For more information on the state of Russia's children, check these online sources:

Human Rights Watch, December 1998 report ``Cruelty and Neglect in Russian Orphanages'', www.hrw.org/hrw/reports98/russia2/.

Right of Child program, a joint project of Moscow non-governmental organizations: www.openweb.ru/p_z/Ku/main_e.htm .

For more information about adopting a Russian child, see these online sources:

Christian World Adoption, www.cwa.org/russia.html.

Family & Children's Agency Inc., http://208.31.104.193/fcadopt/russia.htm .

MIR Children’s Foundation, Inc., www.mirkids.com

The Russia Liaison, www.russianadoption.com/about.html.

International Adoption Resource, www.iaradopt.com/russia.shtml.

Joint Council on International Children's Services, www.jcics.org/russia.html.

U.S. State Department, travel.state.gov/adoption_russia.html.

European Adoption Consultants, a nonprofit corporation in Ohio and Illinois: www.eaci.com/russia.htm.

Lifelink, a 104-year-old not-for-profit, charitable health and human service organization related to the United Church of Christ, based in Bensenville, Ill.

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