An orphan is someone whose parents are dead, unknown, or have permanently abandoned him or her. In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents due to death is called an orphan. An orphanage is a residential institution devoted to the care of orphans—children whose biological parents are deceased or otherwise unable or unwilling to take care of them. Today, 153 million children worldwide are orphans. There are serious consequences for the rights and development of such children. “The orphans in our society are the responsibility of all of us, our aim is to make sure that they get a fair chance in life, to ensure that they too are loved and valued and enable them to become a productive citizen.”
