Picture: Chernyshova Yevheniya Rodionivna, director of the Centre

The old NAC web site (down now) had photos that several people are looking for. This blog entry is for them. These are government photos and from what I can tell aren't copyrighted.

About the NAC in the Ukrainian government's own words.

In support of UNO Convention on children's rights that was ratified by Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on February 27, 1991, our state recognized importance and necessity to give priority to the placement of orphaned children and children deprived of parental care in families over their placement in residential-educational institutions that was widely spread during long period of time. Adoption is one of the most important activities in the system of social protection of childhood.

In 1996 the Centre of adoption was created. It is determined that the Centre is a public institution that facilitates placement of orphaned children and children deprived of parental care in the families of the citizens of Ukraine and foreigners by way of adoption.

Joint committee on adoption of children who are the citizens of Ukraine by foreign citizens was created by order (No. 34/2002) of January 17, 2004 of the President of Ukraine in order to coordinate activities of central and regional bodies of executive power on adoption of orphaned children and children deprived of parental care by foreigners and effective protection of rights of such children. Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine ensures organizational support of its activity.

Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine is the head of the Committee; members of the Committee are the deputy heads of the ministers of related ministries, officials of other central bodies of executive power.

Legal organizational mechanism of adoption in Ukraine is based on the principles that meet the requirements of international standards. They are as follows:

• every child has right to grow up in the family;



• priority shall be given to domestic adoption;



• international adoption shall be considered as alternative only when adoption in the native country of child is impossible;



• all questions that can appear during adoption procedure shall be decided in accordance with current legislation of Ukraine;

Before the NAC web site when down I got copies of the smaller photos. Here they are.



Picture: Sykhetska Tetyana Mykolayivna, head of department of normative support and organization of work with prospective parents





Picture: Symonenko Tetyana Vasylivna, head of registration department



Picture: Melnychuk Tetyna Ivanivna, main psychologist, head of the sector of department of normative support and organization of work with prospective parents



Picture: Tomashchuk Mariya Volodymyrivna, head of general department, Vaskovska Puslana Mykhaylivna, main specialist of general department



Picture: Workers of the Centre: Melnychuk Tetyana Ivanivna – main psychologist, Bolkun Maryna Oleksandrivna – main specialist, Khimich Larysa – specialist of the Center



Picture: Gamachek Valentyn Anatoliyovych, main specialist, doctor



Picture: Mykhno Oksana Grygorivna, head of the sector of department of normative support and organization of work with prospective parents



Picture: Moroz Kateryna Grygorivna, main specialist of department of normative support and organization of work with prospective parents



Picture: Malysheva Olga Pavlivna, main specialist of registration department



Picture: Bolkun Maryna Oleksandrivna, main specialist of department of normative support and organization of work with prospective parents




Picture: Sereda Iryna Oleksandrivna, main specialist of department of normative support and organization of work with prospective parents



Picture: Vaskovska Ruslana Mykhaylivna, main specialist of general department



Picture: Slabinska Lyudmyla Vasylivna, main specialist of general department



Picture: Kuzmin Yevgen Leonidovych, main specialist of registration department



Picture: Yakubovska Polina Anatoliyivna, main specialist of registration department



Picture: Lopantsev Yuriy Gennadiyovych, main specialist of registration department, doctor



Picture: Grynchuk Sergiy Anatoliyovych, main specialist of registration department



Picture: Cherkashyn Mykhaylo Anatoliyovych, administrator of the Center



Picture: Tyshchenko Maryna Mykolayivna, accountant general, Grybunova Klavdiya Petrivna, main specialist