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According to Ruslan Maliuta, the President of the Alliance for Ukraine Without Orphans, the adoption statistics for Ukraine in 2011 were:
Total Adoptions: 3,078
National Adoptions: 2,109
Breakdown of national adoptions by age of child:
Under 1 year: 844
1-2 years: 645
3-5 years: 419
6-10 years 167
11-17 years: 34
International Adoptions: 969
Breakdown of international adoptions by age of child:
Under 1 year: 13
1-2 years: 103
3-5 years: 172
6-10 years: 412
11-17 years: 269
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| In these blog posts, author Jason Cornwell addresses global issue of suffering and how it relates to our adoption as children of God.
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