Orphanage
An orphanage is an institution that takes in and cares for orphans.[1] It can also mean the state of being an orphan.[1]
Historically it was very often the church or the state who cared for orphans. Children in orphanages may have suffered from child abuse or trauma from their parents.
Orphanage Media
Former Jewish orphanage in Berlin-Pankow
- Sofianlehdon lastenkoti, valmistunut 1930. - G45701 (hkm.HKMS000005-km0000onk1).jpg
Sofianlehto Orphanage from 1930 in Helsinki, Finland
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St. Nicholas Orphanage in Novosibirsk, Russia
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Caring for orphans, by Dutch artist Jan de Bray, 1663
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The Foundling Hospital. The building has been demolished.
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A group of orphans at Crumpsall Workhouse in the 19th century
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Thomas John Barnardo, the founder of the Barnardos Home for orphaned children.
- Armand Pallière Dom Pedro e Dona Leopoldina 1826.jpg
Emperor Pedro I of Brazil and his wife Maria Leopoldina visiting the Casa dos Expostos orphanage in Rio de Janeiro, 1826.
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Scenes from Mgona, one of the poorest communities in Lilongwe, Malawi. AIDS-orphans play with a selfmade car. About 38,000 people live in Mgona, 20,000 of them are orphans.
