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“There are 73
state orphanages for approximately 9,500 orphan children.
Three Baby Homes for Abandoned Children with the capacity
for 250 babies. One Destitute Children's Rehabilitation
Centre for 400 Children. One Vocational Training Centre for
Orphans and Destitute Children for 100 children. Sixty-five
Welfare and Rehabilitation Programmers for Children with
Disability for about1400 children."
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“There are also
thousands of non-government or private orphanages that are
partly funded by government grants, specifically grants from
the Ministry of Social Welfare, and partly by charitable and
philanthropist donations.”
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Partial information: “There are no statistics
regarding the actual number of children in welfare
institutions in Bangladesh. The Department of Social
Services, under the Ministry of Social Welfare, has a major programme named Child Welfare and Child Development in order
to provide access to food, shelter, basic education, health
services and other basic opportunities for hapless
children.” (The following numbers mention “capacity”
only….not actual numbers of orphans at present)
9,500 -State institutions
250 -babies in 3 available “Baby Homes”
400 -Destitute Children's Rehabilitation Centre
100 -Vocational Training Centre for Orphans and Destitute
Children
1,400 -Sixty-five Welfare and Rehabilitation Programmes for
Children with Disability
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“The private welfare institutions are mostly known as
orphanages and madrassahs. The authorities of most of these
orphanages put more emphasise on religion and religious
studies.” One example follows: 400 – Approximately - Nawab
Sir Salimullah Muslim Orphanage
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Read “Women and Children in
Disadvantaged Situations.” Odhikar. (4/2001)
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