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Helping Hands Healing Hearts Ministries Philippines
Philippines
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Baguio, Cordillera Administrative Region
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Social Services
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Wildlife Information Rescue And Education Service Limited
Australia
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Brookvale, New South Wales
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Environment
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Um Pequeno Gesto, Uma Grande Ajuda
Portugal
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Oeiras, Lisboa
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Education
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Helping Hands Healing Hearts Ministries Inc
United States
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Cullman, AL
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Religion
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Padrinhos do Mundo Associação
Portugal
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Lisboa
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Community Development
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Stichting Girls Empowerment Foundation
Netherlands
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Naaldwijk
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Education
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NPH Österreich
Austria
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Wien
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International
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Associação The Big Hand
Portugal
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Setúbal
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Education
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Stichting Diani Childrens Village
Netherlands
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Leusden, Utrecht
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Education
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Stichting One Life
Netherlands
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Streefkerk, South Holland
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Education
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The Budimas Charitable Foundation
Malaysia
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Kuala Lumpur
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Social Services
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Asrama Darul Falah PERKIM (ASDAF)
Malaysia
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Kuala Lumpur
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Education
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Stichting voor de mens
Netherlands
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Zaandam
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International
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Al-Aman Fund
Jordan
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Amman
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Education
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Stiftung Schweiz ForAfrika
Switzerland
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Zürich, ZH
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Disaster Relief
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Abajad Global
France
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Châtillon, Hauts-de-Seine
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Sports & Recreation
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FDVF - Futurs Dermato-Vénérologues de France
France
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Paris
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Health
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the Glow Foundation for Children Empowerment and Development
Nigeria
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lagos
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Youth Development
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Trivandrum Don Bosco Veedu Society
India
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Manacaud, Kerala
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Social Services
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Tkiyet Um Ali
Jordan
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Amman
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Social Services
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What is an orphan charity?
Orphan charities support children who have lost one or both parents, and in practice most also serve other children separated from parental care. The list spans orphanages and children's homes as well as sponsorship programs, kinship-care supporters, and family reunification groups; narrow it with the country and size filters above. The orphans tag is GiveRadar's own call, based on an organization's name, stated mission, and registry classification; it can be neither chosen nor bought.
An orphan charity is a nonprofit that cares for children who have lost one or both parents or who are otherwise living without parental care. The term covers two quite different models: residential care, where children live in an orphanage or children's home run by the organization, and family-based care, where the organization supports children within an extended family, a guardian household, or a reunified birth family. Many organizations in this directory run sponsorship programs that fund a child's food, schooling, and health care while the child stays in a home rather than an institution. Registries classify these organizations under child welfare or social services, and their legal names often use older terms like orphanage or children's home even where the work has shifted toward family support.
What do orphan charities do?
Orphan charities work across residential care, family support, and long-term follow-up. Typical work includes:
- Running orphanages and children's homes that provide housing, food, and daily care
- Sponsorship programs that pay for food, school fees, uniforms, and medical care for orphaned children living with relatives or guardians
- Tracing extended family and reunifying children with kin when a safe placement exists
- Supporting guardian and child-headed households with cash, food, or counseling so siblings can stay together
- Grief counseling and psychosocial support for children who have lost parents
- Keeping orphaned children in school through fee support and school supplies
- Aftercare for young people leaving residential care: housing, vocational support, and follow-up
Organizations whose main work is placing children with trained foster families are listed under foster care, a related but distinct model.
How to check an orphan charity before sponsoring or donating
Two questions matter more for orphan charities than for almost any other cause: what the care model is, and how the organization protects the children in it. On care model, child welfare research has documented that many children in residential care have at least one living parent, so it is fair to ask an orphanage-model organization whether it also works on family tracing and reunification, and fair to ask a sponsorship program whether your money follows one named child or funds a pooled program: pooled funding is common and often more practical, but the organization should say so plainly. On protection, look for a published child safeguarding policy and be cautious of organizations that offer casual visits or short-term volunteering with children as a fundraising draw: restricted access to children is a sign of good practice, not something to hold against an organization. Each profile here shows registration status, filings where the registry publishes them, and an integrity assessment; the assessment measures how much an organization discloses, not the quality of its care. The general five-step check is in our guide for donors, and the charity checker will pull up any organization you want to vet.
Common questions
What is an orphan charity?
An orphan charity is a nonprofit that cares for children who have lost one or both parents or who live without parental care. Some run orphanages and children's homes; others support children in family-based care through sponsorship, guardian support, or reunification with relatives. Most are registered under child welfare or social services classifications in their national registries.
Should I donate to an orphanage?
An orphanage can be a reasonable place to give, but the care model deserves a closer look first: child welfare research has documented that many children in residential care have at least one living parent, and family-based care is increasingly preferred where it is safe. Before donating, check whether the organization publishes a child safeguarding policy, whether it works on family tracing and reunification alongside residential care, and what its registration and filings show on its profile in the directory above. Giving money through a registered organization is generally more useful than in-person visits or gift drops, which good safeguarding practice restricts.
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