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Under the initial guidance of the Archdiocese of Chicago, a struggling orphanage became a boys home under the name of the Mission of our Lady of Mercy. Mercy Home began accepting girls in 1987. Three years later, it was renamed Mercy Home for Boys and Girls.
[1] [2] This non-profit organization started as an orphanage and is considered by some as a pioneer in applying the foster care model instead of the typical orphanage model. [3] Later on, the services provided by the organization included a wider range of care for children in different age groups.
The former St Clare's Convent included a boarding school, a hospital and an orphanage. It was built by a priest named Seraphin of Bruges, who brought the first group of sisters to it in 1861. It closed in 1977, having at its peak housed some 500 orphans.
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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.
Founded as an orphanage in 1899 and incorporated as the Maine Children's Home Society in 1901, it began dealing solely with adoptions in 1915. It merged with the Maine branch of The Home for Little Wanderers of Massachusetts in 1962, creating the Maine Children's Home for Little Wanderers. In 1973 it introduced an "alternative" high school ...
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