Definitions for Orphanages
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1. orphanages

   An orphanage is a residential institution, total institution or group home, devoted to the care of orphans and children who, for various reasons, cannot be cared for by their biological families. The parents may be deceased, absent, or abusive. There may be substance abuse or mental illness in the biological home, or the parent may simply be unwilling to care for the child. The legal responsibility for the support of abandoned children differs from country to country, and within countries. Government-run orphanages have been phased out in most developed countries during the latter half of the 20th century but continue to operate in many other regions internationally. It is now generally accepted that orphanages are detrimental to the emotional wellbeing of children, and government support goes instead towards supporting the family unit. A few large international charities continue to fund orphanages, but most are still commonly founded by smaller charities and religious groups. Especially in developing countries, orphanages may 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. However, not all orphanages that are state-run are less corrupted; the Romanian orphanages, like those in Bucharest, were founded due to the soaring population numbers catalyzed by dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, who banned abortion and birth control and incentivized procreation in order to increase the Romanian workforce.Today's residential institutions for children, also described as congregate care, include group homes, residential child care communities, children's homes, refuges, rehabilitation centers, night shelters, and youth treatment centers.

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1. Orphanages

   Institutions for the housing and care of orphans, foundlings, and abandoned children. They have existed as such since the medieval period but the heading is applicable to such usage also in modern parlance.

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Orphanages in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Orphanages in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Orphanages in a Sentence

1. Georgette Mulheir:

   We're doing a lot of work with churches, with communities... to change people's minds about orphanages, we have to get social workers and teachers and people who are respected in the communities to spread the message.

2. David Cohen:

   Society after World War II discovered a new passion to solve social problems and include the excluded, and all sorts of institutions( including orphanages, institutions for mentally retarded persons, homes for unwed mothers, youth detention centers, etc.) were phased out, with their residents often in effect kicked out from where they had lived for years.

3. David Saperstein:

   During my visit in August, I found that despite widespread continuing government abuses and restrictions, many place of worship were nonetheless full and flourishing, in areas of the country where the government's hand was lighter, faith-based social service and welfare agencies operate homeless shelters, orphanages, soup kitchens, and made highly positive contributions to the well-being of their society.

4. Oleksandra Ustinova:

   The first few days Putin was targeting army objectives, infrastructure objectives like airports, army bases, electric stations, now he is just shooting the civilian population, they're targeting kindergartens, preschool…orphanages, maternity hospitals residential areas, that's why we have so many civilians killed.

5. James R. Cook:

   Better to build orphanages than prisons.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphanages