SOS Children's Villages
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SOS Children's Villages is an independent, non-governmental international organization headquartered in Vienna, Austria. Founded in 1949 by Hermann Gmeiner, the organization provides alternative care,
Children at SOS Children's Villages in Kandalaksha in Russia
SOS Children's Villages in Argentina
SOS Children's Villages Hermann Gmeiner Academy, Austria
Orphanage
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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
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…International non-governmental organization – Global non-state organizations operating across international borders Orphanage – Residential institutions historically dedicated to the care of children without living parents Unaccompanied minor – Children separated from parents…
Former Jewish orphanage in Berlin-Pankow
Sofianlehto Orphanage from 1930 in Helsinki, Finland
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. Such ex-communication may not be canceled until the culprit refunds all freights incurred to raise the baby.
Caring for orphans, by Dutch artist Jan de Bray, 1663