| In both the West and East there arose a network of almshouses for the poor, old-age shelters, medical hospitals, and orphanages. |
| Orphans from orphanages in northeastern Bulgaria work on the farm and produce milk from the cows. |
| About 4,939 Russian children are legally adopted by foreigners each year, but 184,000 still languish in orphanages. |
| Many Kazakh orphanages, however, lack qualified medical personnel to deal with such problems. |
| She spent her childhood in orphanages, reform schools, and mental institutions. |
| He has visited the orphanages where parentless children are dying of hunger. |
