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Former Jewish orphanage in Berlin-Pankow Sofianlehto Orphanage from 1930 in Helsinki, Finland St. Nicholas Orphanage in Novosibirsk, Russia. 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 ...
While the exact definition of orphan and foundlings varies, one legal definition is a child bereft through "death or disappearance of, abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from, both parents". [1] According to the United Nations, the definition of an orphan is anyone that loses one parent, either through death or abandonment.
The Orphanage was released in Spain on September 10, 2007 and was immensely successful in Spain after an $8.3 million four-day launch from 350 screens. The film was the second highest-grossing debut ever for a Spanish film and was the biggest opening of the year, making it even larger than the worldwide success of the Spanish-Mexican film Pan's ...
Pages in category "Orphanages in the United States" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
An orphan is a child whose parents have died, are unknown or have permanently abandoned them. It can also refer to a child who has lost only one parent, as the Hebrew translation, for example, is "fatherless".
Pages in category "Orphanages" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
St. Vincent Orphanage, for girls, was opened in 1832 in Louisville, Kentucky, by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. [1] It was first located at 443 South 5th Street until 1836, then moved to the corner of Wenzel and Jefferson Streets from 1836 to 1892, the present site of Bellarmine University from 1892 to 1901, [2] and 2120 Payne Street to 1955, the year of the merger with St. Thomas Orphanage.
Jewish Orphanage Berlin-Pankow (German: Jüdisches Waisenhaus) is a former Jewish orphanage and a listed building in Berlin-Pankow. It was built in 1882 to house refugee children. It was later destroyed by fire and a new building was erected on the same site in 1913.