Parentless

The Society of Friends of Sassoon Hospital (SOFOSH) and Bhartiya Samaj Seva Kendra (BSSK), the two orphanages in Pune(India), have come up with a novel way of maintaining records of their children by using video technology.

The videos of the orphans would be saved in compact discs (CD) and will contain detailed information about the infants, which will be help to those who adopt them.

Nepal has begun accepting applications from foreigners who want to adopt Nepalese children, 18 months after the practice was stopped because of widespread malpractice.Foreigners willing  to adopt children have to meet the agencies set up in Nepal but not the children's homes or orphanages.

Sri Lankan Air Force bombers targetted a christian orphanage in Killinochchi town in Sri Lanka on the christmas day. This orphanage gave shelter to many orphaned and disabled girls. 

women send their children to orphanages as the reason for their inability to bring them up.Three women in Karachi(in Pakistan), gave their children to an orphanage making national media headlines.

It all boils down to making up the numbers. Cashing in on the harrowing situation of tribal communities, NGOs mushrooming in the district are on a massive hunt for tribal kids -- to fill their orphanages and institutions.

Six orphan girls have given themselves a peek into life beyond their grey orphanage walls by joining the ranks of the prestigious NCC. The girls of class VIII and IX studying in T P Patel School will be enrolled in the junior wing of Vadodara NCC from the next academic year. Although the school does not have NCC provisions, the superintendent of the orphanage and the NCC officials managed to enroll these girls for two years NCC training.

Majdy has only one relative; an uncle who lives outside Iraq. Majdy cries every time he remembers his family. Desperate for love and care, he told IRIN that sometimes he thinks it would have been better if he had been killed with his family rather than enduring the life he is leading now.

"I need someone to take care of me because I can't stand the life of an orphan anymore. I am used to being loved, which I don't find here in the orphanage.

by Prakash Dubey
An orphanage run by the Pentecostal Church in Birganj is attacked and one child is wounded. A Hindu extremist group claims responsibility. It says it wants to restore the country to its Hindu theocracy, accusing Christians of converting Buddhist and Hindu children to Christianity with funds from pro-Maoist groups. The establishment’s administrators reject the accusations.