, Born March 2003

SIGNIFICANT RISK, PLEASE ADOPT ME SOON!!

  • 2 trips

  • One parent for first trip, about one week

  • Both parents travel for 2nd trip, only 4 days

  • One parent stays behind for 1-3 weeks, depending on whether the 10 day wait is waived

  • No family size restrictions

  • No parental age restrictions

  • Total program and travel fees under $25k

  • Fee includes a $500 orphanage donation

  • Multiple children can be adopted simultaneously (from the same orphanage)

  • Married couples and single mothers may apply

Our agency partner involved with this adoption is About A Child.  Please contact Victoria Kats at 888.596.2816 for more information.

I have $0 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

 

Julia

Girl, Born January 2008

  • 2 trips

  • One parent for first trip, about one week

  • Both parents travel for 2nd trip, only 4 days

  • One parent stays behind for 1-3 weeks, depending on whether the 10 day wait is waived

  • No family size restrictions

  • No parental age restrictions

  • Total program and travel fees under $25k

  • Fee includes a $500 orphanage donation

  • Multiple children can be adopted simultaneously (from the same orphanage)

  • Married couples and single mothers may apply

Our agency partner involved with this adoption is About A Child.  Please contact Victoria Kats at 888.596.2816 for more information.

I have $0 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

 

Oriana

Born August 2004

SIGNIFICANT RISK, PLEASE ADOPT ME SOON!!

  • 2 trips

  • One parent for first trip, about one week

  • Both parents travel for 2nd trip, only 4 days

  • One parent stays behind for 1-3 weeks, depending on whether the 10 day wait is waived

  • No family size restrictions

  • No parental age restrictions

  • Total program and travel fees under $25k

  • Fee includes a $500 orphanage donation

  • Multiple children can be adopted simultaneously (from the same orphanage)

  • Married couples and single mothers may apply

Our agency partner involved with this adoption is About A Child.  Please contact Victoria Kats at 888.596.2816 for more information.

I have $50 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

 

Irina

Born October 2004

SIGNIFICANT RISK, PLEASE ADOPT ME SOON!!

  • 2 trips

  • One parent for first trip, about one week

  • Both parents travel for 2nd trip, only 4 days

  • One parent stays behind for 1-3 weeks, depending on whether the 10 day wait is waived

  • No family size restrictions

  • No parental age restrictions

  • Total program and travel fees under $25k

  • Fee includes a $500 orphanage donation

  • Multiple children can be adopted simultaneously (from the same orphanage)

  • Married couples and single mothers may apply

Our agency partner involved with this adoption is About A Child.  Please contact Victoria Kats at 888.596.2816 for more information.

I have $0 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

 

Stacy

Born March 2008

  • 2 trips

  • One parent for first trip, about one week

  • Both parents travel for 2nd trip, only 4 days

  • One parent stays behind for 1-3 weeks, depending on whether the 10 day wait is waived

  • No family size restrictions

  • No parental age restrictions

  • Total program and travel fees under $25k

  • Fee includes a $500 orphanage donation

  • Multiple children can be adopted simultaneously (from the same orphanage)

  • Married couples and single mothers may apply

Our agency partner involved with this adoption is About A Child.  Please contact Victoria Kats at 888.596.2816 for more information.

I have $0 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

 

Angelina

Born March 2008

  • 2 trips

  • One parent for first trip, about one week

  • Both parents travel for 2nd trip, only 4 days

  • One parent stays behind for 1-3 weeks, depending on whether the 10 day wait is waived

  • No family size restrictions

  • No parental age restrictions

  • Total program and travel fees under $25k

  • Fee includes a $500 orphanage donation

  • Multiple children can be adopted simultaneously (from the same orphanage)

  • Married couples and single mothers may apply

Our agency partner involved with this adoption is About A Child.  Please contact Victoria Kats at 888.596.2816 for more information.

I have $0 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

 

Ekaterina

Born June 2004

SIGNIFICANT RISK, PLEASE ADOPT ME SOON!!

  • 2 trips

  • One parent for first trip, about one week

  • Both parents travel for 2nd trip, only 4 days

  • One parent stays behind for 1-3 weeks, depending on whether the 10 day wait is waived

  • No family size restrictions

  • No parental age restrictions

  • Total program and travel fees under $25k

  • Fee includes a $500 orphanage donation

  • Multiple children can be adopted simultaneously (from the same orphanage)

  • Married couples and single mothers may apply

Our agency partner involved with this adoption is About A Child.  Please contact Victoria Kats at 888.596.2816 for more information.

I have $300 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

 

December 2008

Lyuba/Lilly

Born February 2007

  • 2 trips

  • One parent for first trip, about one week

  • Both parents travel for 2nd trip, only 4 days

  • One parent stays behind for 1-3 weeks, depending on whether the 10 day wait is waived

  • No family size restrictions

  • No parental age restrictions

  • Total program and travel fees under $25k

  • Fee includes a $500 orphanage donation

  • Multiple children can be adopted simultaneously (from the same orphanage)

  • Married couples and single mothers may apply

Our agency partner involved with this adoption is About A Child.  Please contact Victoria Kats at 888.596.2816 for more information.

I have $120 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

 

Olga # 2

Born January 2006

  • 2 trips

  • One parent for first trip, about one week

  • Both parents travel for 2nd trip, only 4 days

  • One parent stays behind for 1-3 weeks, depending on whether the 10 day wait is waived

  • No family size restrictions

  • No parental age restrictions

  • Total program and travel fees under $25k

  • Fee includes a $500 orphanage donation

  • Multiple children can be adopted simultaneously (from the same orphanage)

  • Married couples and single mothers may apply

Our agency partner involved with this adoption is About A Child.  Please contact Victoria Kats at 888.596.2816 for more information.

I have $135 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

 

Anastasia

Born January 2006

  • 2 trips

  • One parent for first trip, about one week

  • Both parents travel for 2nd trip, only 4 days

  • One parent stays behind for 1-3 weeks, depending on whether the 10 day wait is waived

  • No family size restrictions

  • No parental age restrictions

  • Total program and travel fees under $25k

  • Fee includes a $500 orphanage donation

  • Multiple children can be adopted simultaneously (from the same orphanage)

  • Married couples and single mothers may apply

Our agency partner involved with this adoption is About A Child.  Please contact Victoria Kats at 888.596.2816 for more information.

I have $50 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

 

Olga/Orielle

Born July 2005

SIGNIFICANT RISK, PLEASE ADOPT ME SOON!!

  • 2 trips

  • One parent for first trip, about one week

  • Both parents travel for 2nd trip, only 4 days

  • One parent stays behind for 1-3 weeks, depending on whether the 10 day wait is waived

  • No family size restrictions

  • No parental age restrictions

  • Total program and travel fees under $25k

  • Fee includes a $500 orphanage donation

  • Multiple children can be adopted simultaneously (from the same orphanage)

  • Married couples and single mothers may apply

Our agency partner involved with this adoption is About A Child.  Please contact Victoria Kats at 888.596.2816 for more information.

I have $230 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

 

Suzana

Born February 2005

SIGNIFICANT RISK, PLEASE ADOPT ME SOON!!

  • 2 trips

  • One parent for first trip, about one week

  • Both parents travel for 2nd trip, only 4 days

  • One parent stays behind for 1-3 weeks, depending on whether the 10 day wait is waived

  • No family size restrictions

  • No parental age restrictions

  • Total program and travel fees under $25k

  • Fee includes a $500 orphanage donation

  • Multiple children can be adopted simultaneously (from the same orphanage)

  • Married couples and single mothers may apply

Our agency partner involved with this adoption is About A Child.  Please contact Victoria Kats at 888.596.2816 for more information.

I have $70 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

 

Polina # 2/Pauline

Girl, Born September 7, 2006

SIGNIFICANT RISK, PLEASE ADOPT ME SOON!!

Please consider bringing Polina into a loving family of her own!

  • 2 trips

  • One parent for first trip, about one week

  • Both parents travel for 2nd trip, only 4 days

  • Region prefers no more than 3 children at home

  • Total program and travel fees under $26k

  • Fee includes a $500 orphanage donation and a $500 waiting child donation

  • Multiple children can be adopted simultaneously (from the same orphanage)

  • Married couples and single mothers may apply

  •   Easy travel and comfortable accommodations in Moscow

Our agency partner involved with this adoption is About A Child.  Please contact Victoria Kats at 888.596.2816 for more information.

I have $200 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

 

Polina

Girl, Born February 2003

SIGNIFICANT RISK, PLEASE ADOPT ME SOON!!

This darling little girl has been waiting a LONG time for her family.  She is already 5 1/2, but is blessed to still be available for adoption.   Here she is blowing kisses to her new mama and papa!  

Polina was born with an AV Canal defect, but it was surgically corrected in 2004.   She was able to hold her head up at 7 months, crawled at 16 months, and walked at 32 months.    Now, at 5 1/2, she is able to walk and run and play on her own...she eats by herself, dresses herself, speaks with simple words, and follows directions.  She is a loving, calm, affectionate child who is an orphanage favorite. 

Please consider bringing Polina into a loving family of her own!

  • 2 trips

  • One parent for first trip, about one week

  • Both parents travel for 2nd trip, only 4 days

  • One parent stays behind for 1-3 weeks, depending on whether the 10 day wait is waived

  • No family size restrictions

  • No parental age restrictions

  • Total program and travel fees under $25k

  • Fee includes a $500 orphanage donation

  • Multiple children can be adopted simultaneously (from the same orphanage)

  • Married couples and single mothers may apply

Our agency partner involved with this adoption is About A Child.  Please contact Victoria Kats at 888.596.2816 for more information.

I have $0 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

Our agency partner involved with this adoption is About A Child.  Please contact Victoria Kats at 888.596.2816 for more information.

for Polina

 
Seraphima/Shannon

Born March 2005

SIGNIFICANT RISK, PLEASE ADOPT ME SOON!!

  • 2 trips

  • One parent for first trip, about one week

  • Both parents travel for 2nd trip, only 4 days

  • One parent stays behind for 1-3 weeks, depending on whether the 10 day wait is waived

  • No family size restrictions

  • No parental age restrictions

  • Total program and travel fees under $25k

  • Fee includes a $500 orphanage donation

  • Multiple children can be adopted simultaneously (from the same orphanage)

  • Married couples and single mothers may apply

Our agency partner involved with this adoption is About A Child.  Please contact Victoria Kats at 888.596.2816 for more information.

I have $50 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

 

Marina/Miranda

Born October 2005

  • 2 trips

  • One parent for first trip, about one week

  • Both parents travel for 2nd trip, only 4 days

  • One parent stays behind for 1-3 weeks, depending on whether the 10 day wait is waived

  • No family size restrictions

  • No parental age restrictions

  • Total program and travel fees under $25k

  • Fee includes a $500 orphanage donation

  • Multiple children can be adopted simultaneously (from the same orphanage)

  • Married couples and single mothers may apply

Our agency partner involved with this adoption is About A Child.  Please contact Victoria Kats at 888.596.2816 for more information.

I have $215 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

 
 

 

Alina

Girl, Born October 2006

Russia

Alina is another special, very loved little girl whose birth family abroad is seeking an adoptive family for her. 

From her family's description:   "Alina was born in October, 2006. She has gray-blue eyes, fair-haired hair. Very active little one, likes to ride in a swing, to search for toys, to play in clapping hands. She is seldom capricious and seldom cries, willingly goes on contact to strangers.   Alina - the special child, with a syndrome of Down.   As well as all children with Down syndrome, she is non-aggressive and adhered to tutors. The girl is very capable and curious, now she is trained in orphanage, will soon go and speak. If to be engaged with her at home actively, her registration in usual school is quite possible. Now she studies to say the first words but she hasn’t yet told to anybody "Mum"...
Alina has beautiful toys, good meal, convenient bed, kind tutors, but she lacks the most important - mum and daddy"

Alina does have a small heart murmur, but she is doing very well and growing.  We are waiting on more info from the family and her medical records about this, but she will need to be followed by a cardiologist once home.

This is a very special opportunity for Alina and for the family who hopes to adopt her!

  • 2 trips

  • One parent for first trip, about one week

  • Both parents travel for 2nd trip, only 4 days

  • Region prefers no more than 3 children at home

  • Total program and travel fees under $26k

  • Fee includes a $500 orphanage donation and a $500 waiting child donation

  • Multiple children can be adopted simultaneously (from the same orphanage)

  • Married couples and single mothers may apply

  •   Easy travel and comfortable accommodations in Moscow

I have $0 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

 

Evangeline

Girl, Born June 26, 2006

Russia

Eva is a very special little girl.  She is being given one chance to find a family.  Placing her can mean the full referrals of many other children with Down syndrome waiting in this far western region of Russia (close to the border with Europe).

Eva is 2 years old....her mother was very young when she was born, and she simply was not able to care for her.   The truth is that there is no place for her in this society...she wasn't really given a choice but to give her up.   Eva is HEALTHY and doing very well.   She is doing very very well considering her environment, and will really benefit from early intervention services here with her new family!

Please give Eva, and all of the others who will come after her, a fighting chance at life in a loving family, not locked away in a mental institution!!  

    • 2 trips

    • One parent for first trip, about one week

    • Both parents travel for 2nd trip, only 4 days

    • Region prefers no more than 3 children at home

    • Total program and travel fees under $19k

    • Fee includes a $500 orphanage donation and a $500 waiting child donation

    • Multiple children can be adopted simultaneously (from the same orphanage)

    • Married couples and single mothers may apply

    •   Easy travel and comfortable accommodations in Moscow

For more information please contact Victoria Kats at About A Child

I have $205 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

 

My forever family found me!

Maria (Masha)

Girl, Born December 23, 2006

I HAVE A $6,000 GRANT!!

Masha is a very special little girl.  Her birth parents have come to us seeking an adoptive family for their beautiful little girl.  Masha is a Christmas baby!!   She was born on the 39th week, no complications during pregnancy or birth, she cried immediately once born.  Needed no intensive therapy after birth.  She has sandy hair and blue eyes.  She is very sociable and affectionate, joyful, started to sit on her own and crawl at 1 year and 1 month.  Babbling.  Caretakers really love her. The family is a “socially positive” family – no drinking, drugs, etc.  Both parents are healthy, have no infections, chronic or genetic problems that could affect Masha’s health. 

Masha has undergone full medical evaluation at one of Moscow’s central hospitals. She has been diagnosed only with Down Syndrome – cerotype 47,XX +21, no other pathologies of liver, infections, and other problems detected.  Hearing and vision normal.  Good reaction and motor functions.  In Masha’s medical card at the orphanage there are currently the following diagnosis: Down Syndrome, development and movement delays, crossed eyes.   Open oval window, functional cardiopathy.  Masha has lower muscle tone (to be expected in a child with DS – author’s comment).  In the Baby House the child has undergone two courses of massage therapy. 

  • 2 trips, 5 days first, both parents travel

  • 2 1/2 weeks second trip, one parent can leave after court

  • Region prefers no more than 3 children at home

  • Total program and travel fees under $19k

  • Fee includes a $500 orphanage donation and a $500 waiting child donation

  • Multiple children can be adopted simultaneously (from the same orphanage)

  • Married couples and single mothers may apply

  •   Easy travel and comfortable accommodations in Moscow

Our agency partner involved with this adoption is About A Child.  Please contact Victoria Kats at 888.596.2816 for more information.

I have $0 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

for Masha