- orphanages
- or·phan·age || 'É”rfɪnɪdÊ’ /'É”Ëf- n. institution for the care and placement of orphans
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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Orphanages Without Borders — Pour les articles homonymes, voir OWB. Orphanages Without Borders (OWB), en français Orphelinats sans frontières, est une association dont le siège est à Paris, qui élève et éduque les orphelins dans le monde. Liens externes (fr) Site officiel… … Wikipédia en Français
Deinstitutionalisation (orphanages and children's institutions) — Former Berlin Pankow orphanage Deinstitutionalisation is the process of reforming child care systems and closing down orphanages and childrens institutions, finding new placements for children currently resident and setting up replacement… … Wikipedia
Orphans and Orphanages — • The death of one or both parents makes the child of the very poor a ward of the community. . . Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Orphans and Orphanages Orphans and Orphanages … Catholic encyclopedia
Orphelins Sans Frontières — Orphanages Without Borders Pour les articles homonymes, voir OWB. Orphanages Without Borders (OWB), en français Orphelinats sans frontières, est une association dont le siège est à Paris, qui élève et éduque les orphelins dans le monde. Liens… … Wikipédia en Français
Orphanage — For other uses, see Orphanage (disambiguation). Former Berlin Pankow orphanage … Wikipedia
ORPHAN, ORPHANAGE — Treatment of Orphans Communal concern for orphaned children has deep roots in Jewish tradition, and numerous biblical commandments stress the importance of providing for them. Along with the widow (almanah), resident alien (ger), and Levite… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Shanghai Children's Welfare Institute — Children s Welfare Institute is an orphanage located in Shanghai, China. It is the city s oldest and largest specialized state run orphanage and has been used by the central government as a model for orphanages throughout the country.[1] It was… … Wikipedia
Indo-China — • The most easterly of the three great peninsulas of Southern Asia, is bounded on the north by the mountains of Assam, the Plateau of Yun nan, and the mountains of Kwang si; on the east by the province of Kwang si (Canton), the Gulf of Tong king … Catholic encyclopedia
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Margaret Haughery — Statue commemorating Margaret in the Lower Garden District of New Orleans Margaret Haughery (1813–1882) was a philanthropist known as the mother of the orphans .[1] She opened up four orphanages in the New Orleans area in the 19th century. Many… … Wikipedia
