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The UN has set a goal to close all orphanages by 2

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Why should we try to prevent children from going t

ORPHAN: a child whose parents are dead A shocking $ORPHAN: a child whose parents are dead A shocking 80% of children in orphanages are NOT orphans by this definition. So why are these children in an orphanage? Sadly most are there as something we call "poverty orphans" ... because their parents struggle with providing consistent food, housing and education for this child they love so much. We have to think deeper than funding orphanages and international adoption when poverty is the main reason for children being in that position. We are NOT against adoption, but we ARE interested in thinking beyond this one solution. Should a parent lose their child forever to someone able to pay $40,000 (or more) to adopt when it would cost only a fraction of that to support the family staying together? Family Preservation and Orphan Prevention needs to become the number one priority to those of us concerned with orphan care. #WorldOrphanWeek$

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