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Plaque where once stood the ruota ("the wheel"), the place to abandon children at the side of the Chiesa della Pietà, the church of an orphanage in Venice.The plaque cites on a Papal bull by Paul III dated 12 November 1548, threatens "excommunication and maledictions" for all those who – having the means to rear a child – choose to abandon him/her instead.
Improving the situation of orphans had been made a condition of Romanian entry into the European Union, but an investigation by BBC journalist Chris Rogers in 2009 revealed that conditions in some institutions are still very poor and large numbers of institutionalized and traumatized people are still held in inadequate conditions, with many ...
Charles Loring Brace (June 19, 1826 – August 11, 1890) was an American philanthropist who contributed to the field of social reform.He is considered a father of the modern foster care movement and was most renowned for starting the Orphan Train movement of the mid-19th century, and for founding Children's Aid Society.
The House of the Good Shepherd in Utica is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. Here is a look at the nonprofit's history.
Jean Paton was born in Detroit on December 27, 1908. [2] She was a sculptor and a psychiatric social worker. [1] Paton earned her Master of Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania in 1945 and worked for a short time at the New Hampshire Children's Aid Society.
English: Record of a speech delivered by Carl Schurz in 1883 before the Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum Society. The title of the speech was “Education of Orphan Children.” The title of the speech was “Education of Orphan Children.”
The Saint Hardyal Educational and Orphans Welfare Society is a refuge for those who epitomize a troubling trend in India: Older people abandoned by their families. Here in Garhmukteshwar, on a ...
Children's Aid Society: Charles Loring Brace founded the Children's Aid Society to take in children living on the street. 1854 Orphan Trains: In 1854 Charles Loring Brace led the Children's Aid Society to start the Orphan Train with stops across the West, where they were adopted and often given work. 1869 Samuel Fletcher, Jr.