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If you wish add an orphanage and your request is accepted, please note that you'll have to place the MyOrphanage.org banner on your webpage:
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- “In 1995,
there were six infant homes, 29 orphanages, 10 general type, and
53 special schools.” <broken source link>
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Total 241 – (1994 statistics for 32 foster
homes)
(300 more children are documented to live in “children’s
villages.)
“Positive changes in the situation of foster children can
be seen. In 1995, the International Children's Rights
Convention was ratified and NGOs became more active in this
field. There are about 40 organizations and foundations that
shelter children: the Lithuanian Children's Fund, `Viltis',
the `SOS Children's homes, and the assistance foundation `Vaiko
tëviđkes namai'.
“At present, there are 30 affiliates of `SOS Children', and
10 children's villages have been created, in which 300
children live. In each house in each village, there are 5 -7
children living along with their guardian, or `mother'.
Children aged eight or over are taken into these villages,
and stay until they are 18.” Read “Chapter 11: Families,
Women and Children.” United Nations Development Program
(1996)
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