WHERE FAMILIES completed THROUGH ADOPTION IN EASTERN EUROPEAN AND CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES FIND HOPE, HELP, AND COMMUNITY.   

WELCOME TO FAMILIES FOR RUSSIAN & UKRAINIAN ADOPTION_SM (FRUA_SM), INCLUDING NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES.

With regional chapters across the US and members around the world, FRUA INC provides international adoption support resources for families completed through adoption in Eastern European and Central Asian countries. A 501(c)(3) parent support organization, FRUA offers family and adoption education resources, it's journal The Family Focus, a private chatroom, social media connections, and a supportive community that nurtures adopted children and supports parents and families. 

The adopted children of FRUA INC (Including Neighboring Countries) families come from all former Soviet block countries and republics. Please click on  these to learn more about these countries/republics and their cultures: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgystan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, as well as many ethnic cultures within these countries including Roma (Gypsy), Slavic, Turkic (Tartar, Bashkir, Chuvash, Uyghur, Yakut, Dolgan, Tuvan, etc.), Uralic, Mongolic, Asian, Tungusic and other non-Turkic native Siberian cultures (Evenk, Buryat, Mongol, Yukaghir, Nenet, Komi, etc.)

FRUA believes that every child deserves a forever family and celebrates the rich heritage of our children's birth countries. Our Orphan Support efforts ensure we never forget the children left behind in those orphanages.