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Article: Zambian government deplores "sorry state" of orphanages
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- April 18, 2009
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Zambian government deplores "sorry state" of orphanages
LUSAKA, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The Zambian government deplored the
state of most of the orphanages in the southern African country
despite huge state funding, Zambia News and Information Service
(ZANIS) reported on Saturday.
A senior government official said in the town of Kafue in central
Lusaka Province that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) proved
little value to the plight of vulnerable children in one of Africa's
impoverished states where there is a high number of orphans due to
the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Kafue District Administrative Officer Henry Bowa said some NGOs
and orphanages were even taking advantage of the plight of ...