Too Many Children in Orphanages Throughout the World

Throughout our world, hundreds upon thousands of children are kept in orphanages. These children, who have no home, no parents, and no siblings to play with, are kept in a place where all they have left is their childhood; and even that is taken away from them in these living hells. Most people would define the word orphanage as a public or private institution for the care and protection of children without parents. However, this definition is far from what orphanages actually are. Orphanages do not institute care and protection for the orphans, but instead abuse them and make their lives miserable. But this abuse does not only restrict to physical abuse; mental, emotional, and sexual abuses are also included in their daily lives. With poor and squalid facilities, cribs to sleep in for 11 year olds, minimal food to eat, and inhumane care, these helpless children have no choice but to bear this treatment. Nevertheless, there are orphanages out there that do care for their children. They give them proper food, clothing, and have a clean environment, but still the children are neglected and not given the love and nurturing that they need and deserve. Poor countries like Bulgaria are not capable of giving their orphans the proper environment to live in. The nurses and staff of orphanages are not meeting their responsibilities as proper care-takers either. Orphanages were originally made to give children without parents care and love, but now the meaning and reality of orphanages have changed to a nightmare.

Orphanages are not a recent addition to our society, in fact, the history of orphanages date all the way back to the first century A.D. The earliest of orphanages were founded by the Orthodox Church and were called “orphanotrophia”...

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Today, despite a lot of improvement in these institutions, the conditions are still inhumane and uninhabitable. The sight of these orphanages is very disturbing. Children sitting in their urine and feces, toddlers banging their heads on steel cribs and children tied to the chairs with their own shirt sleeves. These orphanages are not only understaffed, but also the abuse and neglect of the staff towards children is unrestrained. Seeing all this misery, there are many people who wish to adopt Roman children, but the adoption laws in Romania do not favor children’s rights and instead favors parents’ rights. The Romanian children can only be adopted if the biological parents are deceased. Even if they are deceased, all the other family members, near and distant relatives, have to give up their rights in order for the child to become eligible for adoption.