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Azerbaijan |
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No official number “Many children are
abandoned due to extreme poverty and harsh living
conditions. Family members or neighbors may raise some of
these children but the majority live in crowded orphanages
until the age of fifteen when they are sent into the
community to make a living for themselves.” Read “Azerbaijan
Adoptions.”
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Kyrgyzstan |
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Partial information: 85 – Ivanovka Orphanage
Read “Tokmak and Area Children’s Work”
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Laos |
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Estimated total – 1000 (1990’s) “It is stated
that there are 20,000 orphaned children in Laos. There are
only three orphanages in the whole country providing places
for a total of 1,000 of these children.” No Title. by Anneli
Dahlbom broken
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Rwanda |
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Total – 5000 Out of 400,000 orphans, 5,000
are living in orphanages. Read “Social Protection of
Africa’s Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children.” African
Region Human Development Working Series Paper
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Tajikistan |
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Approximate total – 9,000 (1997) “No one can
be sure how many lone children are there in the republic.
About 9,000 are in internats and in orphanages.” Read
“Children and the Society,” by Natalia Bruker, Irada
Guseinova. Asia Plus (1997)
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Tanzania |
Approximate total – 3000 “Currently, there
are 52 orphanages in Tanzania caring for about 3,000 orphans
and vulnerable children.”
Read “A Program on Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Aids
affected areas in Tanzania.” Axios International
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Uzbekistan |
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Partial Information: 80 – Takhtakupar
Orphanage -Read “Takhatkupar Orphanage”
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information contain a link where you can check out the
source.
** If I can come up with
further information about adoption, I will add them.
Also, if you have other source with other statistics
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