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She finally reclaimed her daughter from the orphanage as early as she could, around the time that Cher was able to walk.

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Hundreds of deliveries are made by tanker each day, with the water board prioritising schools, orphanages, hospitals, and those most in need.

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Social stigma around disability had also led to more children with special needs ending up in orphanages.

From BBC

Gladys Johnston was three when she was adopted from an Irish orphanage and brought up in the Scottish Highlands as an only child.

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Labeled “the devil’s child” for her vitiligo at her orphanage, DePrince found hope in a magazine photo of an American ballerina in pointe shoes.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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