i don t know what happened with my mom. if she died or the fact that march is the last time you talk to your mom. do you know where she is now? i don t know. ukraine has one of the largest orphanage systems in europe. carrying almost 100,000 children according to unicef. the agency also warns that children fleeing war are at heightened risk for trafficking, it s a concern for the director of lease orphanage. it s a big danger, he says, it s why they ve registered all the children with the ukrainian embassy here in poland. ukraine is among the top countries for u.s. adoptions according to state department data. it s where american wendy ferrell found her daughter. she then started a non profit to support this orphanage and so here when the war broke out. what is it like to watch these
the day for these kids. they are or friends who fled to poland with their caretakers. among them, 15 year old leah, we are withholding her last name. this is the second time leah has fled conflict in ukraine. in 2014, she escaped violence in the east. now, eight years later, retreating rest again. many ukrainian orphans like her are deemed social orphans. they have living can parents unable to care for them. my mom in mariupol. and my dad in kyiv with my brother. and it s hard. i don t know what happened with my mom. if she died or the fact that march is the last time you talk to your mom. do you know where she is now? i don t know. ukraine has one of the largest orphanage systems in europe. carrying almost 100,000
and my dad in kyiv with my brother. and it s hard. i don t know what happened with my mom if she died or reporter: the 5th of march was the last time you talked to your mom yes. reporter: do you know where she is now? i don t know. reporter: ukraine has one of the largest orphanage systems in europe caring for almost 100,000 children according to unicef the agency also warns that children fleeing war are at heightened risk for trafficking it s a concern for nicola, the director of leah s orphanage. it s a big danger, he says. it s why they registered all the children with th ukrainian embassy here in poland. ukraine is among the top countries for u.s. adoptions, according
my mom, if she died or march was the last time you talked to your mom? yes. do you know where she is now? i don t know. reporter: ukraine has one of the largest orphanage systems in europe, caring for almost 100,000 children, according to unicef. children fleeing war at at heightened risk for traffic. it s a concern for the director of leah s orphanage. it s a big danger, he says. that s why they ve registered all the children with the embassy here in poland. ukraine is where wendy farell found her daughter. what s it like to watch all these kids go through this?