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    UN marks child rights anniversary  Nov 20, 2009
    Everychild warned that other countries were in danger of following the same path by focusing on building orphanages rather than trying to keep families together. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Africa)

    Soft and savvy: Moira goes into bat for desperate children  Nov 20, 2009
    And there she stayed, working in orphanages, with the dying and in leper colonies. She then travelled the world, always drawn to children who could so easily slip through the system: those with disfiguring tumours, horrendous burns, cleft palates, club feet and more. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Chinese diners eat live fish on YOUTUBE...  Nov 19, 2009
    " In what freaking way is this in any way, shape, or form compassionate? (And please don't be obtuse by saying a fish is not a beast.) Just because PETA is often nutty doesn't mean there's no such a thing as cruelty to animals. This is incredibly cruel, and if you can't see that, there's something wrong with the way you're looking at things. This sort of thing desensitizes the conscience. Chris on November 18, 2009 at 06:31 PM I am by no means a PETA member, nor do I refrain from eating meat... (The Drudge Report)

    Magic Garden teacher travels to Liberia  Nov 18, 2009
    She will visit schools, villages, orphanages, and hospitals, bringing hope, joy, and much-appreciated goods and supplies to those in need. We support and applaud Williette s very personal commitment to Liberia, said Magic Garden Director Gail Eddy. (Lincoln Journal, MA)

    Chinese culture embraced by Canadian adoptive family  Nov 17, 2009
    Adopted from Chinese orphanages, the two girls have been part of Canadian society for years, but still retain a strong connection with the culture of their birth place. "It's very important," adoptive mother Susan told Xinhua. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Notre Dame veteran essays: Veterans endured good, bad times  Nov 17, 2009
    The National Guard also organized humanitarian works such as rebuilding schools and orphanages ... While visiting on of three orphanages in Iraq she was able to play with many young girls. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)

    * Tearful Kevin Rudd issues apology to victims of abuse  Nov 17, 2009
    Victims among the 1,000 people who packed Parliament House for the address burst into tears as Rudd detailed heart-rending cases of neglect in Australias orphanages and institutions from 1930 to 1970. We come together today to offer our nations apology. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)

    From Haiti, with Rainn: Day 4  Nov 17, 2009
    Aaron told me he's seen children lying in orphanages getting three square meals a day and still malnourished, their stomachs bloated with parasites ... Aaron and his Planting Peace partner, John, also run several orphanages in Port-au-Prince ... They keep their orphanages small, "like families," as Aaron and John describe them. (USA Today -- Life)

    Australia Apologizes to Child Migrants  Nov 17, 2009
    According to a 2004 Australian Senate report, more than 500,000 children were placed in foster homes, orphanages and other institutions during the 20th century ... We would not want all the people that have been systematically been mistreated, discriminated against, raped, murdered, enslaved or orphanages to expect compensation--the world cannot afford to pay for all the evil and abuse it keeps fostering. (CBS News -- World)

    Australia's Rudd apologizes to forced child migrants  Nov 17, 2009
    Mr. Snell arrived in Australia under a postwar plan to empty British orphanages and repopulate the former colony with "good white stock." The children, who were shipped out from 1947-67, believed their parents were dead ... Britain believed they would fare better than in cash-starved orphanages at home. (Christian Science Monitor)

    Australia apologizes to Brit kids sent to colonies  Nov 17, 2009
    According to a 2004 Australian Senate report, more than 500,000 children were placed in foster homes, orphanages and other institutions during the 20th century. Many were emotionally, physically and sexually abused. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)

    Rudd apologizes to "Forgotten Australians"  Nov 16, 2009
    The audience included former child migrants separated from their families in Britain and shipped to Australia, as well as others placed with foster parents or in orphanages run by the states and churches. Many suffered ill-treatment and some sexual abuse. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Rudd in emotional apology to 'Forgotten Australians'  Nov 16, 2009
    Rudd, echoing his historic 2008 statement to Australia's Aborigines, addressed about 1,000 victims of abuse in orphanages and institutions between 1930 and 1970 who packed Parliament House ... " A 2004 Senate inquiry recommended the apology to those who suffered sex abuse, violence and emotional trauma in state and church-run orphanages, foster homes and institutions. The probe unearthed hundreds of disturbing stories of children placed in care due to family breakdown, because their mothers were... (India Times, India)

    Apology for 'forgotten Australians'  Nov 16, 2009
    Once we were made wards of the state, that was it: we never lived as a family again,'' Ms King said yesterday after arriving in Canberra for the apology to ''forgotten Australians'', people who grew up in institutions, orphanages and foster care. Ms King is one of about 900 forgotten Australians and child migrants descending on Canberra to hear the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, and the Opposition Leader, Malcolm Turnbull, unite to say sorry on behalf of the nation to the estimated 500,000 people... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Kevin Rudd apologises to the Forgotten Australians  Nov 16, 2009
    It was standing room only as Mr Rudd made the national apology to the estimated 500,000 children placed in orphanages and foster homes up until the late 1970s. We come together today to deal with an ugly chapter in our nations history, he told the crowd of about 1000 people, including many survivors and their families. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Oz PM apologises for abuse  Nov 16, 2009
    Victims among the 1000 people who packed Parliament House for the address burst into tears as Rudd detailed heart-rending cases of neglect in Australia's orphanages and institutions from 1930 to 1970. "We come together today to offer our nation's apology. To say to you, the Forgotten Australians, and those who were sent to our shores as children without their consent, that we are sorry," he said. (iAfrica.com)

    Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids'  Nov 16, 2009
    Australian prime minister makes emotional apology to 7,000 child migrants who suffered abuse and neglect in state-run orphanages. National Geography book Polar Obsession shows animals suffering from climate change. (Yahoo News -- 'The Passion of the Christ')

    Sharing space  Nov 16, 2009
    Besides his new clinic, which offers free treatment to several orphanages in Kuala Lumpur, he has also rejoined Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, where he did his masters in Orthopaedic Surgery. He is currently involved with the universitys Institute of Space Science, where he is hoping to prepare teaching modules that can be taught to students next year. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    Australian apology to abused UK migrants  Nov 16, 2009
    Some 500,000 "forgotten Australians" were abused or neglected in orphanages and children's homes from 1930 to 1970. The Canberra ceremony was attended by hundreds of people forced to migrate to Australia when young, some 7,000 of whom still live in Australia. (BBC News -- UK)

    Britain's child migrants to get apology  Nov 15, 2009
    Details of his plan were revealed on the eve of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's apology to the half a million "forgotten" child migrants sent to Australia from the 1920s until the late 1960s, many of whom were mistreated in orphanages and institutions ... He will deliver a national apology to the ``Forgotten Australians'' and recognise the mistreatment and continuing suffering of about 500,000 people held in orphanages or children's homes between 1930 and 1970. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    Charity greets migrant apology  Nov 15, 2009
    About 10,000 children were sent down under from orphanages and institutions in Britain from the 1930s to 1967. They were promised a better life but many were made to work as labourers, suffering physical and sexual abuse. (BBC News -- UK)

    Trafficking unsettles adoptive parents  Nov 15, 2009
    But adoptive parents have been unsettled by reports that many children have been seized through coercion, fraud, or kidnapping, sometimes by government officials seeking to remove children from families that have exceeded population-planning limits, or to reap a portion of the $3,000 that parents pay orphanages to adopt ... Police had arrested 27 members of a ring that since 2002 had abducted or bought as many as 1,000 children in Guangdong province and sold them to orphanages in Hunan. (Boston Globe)

    The pain of a 'Forgotten Australian'  Nov 15, 2009
    On Monday, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will deliver a national apology to the "Forgotten Australians" - some 500,000 children sent to orphanages between 1930 and 1970. In 1950, six-year-old Sandra Anker thought she was being sent to Africa on a wild adventure, but she ended up in Melbourne - "exiled" as she calls it. (BBC News)

    Ordeal of child migrants  Nov 15, 2009
    In so doing, he will recognise, on behalf of the Australian government, the ongoing suffering of some 500,000 people held in orphanages or children's homes between 1930 and 1970. At the same time, Mr Rudd will also say sorry to some 7,000 child migrants from Britain who live still in Australia - castaways of the empire. (BBC News -- UK)

    From Haiti, with Rainn: Day 3 with 'Office' star  Nov 14, 2009
    From Haiti, with Rainn: Day 3 - USATODAY.com. The Office' star Rainn Wilson shot his own video while on a charity trip to Haiti. (USA Today -- Life)

    Angelina Jolie Can Adopt From Syria. You Can't.  Nov 13, 2009
    Since Syria allows so few adoptions, it probably has lots of little ones in orphanages who need homes. Large adoption programs tend to manufacture orphans--as in, the supply meets the demand. (Slate)

    Middle school students learn about community service  Nov 13, 2009
    Deranamie spent the next month passing out what he had to villages, orphanages and schools, and returned with photos and video of his journey. I was just overwhelmed by the impact we had on so many people, Cambra said. (Lincoln Journal, MA)

    Rich man, poor man  Nov 13, 2009
    After years in orphanages, he migrated to Australia as a teenager with his brother Sepp. It was a fractured childhood and young Kastenberger could easily have gone wrong, but didn't. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Hugo Rich jailed for life for security guard's 'cold-blooded' killing  Nov 13, 2009
    Hugo Rich Jailed For Life Over Erwin Kastenberger Murder. November 13, 2009 - 10:19AM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Local ministers to live on platform for 7 days  Nov 12, 2009
    As you are praying for these different ministries one friend of mine on day three, as he was raising money for orphanages, for kids that don t have anything he was no longer bathing, he was staying up on that platform, he quit eating and everything for the remaining time that he was up there. But each person that has gone up, each person it s different what God has done through the event, he said. (Lake Wales News, FL)

    Internet full of downfalls and regret  Nov 11, 2009
    Liberal Party's Downfall Video Spoof The Goanna. November 11, 2009 - 12:44PM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    Drink drive? Not a publican's problem  Nov 11, 2009
    High Court Alcohol Decision Simon Chapman. Not the publican's problem. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    Travel smart  Nov 11, 2009
    It was fun but tiring for all of us," said Wong, who has two boys aged eight and 11, and a girl aged four. "During a trip to Myanmar a few years ago, we visited many orphanages, monasteries, nunneries and hospitals ... He's 11 now and can still remember the children at the orphanages. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    Refugees and asylum sneakers  Nov 11, 2009
    November 11, 2009 - 11:52AM. Hey, just let em all in. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    Company gives RM100,000 to charity foundation  Nov 10, 2009
    From an initial support of two orphanages, Budimas is today able to help shelter more than 500 children in 10 homes in the country, including its own Budimas Orion. So far, MAA has contributed more than RM1. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    Museum recalls horrors of orphanage care  Nov 10, 2009
    Malcolm Turnbull turned away from the sign yesterday and walking past the old painted cot, tarnished sports cups and photographs of orphanages and homes, many now infamous for child abuse, he stopped at an open suitcase ... Perhaps reminiscent of the old days at the orphanages, the rest of the ''Forgotten Australians'' will be expected to remain outside and watch the ceremony on TV from the parliamentary lawn. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    IMLS, White House Honor Arts and Education Programs for Underserved Youth  Nov 10, 2009
    The cultural center also offers exhibitions, workshops, and performances for children and youth, including those that are incarcerated, living on the streets, or in orphanages. Radiombligo Mexico, Chiapas Radiombligo, an hour-long children's radio show, is broadcast five days a week by 10 stations in Chiapas, a low-income, rural area in southeastern Mexico. (AbsoluteArts.com)

    SLeone 'child-smuggler' arrests  Nov 9, 2009
    A senior policeman told the BBC the suspects used to work for a local aid agency running orphanages in the north. He said two suspects then set up an orphanage, and persuaded poor parents to give up their children for adoption. (Yahoo News -- Sierra Leone)

    Service dog a calming presence for entire family  Nov 8, 2009
    Both were adopted from Russian orphanages ... Working with an agency that focuses on Russian adoptions, they waited only a few months before they were given a video of Morasha and Iyal, born just two days apart and living in separate orphanages. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)

    Church continues to collect boxes for children  Nov 7, 2009
    Local good samaritans are asked to fill shoe boxes with school supplies, personal hygeine items, small toys, hard candy and clothing items to be sent to children in orphanages and hospitals in poor countries around the globe. Sampson said the shoeboxes are always well-received -- especially those containing treats. (Fulton Sun, MO)

    To play king of the middle ground  Nov 7, 2009
    Despite not sharing his politics, Armstrong, who directed the greenie movie The Age of Stupid, told reporters she was grateful to Johnson for his gallantry, calling him her ''knight on a shining bicycle". And she made this telling observation: ''If you find yourself down a dark alleyway and in trouble I think Boris would be of more use than Ken.'' I would suggest that, when push comes to shove, it is muscular conservatives with the courage of their convictions, of either sex, who are of more use... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    US opts for 'baby steps' in Middle East  Nov 5, 2009
    November 5, 2009 - 11:07AM. Video will begin in 5 seconds. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    Stolen Babies  Nov 4, 2009
    In 2008 at least two orphanages where employees admitted that they paid anywhere from $300 up for healthy babies. 1. (ABC News)

    Cardboard Kev  Nov 2, 2009
    Illustration: Matt Davidson. Kevin Rudd, like most politicians, cares a lot about his political legacy. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    Sleazy papal opportunism  Nov 2, 2009
    Google phrases like 'Traditional Anglican Communion" and "Catholic Anglican". I do agree, though, that it won't be such a "flood" Mike - November 02, 2009, 3:35PM Would you like to comment? You will need Javascript enabled to use our Commenting Feature. Would you like to comment? Already a Fairfax Digital Member? Fairfax Digital Member login Simply log in below to start commenting on articles. Not a member? for a free account. Please check the following fields before continuing: blaha n Password... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    Cleanliness really is close to Godliness  Nov 1, 2009
    " It seems the world would be a better place if only it were cleaner. We'd be more compassionate, more generous and closer to God. The only thing bugging us would be how to get rid of the smell of Windex. In other news . . . Being married with children is the secret to happiness, researchers have found, much to the surprise of married parents everywhere. And the more children married couples have, the happier they are, say the scientists at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. This would have... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    In search of a time gone by  Oct 31, 2009
    In Ghana, orphanages are not made up of children whose parents are dead but of children whose living parents are so poor to feed and clothe them that they (the parents) could as well be dead. But the term orphanage makes for good copy to sell to foreigners. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Boozing Aussies  Oct 31, 2009
    Aussies can't hold our booze. What happens if you open a number of very large licensed venues, give them extended trading hours, watch them aggressively promote alcohol products on-site and then pay little respect to the guidelines and practice of responsible serving of alcohol. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    Sea change, wee change, twee change  Oct 31, 2009
    This week, we are sorry for some wretchedly awful abuse that happened in orphanages run by charities or state governments. 00004000. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    Rudd turns grubby  Oct 31, 2009
    One of the most gracious things I have ever seen Kevin Rudd do happened on February 13 last year, at 10 minutes to 10. Brendan Nelson, the then leader of the Liberal Party, had just completed his reply to the Prime Minister's formal speech of national apology to the Aboriginal children removed from their families by former governments. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    Sorry, Minister, beauty trumps  Oct 29, 2009
    Ms Macklin, the Minister for Families, called a media conference to announce that the nation would finally offer a formal apology to the 500,000 forgotten people who were cast into orphanages, foster care and other institutions in the half-century before 1970. Given the media interest in the Rudd Government's first apology - to the indigenous Stolen Generations - you might have imagined Ms Macklin's announcement would draw a crowd of passionate scribes. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    SLeone 'child-smuggler' arrests  Oct 28, 2009
    A senior policeman told the BBC the suspects used to work for a local aid agency running orphanages in the north. He said two suspects then set up an orphanage, and persuaded poor parents to give up their children for adoption. (Yahoo News -- Sierra Leone)

    Madonna plants tree to launch Malawi school  Oct 27, 2009
    Madonna will also meet with President Bingu wa Mutharika on Tuesday and visit some of the orphanages her charity supports. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. (MSNBC -- News)

    Madonna opens Malawi school to help pupils 'achieve their dreams'  Oct 27, 2009
    Page last updated at 17:56 GMT, Monday, 26 October 2009. Madonna opens new Malawi school. (BBC News -- Africa)

    I'm so sick of being sorry  Oct 27, 2009
    This week, we are sorry for some wretchedly awful abuse that happened in orphanages run by charities or state governments ... His government didn't decide to invade 00004000 on false pretences - he opposed the war - but then it didn't oversee the orphanages, either ... I'm really sorry that you are not sorry that fellow Australians were kidnapped in England, brutalised, forced to build their own orphanages, beaten, tortured and abused when they were innocent children in a country masquerading as... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    Rudd Will Apologize to `Forgotten Australian' Abuse Victims at Ceremony  Oct 27, 2009
    The Forgotten Australians grew up in Australian orphanages and institutions, where many were subjected to emotional, physical and sexual abuse, a 2004 Senate found. The apology, which has bipartisan support, will acknowledge the abuse and neglect suffered by many of these children, Macklin said in the statement. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)

    Madonna returns to Malawi to visit girls school  Oct 26, 2009
    Madonna will also meet with President Bingu wa Mutharika and visit some of the orphanages her charity supports. The school she is building for poor girls is on the outskirts of the capital and is similar to the one built by talk show host Oprah Winfrey in South Africa. (MSNBC -- News)

    Book of the Week: "The Case for God"  Oct 24, 2009
    "The Case for God" will help you argue with your atheist cousin AND your fundamentalist aunt. Saturday, October 24, 2009. (Slate)

    Local couple helps provide clean water for Ugandans  Oct 24, 2009
    During their visits, the Cliffords also visit orphanages, hospitals and schools. We have gotten into eight schools, Ernie said. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)

    'Dynamite' hero: Don't diss blaxploitation  Oct 23, 2009
    His new movie, which opened in limited release last weekend and will start going wider, follows the exploits of Black Dynamite, a former CIA agent who takes to the streets after his brother is killed by the mafia, orphanages are flooded with drugs and some bad malt liquor finds its way into the 'hood. It is both a spoof of, and homage to, the genre whose films like "Black Caesar," "The Mac," "Foxy Brown," and "Superfly" have developed a cult following over the years. (CNN)

    Presentation on 'Hidden Children of the Holocaust'  Oct 22, 2009
    As Vromen reveals in "Hidden Children of the Holocaust," these children found sanctuary with other families and schools, but especially in Roman Catholic convents and orphanages. This remarkable book offers an inspiring chronicle of the brave individuals who risked everything to protect innocent young strangers, as well as a riveting account of the "hidden children" who lived to tell their stories. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)

    No comments posted.  Oct 20, 2009
    Giving Back During a Recession. By Martha Randolph Carr/Syndicated Columnist. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)

    Giving Back During a Recession  Oct 20, 2009
    By Martha Randolph Carr/Syndicated Columnist. Published: Monday, October 19, 2009 12:20 PM CDT It's unusual to hear about any new business owner who feels that giving back is an integral part of the business plan. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)

    Global Teen Challenge  Oct 10, 2009
    His ministry has taken him to many countries around the world, where he has built churches, Bible schools, orphanages and Teen Challenge centers. He can be reached at. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)

    Sept. 28: Bringing Drinks of Living Water  Oct 9, 2009
    They have provided food and water for Indian orphanages, shoes for Honduran children, and seed money for micro-businesses around the globe. Closer to home, they engage in assignments as complex as an extreme home makeover for a family with a physically challenged child and as simple as wiping clean the interior and exterior of a home occupied by a single woman who has given up on herself. (Carroll County Times, MD)

    Instead of abortion, consider adoption  Oct 9, 2009
    Very few of them were put into orphanages, and many of these were adoptable only if one or both of the parents terminated their parental rights. Now there is a great shortage of adoptable babies, as they are killed off by abortion. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    Making a difference in 'organized chaos'  Oct 8, 2009
    "We built churches, orphanages, took medical teams in that area of the world," said McFarland. And then Jeff McFarland says he got 'orders' from on high to bring it home. (WSJA.com, AL)

    Irish Catholic Bishops Meet Child-abuse Victims  Oct 8, 2009
    But the bishops and Cardinal Sean Brady, leader of Ireland's 4 million Catholics, declined to respond to the victims' demands for the church as a whole to concede its legal and moral responsibility for the decades of trauma suffered by children in Catholic-run schools, orphanages and workhouses. The church has insisted that the Catholic organizations responsible _ 18 Irish orders of priests, brothers and nuns _ were self-governing and not under the control of bishops. (CBS News -- World)

    Thousands attend 25th annual Moonlight Run  Oct 6, 2009
    Old running shoes were collected at the event and will be donated to war-torn countries and orphanages. Event sponsors included the Palo Alto Weekly, City of Palo Alto Recreation, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Larry's AutoWorks, Connoisseur Coffee Co., Whole Foods Market, Wahoo's Fish Taco and others. (Palo Alto Online, CA)

    A shift in locals' travel motives  Oct 1, 2009
    In the past year, she's seen scores of pink-slipped workers chuck city life to spend months volunteering in orphanages in Nepal, caring for AIDS patients in Africa or repairing cleft palates in Central and South America. Instead of being stressed out, they're coming in filled with optimism, Axelson said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)

    Rogerson's inside story  Sep 30, 2009
    Geraldine Cox, who founded the two orphanages in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap and the author of the book-turned documentary My Khmer Heart, is returning to Australia for the event - hosted by Ray Martin - with children from the village who will perform traditional dance routines. Tickets to the event are $59-$89. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Lid lifts on the anguish of China's stolen generation  Sep 26, 2009
    Parents who say their children were taken complain that officials were motivated by the $US3000 ($3447) per child that adoptive parents pay orphanages ... Zhou tried repeatedly over three years to get into the Changsha Social Welfare Institute, one of the major orphanages sending babies abroad, until one day he was told: ''It's too late. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    Australia kicks on globally  Sep 25, 2009
    The Shanghai Tigers football club has raised funds for the Half the Sky foundation that helps Chinese orphanages. Football is, in a sense, part of Australia's unofficial diplomatic efforts. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)

    Rees offers apology to casualties of care system  Sep 20, 2009
    Now adults, the survivors of children's homes, orphanages, foster homes and institutions wept openly as Premier Nathan Rees apologised for the hurt and distress they suffered in the care of the state. This should never have happened,'' said the Premier, before unveiling a monument to ''the lonely, the frightened, the lost, the abused - those who never knew the joy of a loving family. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Australia says sorry  Sep 19, 2009
    Australian authorities delivered a formal apology Saturday to the many thousands of people who were abused in state-run orphanages and children's homes in decades past ... An estimated 500000 people grew up in orphanages, children's and foster homes across Australia, almost half of them in New South Wales. (iAfrica.com)

    Rees apologises over orphanage abuse  Sep 19, 2009
    For tens of thousands of people who were abused as children in the state's orphanages and foster homes over the past decades, an apology from the NSW premier has gone some way to help in the healing process ... NSW Premier Nathan Rees and representatives of private institutions delivered a formal apology to 500 people who grew up in foster care and orphanages at an emotional healing ceremony at Sydney's Botanic Gardens on Saturday. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Adopting children from Ethiopia, China, may be delayed months due to TB testing rules  Sep 18, 2009
    "They're adopting these kids from orphanages, which is often the place where TB is spread," said Jason Stout, North Carolina's TB medical director. "Do we want to open ourselves to the, admittedly unlikely, but potential disaster of bringing a child over with multi-drug resistant TB?". (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)

    SLeone 'child-smuggler' arrests  Sep 15, 2009
    A senior policeman told the BBC the suspects used to work for a local aid agency running orphanages in the north. He said two suspects then set up an orphanage, and persuaded poor parents to give up their children for adoption. (Yahoo News -- Sierra Leone)

    Afghanistan's war zone offers many diverse opportunities  Sep 15, 2009
    Now, the nonprofit operates seven orphanages in Afghanistan and two in Pakistan, plus a girl s school and vocational training centers across the country. She credits much of her success to the education she received in the U.S.. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)

    Former PSU student, family aid hospital in Africa  Sep 15, 2009
    Now, a typical day for the Straw family includes hours of planning locations for landing strips, giving medical examinations to village people around the country, visiting orphanages and building a bond with the local people in Libreville, which has a population of about 600,000. Alace Straw now runs a guesthouse where visitors are constantly coming and going. (Daily Collegian, PA)

    Obituary: Sergei Mikhalkov  Sep 11, 2009
    A good example of his work is I want to go home , a 1948 propaganda play about post-war orphanages in Germany, in which sinister British officials try to brainwash and kidnap Soviet children to use them as spies and slaves in the imperialist cause. The plot is foiled by heroic and kindly Soviet officers. (The Economist)

    Swedish Charity: US Raided Afghan Hospital  Sep 8, 2009
    Yeah, terrorist doesn't used hospital, mental wards, mosques, orphanages and Red Cross facilities to plan and/or commit their atrocities at all. Not an obama worshiper but I'll backed him up on having a pair to go after these scumbags. (CBS News -- World)

    Stolen as a baby ... found 60 years later  Sep 7, 2009
    " Mr Sayers says Mrs Johnston was a severe, stand-offish woman, who occasionally put her "daughter" in local orphanages when she tired of the responsibility of rearing her. Several times, Mrs Johnston must have come close to revealing her awful secret. Gladys's birth certificate was required when in the 1940s she defied her "mother" to marry. Mrs Johnston told the authorities that the paperwork had been lost in a fire during the wartime blitz. It was more than 20 years later that Gladys learned... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Stateless children: North Korean refugees in China  Sep 5, 2009
    "In most cases, Chinese men see North Korean women as a commodity. They don't feel responsible for the children," says Mr. Peters, who also helps run orphanages around the region. "Even when they do, they are too poor and unable to care for them.". (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)

    NYT: Florida00004000s Tebow yearns to make difference  Aug 31, 2009
    With the same passion he has when he speaks about his teammates, his coaches and winning a third national title, Tebow talks of wide-eyed dreams of opening orphanages, a prison ministry, youth ranches and granting wishes to underprivileged children. Its just what my heart is, helping, Tebow said. (MSNBC -- Sports)

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