Not exact matches
They are
using profits from this venture to build an orphanage in India; the funds also go to other projects designed to help
orphaned children.
I'm not even going to address how ridiculous that argument is in light of the issues of overpopulation or the fact that gay people can indeed have
children (my wife and I are planning to have five), or how many
orphans there are in the world that could
use a loving home.
Say: «Come, let me convey unto you what G - D has [really] forbidden to you: «Do not ascribe divinity, in any way, to anything (or anyone) beside HIM; and [do not offend against but, rather,] do good unto your parents; and do not kill your
children (born or unborn) for fear of poverty --[for] it is WE who shall provide sustenance for you as well as for them; and do not commit any shameful deeds, be they open or secret; and do not take any human being's life -[the life] which G - D has declared to be sacred - otherwise than in [the pursuit of] justice: this has HE enjoined upon you so that you might
use your reason; and do not touch the substance of an
orphan — except to improve it - before he comes of age.»
Official government estimates put the number of «
orphans» (the term is
used loosely to include
children who have been abandoned, and in fact have one or both parents still living — the Chinese term for
orphan, gu'er (孤儿)-- literally «solitary / lonely
child» accommodates this) in China at over half a million as of 2011.
It is also being
used to help resettle the thousands of
children orphaned by the quake.
But it
uses the concept of kefalah to promote the welfare of abandoned and
orphaned children.
O'Donnell is the lead author on the
Child Status Index (CSI),
used to assess
orphans and other vulnerable
children in over 16 resource - poor countries and also on the Family Support Matrix,
used in the Family Connects program.