Orphanages provide shelter and schooling, but cannot replace the emotional care, attachment, and stability of a family.
By Amir Murtaza

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When Poverty Separates Families A care institution or orphanage can never replace a family, and most children in Pakistan’s orphanages still have living parents

Most children in Pakistani orphanages have living parents; poverty and socio-economic pressures often drive institutionalisation.
By Amir Murtaza

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