Clinging to the Hope of a Family
Katya was born with leg deformities, heart problems and an appearance that is typical of someone born with fetal alcohol syndrome, her life was hard from the start. After giving birth, Katya's mum was told by a doctor, “Your daughter is sick, it’s better if you leave her’, so immediately she was placed in an orphanage. Katya is a sweet, modest and gentle girl - rare qualities in orphanage leavers after childhoods in harsh regimes. Yan and Nadya met Katya in her late teens and