Orphanage

An orphanage is defined as "An Institution that houses children whose parents are deceased or whose whereabouts are unknown." The term is generally considered outmoded in the United States, although it is frequently used to describe institutions abroad, where it is a more accurate term, since the word orphan has a different definition in international adoption. An orphanage is a residential institution devoted to the care of large numbers of children. Although many people presume that most children resident are orphans this is often not the case with four out of five children in orphanages having at least one living parent and most have some extended family. Most orphanages have been closed in the West. There remain a large number of state funded orphanages in the former Soviet Block but many of them are slowly being phased out in favour of direct support to vulnerable families and the development of foster care and adoption services where this is not possible.

Few large international charities continue to fund orphanages; however, they are still commonly founded by smaller charities and religious groups. Some orphanages, especially in developing countries, will prey on vulnerable families at risk of breakdown and actively recruit children to ensure continued funding, orphanages in developing countries are rarely run by the state.

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Donald Trump dropped his biggest hint yet on Monday as to whom he'd consider as a potential vice president. The Republican frontrunner name-dropped ex-presidential candidates Marco Rubio and Scott Walker, as well as John Kasich, one of the three remaining men vying for the GOP's nomination. "There are people I have in mind in terms of vice president," he told USA Today. "I just haven't told anybody names ... I do like Marco ... ... ....

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File - Dr. Stephen Hawking, a professor of mathematics at the University of Cambridge, delivers a speech entitled "Why we should go into space" during a lecture that is part of a series honoring NASA's 50th Anniversary, Monday, April 21, 2008, at George Washington University's Morton Auditorium in Washington.

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If we are lucky, it’s a couple of decades.” – Avi LoebThe project relies on the idea of photonic propulsion in which small wafer thin spaceships use a specially designed sail to catch laser light beamed from Earth ... Today’s spaceships would take 30,000 years to make the same trip through space....

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Megan Fox pregnant with third child, but who's the daddy?

Edit Toronto Sun 12 Apr 2016

Megan Fox has opened up about motherhood amid rumours she's expecting her third child. The 29-year-old actress sparked allegations she's pregnant after attending Las Vegas' annual CinemaCon to promote her new film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Out of the Shadows, wearing a tight dress which showed what appeared to be a baby bump ... "They have no idea what I do," she laughed ... We do stuff like that....

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Famous Woman Biker Veenu Paliwal Dies in a Fatal Road Accident

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Veenu Paliwal, one of the top woman bikers in the nation, passed away after she met with a road accident in the Vidisha district in the state of Madhya Pradesh ... She was even wearing protective gear ... ....

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Julie Ducher, French expert specialized in old master paintings, talks to the media in Paris, Tuesday, April 12, 2016 next to a painting that might have been executed by Italian master Caravaggio.

Painting Discovered In French Attic May Be Caravaggio Masterpiece Worth $135M

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An water leak in the attic of a Toulouse home has led to the discovery of a 400-year-old masterpiece that may have been painted by Italian master Caravaggio, The Associated Press reported Tuesday. French expert Eric Turquin, who retrieved the painting two years ago, said it is in exceptional state of conservation. He estimates the painting’s value at $135 million ... “Then I had it sent to Paris .”....

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A ‘World Without Orphans’ Is Ultimate Goal Of Couple With 32 Children [Video]

Edit Inquisitr 13 Apr 2016

An estimated 8 million children live in orphanages around the world, and the pastor and his wife are just one couple in a movement led primarily by Christians to give each of these children a safe and stable home where they can be nurtured and loved. In 1998, Mokhnenko said he saw “first-hand the plight of children living on the streets and in orphanages in his hometown of Mariupol.”....

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Childhood fears loom large in new trailer for A Monster Calls

Edit Entertainment Weekly 13 Apr 2016

The truth is, kids adore frightening stories as much as adults, and confronting the shadows is one way to banish them ... Bayona, who delivered an unsettling supernatural story of children and parents in 2007’s The Orphanage, then utilized his horror skills to underscore the death and devastation of the Indian Ocean tsunami, exploring the wasteland through the eyes of a young boy (Tom Holland) trying to reunite with his family....

Four boys from orphanage drown in Chickballapur lake

Edit The Hindu 12 Apr 2016

Four boys from an orphanage drowned while swimming in a lake in Kanajenahalli Gate in Rangasthala in Chickballapur on Monday ... The supervisor of Manasa Orphanage, Shivakumar (32), has been arrested on the charge of negligence ... They were admitted to the orphanage only 10 days ago by their mother as their father, who works in a bar, often quarrelled with her....

Labourer from Bihar dies

Edit The Hindu 12 Apr 2016

On May 25, 2013, the youth staying in a room on Syrian Church Road eloped with a 9th standard student staying in an orphanage in that vicinity. The girl brought two other inmates of the orphanage where she wasy staying with her and the four went out of ......

New A Monster Calls Trailer Puts Its Foot Down

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A visually spectacular drama from acclaimed director Juan Antonio Bayona (The Impossible, The Orphanage), ... The film also features Toby Kebbell (Fantastic Four), Sigourney Weaver (Avatar) and Geraldine Chaplin (The Orphanage)....

The curious case of Bengaluru boy facing harassment at foster home baffles activists

Edit One India 12 Apr 2016

Bengaluru, April 12. Almost 10 years ago, Sunny P (name changed on request) was adopted by a Bengaluru couple from an orphanage in Puducherry. The childless couple brought Sunny, who was then just three years old, to the city and raised ... ....

Four girls drown in a tank in Sidlaghatta

Edit The Hindu 12 Apr 2016

The tragedy occurred when the girls went to the tank to wash clothes ... On Monday, four boys from an orphanage drowned while swimming in a lake in Kanajenahalli Gate in Rangasthala in Chickballapur. Keywords....

Watch: Something Wild Is Coming In New Tralier For 'A Monster Calls'

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Starring Liam Neeson, Lewis MacDougall, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, and Sigourney Weaver, based on the book by Patrick Ness, with Juan Antonio Bayona ("The Impossible," "The Orphanage") at the helm, the story follows a troubled ......

Juan Antonio Bayona's A Monster Calls gets a new trailer

Edit Empire 12 Apr 2016

No huntsman is chopping this fella down any time soon. Click below to soak it all up ... Kids in peril have become something of a stock-in-trade for Bayona, who cut his teeth with The Orphanage and the terrific 2012 tsunami drama ... Watch the film's first trailer here. People ... ....

Chemistry students at Petra University participate in "Nour El Nour Charity" initiative to support orphans and elderly (Petra University)

Edit Public Technologies 12 Apr 2016

(Source. Petra University). Twenty students from Department of Chemistry at Petra University, under the supervision of Mrs. Laila Kaddoura, participated in the event ... Open buffet lunch was offered for seventy orphans from various orphanages in the Kingdom, in addition to a number of old people from 'Darat Samir Shamma', and 'Zahra Center' ... Original Document ... (noodl. 33022645) ....

More than 5000 victims come forward to child abuse royal commission

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 12 Apr 2016

The nine-year-old girl who always volunteered to sit on the priest's lap to steer his car – knowing what he would do to her – because she wanted to protect her younger cousin from being touched. ... A toddler tied up in the kitchen and abused by her foster father ... It happened across the nation in homes, schools, places of worship, sporting clubs, workplaces, orphanages, health services, juvenile justice centres ... ....

The male mystic: Book review of ‘What Falls Away’ by Mia Farrow

Edit The Examiner 12 Apr 2016

Farrow’s next marriage to Andre Previn (which resulted in a chart toping tune by Dory Previn about “young girls” stealing your man) was defined mostly by the birth of three sons and adoption of three daughters from various Eastern Asian orphanages ... have theoretically gone further in life than they would have if they had been left in orphanages....

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A ‘World Without Orphans’ Is Ultimate Goal Of Couple With 32 Children [Video]

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Four girls drown in a tank in Sidlaghatta

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Chemistry students at Petra University participate in "Nour El Nour Charity" initiative to support orphans and elderly (Petra University)

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