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Volunteering in orphanages seems, at face value, to be a selfless act of charity that can only do good.<\/p>\n

Sadly, this is very rarely the case, so I would like you to take a few minutes to read about the reality of being an orphanage volunteer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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