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Keeping orphans in school is especially
crucial in breaking the poverty cycle.
Also key for families is receiving
the emotional support and encouragement that will help them deal with
current problems and plan for the
future. This psychosocial support can
be provided by other family members,
friends, community members or
organizations and is an essential
part of home-based care.
Countries that have relied on institutions to care for their orphans have

learned that orphanages are not the
answer. Expensive to build and maintain, orphanages remove children
from their communities and extended
families. These and other institutions
set up to care for children can have
catastrophic consequences on children's emotional lives and development. And when institutions are no
longer able to absorb growing numbers of orphans who have no other
support systems, some children end up
homeless and hungry on the street.

A group of quarry workers in
Malawi watch a video on
AIDS prevention.