Orphanage

:This article is about the institutions for orphans. For the band, see Orphanage (band).

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An orphanage is an institution dedicated to caring for orphans (children without living parents). Orphanages often attempt to find homes for children in their care. They may be privately or publicly funded.

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The term is sometimes also used to denote institutions where children reside without cohabiting parents, irrespective of the life status of the latter. In many works of fiction (notable Oliver Twist and Annie) the administrators of orphanages are depicted as cruel monsters.

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The largest existing orphanage in the United States is the Bethesda Orphanage, founded in 1740 by George Whitefield. Another famous American orphanage is Girls and Boys Town, located outside Omaha, Nebraska. The term "orphanage" has been largely replaced by "group home" in modern times.

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Many orphanages are run by religious organisations.

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Fiction: Fiction is storytelling of imagined events and stands in contrast to non-fiction, which makes factual claims about reality. A large part of the appeal of fiction is its ability to evoke the entire spectrum of human emotions: to distract our minds, to give us hope in times of despair, to make us laug...

Oliver Twist: Oliver Twist is an 1838 novel by Charles Dickens, probably one of the best-known of all his works, along with A Christmas Carol and Great Expectations. It has been the subject of numerous film and television adaptations, and the basis for a highly successful British musical, entitled simply Oliver!...

Annie: Annie is a musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie. The music is by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan....

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The Managers of the Haarlem Orphanage 1663