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  Musings from Graceland — Authority: 127
  SOMEWHERE OUT THERE A CHILD IS WAITING If you would like to be a part of bringing love, hope, and help into the life of one of these precious Swazi children, please visit www.threadsofhopewovenbygod.blogspot.com . And on behalf of the children, thank you. Or as they would say it in Swaziland, siyabonga.
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• The Love of God, Christmas, and Caring for Orphans

  
  Together for Adoption — Authority: 125
  As you celebrate the birth of Jesus, take some time to reflect upon the relationship between the incarnate love of God and the church’s responsibility to care for the fatherless. Ultimately, it is God’s incarnate love that moves us outward “to visit orphans in their affliction” (James 1:27). The love we ...
  22 hours ago

• Charlize Theron Designs Shoes For Charity

  
  Look To The Stars News: Latest — Authority: 558
  Written by Regina Walton Charlize Theron and Blake Mycoskie, founder of the accessory line Toms Shoes , have co-designed a limited edition men’s and women’s collection to celebrate the donation of over 10,000 pairs of shoes to children in Theron’s native country of South Africa. These shoes are ...
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• Romanian Orphanages : Warning Not a Pleasant Article

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 567
  Image via Wikipedia By banning birth control, the notorious Romanian communist leader, Nicolae Ceausescu did nothing to help the already over populated orphanages. He dictated and ruled over the country for over twenty five years. Years of hell for the majority of citizens. The institutes were state run and not ...
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• What became of Romanias neglected orphans?

  
  Legally Kidnapped — Authority: 159
  What became of Romanias neglected orphans? A BBC investigation has uncovered appalling conditions and abuse in adult institutions in Romania, 20 years after the fall of Nicolai Ceausescu exposed conditions in the countrys orphanages.
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• Wait No More Campaign Nets 600 Adoption Families

  
  WordJourney Magazine — Authority: 111
  More than 1000 Florida children are legally available for adoption. A January “Wait No More” campaign in Fort Lauderdale hopes to bring that number down considerably. Christian ministry Focus on the Family has been doing its part lately to focus people’s attention on the global orphan crisis. In November ...
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• Justin Timberlake Tops Celebrity Givers List

  
  Look To The Stars News: Latest — Authority: 558
  Written by Tim Saunders Justin Timberlake has been named celebrity charity earner of the year, outstripping favorites such as Bono and Oprah . According to website The Daily Beast , the SexyBack singer raised $9.3 million for the Shriners Hospitals for Children in 2009. Second place went to Madonna , ...
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• BRDC Dance team-Elliot

  
  The Wardrobe and the White Tree — Authority: 126
  (front row) Amad, Dena, Elliot, Josh, Abel. (back row) Ty, Jordan, Megan, Evangeline, Makayla, Big A . Yesterday at the toy giveaway, the brdc dance team performed with Big A while he rapped his song "Free". This dance team is made up of troubled teens from the community, my kids, a couple Highland road campus kids, ...
  2 days ago

• 143 million orphans and the adoption agenda

  
  Pound Pup Legacy Feed — Authority: 431
  For years adoption advocates and adoption agencies have used the claim that there are 143 million orphans in the world, based upon an estimate made by Unicef, to further the agenda of inter-country adoption. Joint Council on International Children’s Services (JCICS) . a trade association of adoption service ...
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• Orphanages Rival Foster Homes for Quality Child Care

  
  Pound Pup Legacy Feed — Authority: 431
  Contrary to popular melodramas and musicals, orphanages in many countries seem to take care of abandoned children just as well as adoptive homes By: Katherine Harmon/ Scientific American December 17, 2009 read more
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• Orphanages Nor So Bad, After All

  
  FAMILY PRESERVATION ADVOCACY — Authority: 133
  Yesterday, I was on a panel at the Practising Law Center in NY. Also there was Prof Bartholet with her pro-adoption rhertoric. She and one of her colleagues, Dr. Aaronson, have most incredibly expanded the definition of orphan to include children from impoverished families! Interestingly, a new study reveals ...
  3 days ago

• Marine firefighters share Christmas spirit with orphans

  
  Japundit - Published news — Authority: 449
  MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan — Marines and their families threw a Christmas party for a group of children from the Tsuta Orphanage at the Aircraft Rescue Firefighting building here Dec. 12.
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• Robber of Cruel Streets: The Prayerful Life of George Muller

  
  One Man's Thoughts — Authority: 134
  We just watched Robber of Cruel Streets: The Prayerful Life of George Muller last night. I thought it was very good and accurate. George Müller (1805-1898) was a German playboy who found Christ and gave his life to serve Christ unreservedly. His mission was to rescue orphans from the wretched street life that ...
  4 days ago

• Program note | Why this blog is being updated

  
  Gannett Blog — Authority: 125
  After closing Gannett Blog in July 2009, Ive begun experimenting with a possible relaunch, in conjunction with two, new media blogs that I might start publishing after the New Year. Please stay tuned.
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• Foreign adoptions plunge in FY 2009 - more orphans for agencies requested

  
  Pound Pup Legacy Feed — Authority: 431
  Yesterday, the Associated Press reported the State Department released the international adoption figures for fiscal year 2009. The reported numbers are no surprise, more than a month a ago, we already published the preliminary numbers , and the figure presented now are nearly identical. read more
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• Study: Orphanages May Be A Viable Option For Some Children

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 152
  A Duke University study of more than 3,000 orphaned and abandoned children in five Asian and African countries has found that children in institutional orphanages fare as well or better than those who live in the community. The findings contrast sharply with research that associates institutions with poorer health ...
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• Peace, Locomotion (MG)

  
  Becky's Book Reviews — Authority: 546
  Woodson, Jacqueline. 2009. Peace, Locomotion. Penguin. 136 pages. Imagine Peace I think its blue because thats my favorite color. I think its soft like flannel sheets in the wintertime. I think Peace is full-- like a stomach after a real good dinner-- beef stew and corn bread or shrimp fried rice and egg rolls. ...
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• Stars Show The Joy Of Giving For El Faro

  
  Look To The Stars News: Latest — Authority: 558
  Written by Delinda Lombardo Celebrities in Hollywood came out in full force this week to attend the JC Penny ‘Joy of Giving’ event in support of Friends of El Faro , an organization dedicated to helping the children of Tijuana’s Casa Hogar Sion orphanage. El Faro spokesperson Molly Sims hosted the ...
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• Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma’s grand Christmas celebrations

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma’, is very famous for its hatke theme when it comes to celebrating any festivals. It has always been the USP of the show for conveying some social message through its hilarious comedy and bringing awareness at the same time for its audience.Keeping this in mind, the show will be [...]
  5 days ago

• Theater Review | The Orphans Home Cycle: An Insignificant Riddle and the Other Women in an Orphan’s Life

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 900
  Bill Heck is the orphan Horace, and Maggie Lacey is the woman he marries in Horton Footes “Story of a Marriage.”
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