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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. OI's headquarters are in New York City.
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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.
This category is for organizations that work with orphaned and abandoned children. Category:Orphanages is a subcategory. See also Category:Adoption-related organizations .
Catholic Charities USA is the national voluntary membership organization for Catholic Charities agencies throughout the United States and its territories. [1] Catholic Charities USA is a member of Caritas Internationalis , an international federation of Catholic social service organizations. [ 2 ]
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.
Institution of Mercy - Opened in 1900 as a branch of the New York location; moved in 1960 to Mount Mercy in Dobbs Ferry. John J. Watts Residence for Girls ( Manhattan ) - Opened in 1949 and operated by the Missionary Canonesses of St. Augustine (now the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary).
Buckner International is a non-profit International Christian charitable organization. Founded as a Baptist organization it maintains a relationship with the Baptist General Convention of Texas, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, and the Baptist World Alliance though it works with individuals and organizations of all denominations and faiths.