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How the Orphanages are run:
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The
orphanage staff tries their best to make the orphanage environment
homelike, even arranging holiday and birthday parties for the children.
Each orphanage is staffed by a couple who lives
with the children and oversees the day-to-day operations of the
orphanage. These couples are selected on the basis of their background,
education and personalities. The husband and wife are responsible for
looking after the children and assuring the smooth running of the
household . The couple act as parents for the children by being a
constant secure presence, evidenced in such activities as cooking
meals, helping the children to clean their bedrooms, assisting them in
their studies, taking them to school, buying groceries from the bazaar,
bringing them to doctors, and taking care of each child's personal
needs.
In addition, a RAWA member who is
the head of the RAWA projects in Rawalpindi, monitors and makes
decisions about the orphanage. She visits the orphanages weekly and
confers with the couples in charge. That RAWA member then reports
directly to the RAWA Project Committee which is the main
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- Providing shelter for thousands of orphans who have lost one or both of their parents in the war and have no place to live.
- Providing the basic necessities of life such as food and clothing etc, and to
- educate them so as to reach their own potential.
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Providing education, introducing them to the modern world as most of
them have a very conservative background and come from rural areas
(i.e. introducing them to cars, TV’s, toilet facilities , eating
utensils , etc).
- Providing them with an atmosphere where they are nourished as normal children with parental love and affection.
- Putting
in great efforts on behalf of the staff in order to make their future
bright and hopeful, so that they can manage their lives independently
and successfully after they leave.
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