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The nature of orphanages means that they often fail to provide the individual sustained attention and stimulation a child would get from growing up within a family. In many cases the children living in them are at risk of harm. [37] There are also many reports of orphanages being abusive [33] [38] or having very high death rates. [39]
Canadian adoptive families raise concerns about the reliability of documentation and their welfare when adopting children from Ethiopian orphanages, following several instances where families of supposed orphans are found alive, or the health and age of the children are not consistent with their documentation. [22] [23] [24] 2004
The 2006 General Comment No.9 reports concern with the lack of adequate treatment provided, as well as increased vulnerability to institutional abuse and neglect. [5] In Russia, 400,000 to 600,000 children are under institutional care, and these children are subject to the concerns stated in the committee's report. [6]
However, in the early 2000s, [3] as many of the Eastern European countries joined the European Union, they were required to deal with the situation of street children and orphans; and the situation has improved in many of these countries. Unemployment and the extremes of income inequality are some of the causes behind the phenomenon of street ...
STORY: Hit hard by the global health crisis and tax cuts by the Rajapaksa government, Sri Lanka is in the midst of its worst economic crisis since it won independence from Britain in 1948 ...
Child laundering is a tactic used in illegal or fraudulent international adoptions.It may involve child trafficking and child acquisition through payment, deceit or force. . The children may then be held in sham orphanages while formal adoption processes are used to send them to adoptive parents in another count
This work includes a range of services for children and families including efforts in nutrition, education, family strengthening, orphan care, foster care, family reunification, and child sponsorship. [3] The organization's stated mission is to seek a world where every child has a loving and secure home. [4]
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. OI's headquarters are in New York City