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The Miracle Foundation is an international nonprofit organization supporting orphaned children in India and the United States.The organization has a stated goal of supporting orphaned children, bringing change to reduce the need for orphanages, and ensuring that the rights of orphaned children are followed, as laid out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The Orphan Train Movement transported roughly 200,000 children from the northeast throughout the Midwest and as far west as Texas. Reverend IZT Morris (born Spalding Co, Georgia, March 21, 1847), a Methodist circuit minister, began locating homes for children who had reached the end of the line in Fort Worth.
Childhelp is a US non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention and treatment of child abuse.Founded in 1959 as International Orphans, Inc. [1] by Sara O'Meara and Yvonne Fedderson, Childhelp is one of the largest non-profit child abuse prevention and treatment organizations in the nation.
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Boys Town, Nebraska. 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.
St. Louis Colored Orphans Home is a historic orphanage for Black orphans and building in The Ville neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.. It has been known as the Annie Malone Children and Family Service Center since 1946. It serves as a shelter for children who need a temporary home and a counseling center for families in crisis.
Kotb's daughters Hope, 5, and Haley, 7, came out on air as they joined their mom for her final broadcast as a journalist for Today. Toward the end of the 8 a.m. hour, the family of three sat ...