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Orphans International Worldwide (OIWW) is a charitable organization created to house and educate orphans and abandoned children. In response to the crisis facing orphaned children around the world, former investment bank employee Jim Luce founded Orphans International in 1999.
Rising Ground is a large [1] human services organization in New York City, with approximately 1,600 employees [2] supporting more than 25,000 children, adults, and family members annually. Founded in 1831 as the Leake and Watts Orphan House, [3] Rising Ground focused on
While on a government-sponsored goodwill tour to support the troops in Tokyo the pair founded Childhelp in 1959 when they opened International Orphans to support 11 Japanese-American children found wandering the streets, unable to get into any orphanages because of their mixed heritage. Within three weeks the number of children increased to 100.
Orphanages in the United States by state or territory (9 C) Pages in category "Orphanages in the United States" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
Boys Town was founded on December 12, 1917, [1] as an orphanage for boys. Originally known as "The City of Little Men", the organization was begun by Edward J. Flanagan, a Roman Catholic priest, while he worked in the Diocese of Omaha. Using a loan of $90, he first rented a home at 25th and Dodge streets, in Omaha, to care for five boys. [2]
By 1938, the number of children served has risen to 232, it declined to 190 children in 1941. [1] In 1999, it averaged around serving 50 children. [1] Annie Malone was a local businesswoman, inventor and philanthropist, who served as a donor; and also served as the president of the board for the St. Louis Colored Orphans Home from 1919 until 1943.
A twenty-three-acre farm was purchased for $1,565.00 just outside Oxford. The city has grown and the home is now inside the area known as Southern Oxford. The orphanage building was built in 1915, and is a two-story brick building with a 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-story tower and Italianate style design elements.
[3] An 1877 map locates the orphanage at Eighth St. and Hutton St., however. [4] Troy Orphan Asylum was one of the orphanages from which Martha Van Rensselaer, director of the Cornell College of Home Economics, requested infants be used as "practice babies" for home economics students in the 1920s. [5]