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Jacksonville police officer saves 18 ducklings that were orphaned

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122067) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 29 May 22

Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Motor Unit officer Marc Medina showed his heart of compassion last Thursday when he saw a box that had 18 ducklings who lost their parents in the south part of town. Officer Medina contacted the Bird...

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Two orphaned cubs rescued from an electrical pole in Ontario

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122067) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 19 May 22

Thanks to the efforts of a retired conservational officer named Pete Gilboe who had the assistance of Ontario Provincial Police Officers which included A J Parcher worked together to rescue two cubs were on an electrical pole near...

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Love, People, Transcending Borders

Kandase @Kandae11 (57233) 3 Mar 22

This Russian, Ukraine conflict has certainly brought out quite forcefully the bad side of people ,and the very good side. I was reading an AP report concerning 200 Ukrainian orphans.- most of them children with serious mental...

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Adopting Teenagers

cmoneyspinner @cmoneyspinner (9218) • Austin, Texas 4 Nov 21

I watched this ad for a foundation and they want to encourage people to adopt teenagers. I am glad they finally started encouraging this. Most of the time when the kids get older and reach their teen years, they get abandoned...

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From the mouth of a babe.

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 12 Jul 21

Time was, the orphans were my world. Whose children were they, I believed mine. In my diary, eight years ago, I wrote: Today, at the orphanage, the children were asked to say their own personal prayers. I was waiting for anyone...

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13 Children Orphaned when Parents Die - Sad Family History

Chris Bergstrom @chrissbergstrom (10767) • Banks, Oregon 22 Jul 19

One of the saddest stories i have found during my Family History research, 13 children orphaned when there parents died a few months apart in 1960. Apparently one of the orphaned children Janet York Marquez wrote a book detailing...

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The homeless

Rasel @Diamond55 (116) 5 Dec 17

I have been trying to get donations, to help kids with school uniforms and stationary for next year. There are kids that do not have anything. When i ask people they tell me they broke then i see them buying alcohol and having...

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Two Great Movies To Share With You

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 14 Jan 17

I saw "Jack of The Red Hearts" a few weeks ago. I wondered if it was going to be good but it gained some momentum and really was a good show. It's from 2015 and has AnnaSophia Robb, Famke Janssen, Scott Cohen, Israel Broussard,...

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Karma on play

Margaret Mwangi @Missmwngi (12915) • Nairobi, Kenya 10 Oct 15

When we do something wrong we rarely realize how bad it can affect us later. Here is a man who took properties meant for certain orphans. The children were young and they could not recognize what was going on then. However they...

So I'm Sitting down eating some cereal this morning..

Rosekitty @Rosekitty (19368) • San Marcos, Texas 7 Sep 15

and I turn on the tv... it shows this program about Skip one..which got my interest... Turns out it is about a woman who sponsored 2 children in Africa and wanted to find out if her money each month did go to those kids So she...

skip to help someone

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Calls for Bereaved

gelayagui98 @gelayagui98 (1336) • Australia 21 Nov 11

Hi everyone! This morning I went to my son's school and while waiting for their class to end up, i made small talked to parents who is waiting for their sons and daughter, too. While I listened to their conversation about the lost...

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Anyone else an "orphan"?

3SnuggleBunnies @3SnuggleBunnies (16374) • United States 5 Jun 11

MIL was talking about how at the senior center (55yrs+) that someone had asked how many of the people there were also orphans? With people living longer and longer she was surprised to see there were people that were not "orphans"...

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Did you ever think about orphans?

nakula2009 @nakula2009 (2325) • Indonesia 15 Jan 11

Do you exist in a large family of orphans? Which should come first for assisted living? Own sister orphans or orphans of civil cousin? Is the primacy care of orphans?

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Would you adopt an orphan kid from Haiti?

rcom2025 @rcom2025 (115) • Costa Rica 26 Mar 10

Every time I watch the news, and I heard something from Haiti, I get really shocked about the situation that country is going through. The last thing I learn from the news is about the children whose parents died during the...

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How do you feel about adopting little children in haiti?

krnxpancho @krnxpancho (29) • United States 21 Feb 10

Many victim in Haiti has lost many homes and relatives caused from the destruction. Seeing little children covered in ashes and starving to death, how would you feel about adopting even 1 child from Haiti?

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$1 gift, what can you give for the best with this amount?

dianmelydia @dianmelydia (2269) • Indonesia 14 Sep 09

I and my friends want to manage a charity with gifting solutions for the orphans. But since most of us confusing about what is the best thing to give, we arrange the rules which we should give a gift which only has price of $1 for...

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These Pakistani Orphans are breaking my heart!!

revellanotvanella @revellanotvanella (4033) • United States 11 May 09

I get so overwhelmed when I watch these young children inside these small orphanages and to sit back and watch it seems just awful to me. Im adopted and while I was no orphan I can wholly relate but what I can not relate to is...

Instead of raising a pet why do't people adopt an Orphan?

deepika201 @deepika201 (268) • India 30 Mar 09

i have seen a lot of people spending thousands of bucks on their pets.At the same time i have seen Orphans who don't have proper food and wear torn donated clothes.Why don't people show the pity on these orphans instead of those...

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How people feel that comes without a parent?

cossacks10 @cossacks10 (502) • Morocco 5 Oct 08

it's hard to think but we have to share these feelings despite even if it is so gravity on hearts! the most of us live with two parents but what would you be if some of them has been tooken from you? Our parents are a tresor only...

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True Religion, do you do this?

mom4kids @mom4kids (657) • Canada 28 Sep 08

The bible says that religion that God accepts is this: to look over orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted from the world. Do you do this?

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