How many orphanages are in each country?
O would like the answer to be listed, for example:
U.S.A -130 orphanages
Canada - 40 orphanages etc
Thank you

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Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 31 Dec 2002 11:12 PST

Am I understanding that you want the number of orhanages in every
country on earth, broken down by country?

tutuzdad-ga

Dear theorphanage,

Thanks for your question.  First, let me request that if any of the
following is unclear or if you require any further research – please
don’t hesitate to ask me for a clarification.

You requested the number of orphanages on a country-by-country basis –
following are the results I had been able to extract thus far.  I
intend to continue and work on this over the next several days, and I
will post updates as I uncover additional information.

World Statistics (1999)
****************

Catholic-run institutions –

	Orphanages	Children’s Homes
WORLD	8,246	        11,911
Africa	729	        1,645
America	2,280	        5,297
Asia	2,968	        2,485
Europe	2,043	        2,402
Oceania	226	        82

Source: http://www.ewtn.com/library/CHRIST/Z97STATS.HTM

Asia (as a whole)
*****************

2,492 orphanages managed by the Catholic Church as of 1995

http://www.zenit.org/english/asia/stats.html

Belarus
*******

21 Orphanages, 1,773 children institutionalized

http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:ctKdxv1M5hoC:www.un.minsk.by/hdr/hdr96/Chapter6/t6_3.html+statistics+orphanages+number&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

China
*****

276 orphanages – or 40,100?

http://www.familyoffour.homestead.com/June05CCAA.html

http://www.truevisiontv.com/drg2.html

Haiti
*****

Between 120 and 200, housing somewhere around 9,000 children; it seems
that the total number of orphans is approx. 200,000 – or a total of
200,000 vulnerable children are being cared for, representing 7% to 8%
of the vulnerable population

http://www.synergyaids.com/documents/3549_fhi10.pdf

Indonesia
**********

1,647 orphanages, 91,051 orphans

http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/crc/doc/report/srf-indonesia-1.pdf

Iraq
****

10 orphanages

http://www.unicef.org/iraq/library/join-3/child-protection/other.pdf

Israel – territories
*********************


26 orphanages, 1713 orphans, 55% housed

http://www.pcbs.org/english/child/rep_2001.htm

Korea
*****

272 orphanages housing approx. 1,800 children

http://www.goal.or.kr/english/adoptionissues/molly1999.htm

Latvia
*******

48 orphanages

http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:l94zgBB7U5AC:www.unicef-icdc.org/research/ESP/CountryReports2001_02/Latvia01.pdf+statistics+orphanages+%22number+of+orphanages%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Lithuania
**********

“In 1995, there were six infant homes, 29 orphanages, 10 general type,
and 53 special schools.”

http://www.un.lt/HDR/1996/C11/CHAPT11.HTM

Nigeria
*******

At least 12.

http://www.cin.org/archives/cinjust/199803/0051.html

Russia
******

2000 orphanages, 1.5 million orphans

http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:Xhcr-gfs8-cC:www.tear.org/ludmilaletter.htm+statistics+orphanages+%22number+of+orphanages%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Or - Russia II
***************

1273 orphanages, 700,000 orphans, 25% housed

http://www.fororphans.org/FORO_Frequently_Asked_Questions.htm

Slovakia
*********

56 orphanages

http://travel.state.gov/adoption_slovakia.html

Taiwan
******

9 orphanages, housing 638 orphans, 17.34% cared for

http://www.dbas.taipei.gov.tw/stat/summeng/Sume32.doc


Ukraine
*******

80 orphanages

http://www.rferl.org/pbureport/2000/02/08-220200.html

United States
**************

188 Catholic-run orphanages (1993)

http://biblia.com/christ/accomplishments.htm


As mentioned above, I will continue to work on this request over the
next several days - uncovering these numbers involve quite a bit of
tedious work as no reports are available and articles have to be
evaluated one by one.  Please let me know if you are in need of
additional information concerning this query.

Thanks,
ragingacademic-ga


Search Strategy:

1.	“number of orphanages”
2.	statistics orphanages number

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Request for Answer Clarification by theorphanage-ga on 01 Jan 2003 10:04 PST

Would be great if you will continue finding the rest of
statistics...Thank you a lot for you great done !

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Clarification of Answer by ragingacademic-ga on 02 Jan 2003 02:00 PST

Dear theorphanage,

Here is a first update to my response – the countries I have been able
to add to this report are – Australia, Bangladesh, Estonia, Moldova,
Romania

World Statistics (1999)
*************

Catholic-run institutions –

	Orphanages	Children’s Homes
WORLD	8,246	11,911
Africa	729	1,645
America	2,280	5,297
Asia	2,968	2,485
Europe	2,043	2,402
Oceania	226	82

Source: http://www.ewtn.com/library/CHRIST/Z97STATS.HTM

Asia (as a whole)
**************

2,492 orphanages managed by the Catholic Church as of 1995

http://www.zenit.org/english/asia/stats.html

Australia
*********

At least 150.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/364431.stm

Bangladesh
***********

“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
Programmes for Children with Disability for about 1400 children. “

http://www.odhikar.org/pub/Pub2_5.htm

And – “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.”

http://www.workpermits.gov.uk/default.asp?pageid=2839

Belarus
******

21 Orphanages, 1,773 children institutionalized

http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:ctKdxv1M5hoC:www.un.minsk.by/hdr/hdr96/Chapter6/t6_3.html+statistics+orphanages+number&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

China
*****

276 orphanages – or 40,100?

http://www.familyoffour.homestead.com/June05CCAA.html

http://www.truevisiontv.com/drg2.html

Estonia
*******

“There are 17 orphanages and 7 orphanages for small children in
Estonia” -Housing 1186 children.

http://www.undp.ee/child/en/3.1.html

http://www.sm.ee/gopro30/Web/gpweb.nsf/HtmlPages/child1998-2000wardgender/$file/child1998-2000wardgender.xls

Haiti
*****

Between 120 and 200, housing somewhere around 9,000 children; it seems
that the total number of orphans is approx. 200,000 – or a total of
200,000 vulnerable children are being cared for, representing 7% to 8%
of the vulnerable population

http://www.synergyaids.com/documents/3549_fhi10.pdf

Indonesia
********

1,647 orphanages, 91,051 orphans

http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/crc/doc/report/srf-indonesia-1.pdf

Iraq
****

10 orphanages

http://www.unicef.org/iraq/library/join-3/child-protection/other.pdf

Israel – territories
***************


26 orphanages, 1713 orphans, 55% housed

http://www.pcbs.org/english/child/rep_2001.htm

Korea
*****

272 orphanages housing approx. 1,800 children

http://www.goal.or.kr/english/adoptionissues/molly1999.htm

Latvia
*****

48 orphanages

http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:l94zgBB7U5AC:www.unicef-icdc.org/research/ESP/CountryReports2001_02/Latvia01.pdf+statistics+orphanages+%22number+of+orphanages%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Lithuania
********

“In 1995, there were six infant homes, 29 orphanages, 10 general type,
and 53 special schools.”

http://www.un.lt/HDR/1996/C11/CHAPT11.HTM

Moldova
********

No stats on number of orphanages – but at least something on the
number of orphans –

“Today 11.500 orphans are registered in the Republic of Moldova,
including 5.200 children who have been adopted, 2.000 living in
orphanages and 279 living in orphanages of the family type.”

http://www.iatp.md/cpdom/en/cards.htm

Nigeria
******

At least 12.

http://www.cin.org/archives/cinjust/199803/0051.html

Romania
********

No statistic on number of orphanages, but 100,000 children living in
such institutions as of 1995.

http://www.aegis.com/news/re/1995/RE951205.html

100s of orphanages.

http://www.compassion-connection.org/orphan.htm

Russia
******

2000 orphanages, 1.5 million orphans

http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:Xhcr-gfs8-cC:www.tear.org/ludmilaletter.htm+statistics+orphanages+%22number+of+orphanages%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Or - Russia II
***********

1273 orphanages, 700,000 orphans, 25% housed

http://www.fororphans.org/FORO_Frequently_Asked_Questions.htm

Slovakia
*******

56 orphanages

http://travel.state.gov/adoption_slovakia.html

Taiwan
******

9 orphanages, housing 638 orphans, 17.34% cared for

http://www.dbas.taipei.gov.tw/stat/summeng/Sume32.doc


Ukraine
*******

80 orphanages

http://www.rferl.org/pbureport/2000/02/08-220200.html

United States
***********

188 Catholic-run orphanages (1993)

http://biblia.com/christ/accomplishments.htm

I will look for additional information next time I am at the library,
however, I have more or less exhausted the Web and a host of
subscription services to which I have access.

I hope this response adequately addresses your request.  Please let me
know if you are in need of additional information concerning this
query.

Thanks,
ragingacademic-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by theorphanage-ga on 02 Jan 2003 08:44 PST

Dear  ragingacademic-ga,

I'm so happy because www.myorphanage.org was useful for you finding
more statistics. I'm webmaster for www.MyOrphanage.org and this is the
first reason why I need statistics to publish on my web site, so,
anyone will be able to find under a web site all statistics they want
about orphans and orphanages worldwide.
Stan Nicolae -webmaster
Orphans and Orphanages
www.myorphanage.org
"Orphan of Today, People of Tomorrow"

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Clarification of Answer by ragingacademic-ga on 02 Jan 2003 10:57 PST

theorphanage -

Thanks so much for your comments.
I hope to be able to provide you with some additional information in
the near future.

thanks,
ragingacademic

Google -you're the best on Web

theorphanage - 

I continue to work on this project.
Ran into the following - a directory of Christian orphanages around the world -

http://mfinder.org/orphanages.htm

Thought it would be of interest to you.

thanks,
ragingacademic

Here are a couple more directories I have run across -

http://www.orphanage.org/

http://www.myorphanage.org/text/america.html

thanks,
ragingacademic