orphanage

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Her offer to buy the orphanage was accepted earlier this year and now plans to tear down the crumbling building and replace it with a modern one.

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  1. noun A public institution for the care and protection of children without parents.
  2. noun The condition of being a child without parents.

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  • The ghost revealed the truth in what I had always liked to believe: we inside the orphanage were alone sane. —  AnalogSFF,April2008
  • Thankfully, there is a directrice who does impose a structure which is likely why the orphanage has been able to keep maintaining itself. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • It seems like a great way to keep them busy and also provide some food for the orphanage, although with the size of the garden that they have it won't provide a whole lot. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • Mercy's family has said it was too poor to care for the girl and so they gave her to Madonna's Kondanani orphanage, which is where the entertainer first met the child. —  E! Online (US) - Top Stories
  • Cotlands marketing manager Lindy Nieuwenhuizen welcomed the group to the orphanage, which is bright and clean.
 

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