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!
May, 2012 Success Story of the Month: Restoring Orphans' Housing Rights

UAC Ukraine works hard to ensure that all of our orphans’ rights are upheld and not
violated by corrupt government officials, swindlers or thieves. When Scholarship Program students Vera and Lena Dengub (pictured, right) learned that their inherited apartments had been sold illegally, they turned to UAC's lawyer Tatiana Taraschanskaya (pictured, left) for help. Please click here to read about Tatiana's tireless battle to defend the Dengub children's housing rights.
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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: