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Practice Listening: Highlight Correct Summary ID: #4265 Long Poor country

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Almost every poor country, by contrast, still puts children in institutions, even though the vast majority of those children have families. Wealthy countries, who consider orphanages harmful for their own children, nonetheless provide a stream of charitable giving that makes orphanages viable businesses abroad. And orphanages need “orphans”. Parents may hand over children because they have special needs, or because the family can’t afford to send them to school. “It’s a huge pull factor: if they can get food, health care, education, specialised services, parents make a decision they think is in the best interests of the children,” says Shannon Senefeld, senior vice president for overseas operations at Catholic Relief Services. Save the Children looked at orphanages in Sri Lanka in 2005 and found that 92% of children had a living parent. A 2006 survey by Unicef in Liberia found that 98% of children living in orphanages were not orphans. Donors from wealthy countries – most often, religious groups – often establish orphanages in response to a crisis. But after the crisis is over, donations keep arriving, so the institution stays open. In Aceh, Indonesia, after the 2004 tsunami, hundreds of institutions for children were opened. But Maestral found that more than 97% of the children in them were brought by their families so they could get an education. “Very few of the children had been affected by the tsunami at all.

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Often orphanages are established in response to a crisis. But after the crisis is over, donations keep arriving, so the institution stays open providing children with quality health care and specialised services. Orphanages are mostly found in poor countries, most of which are run by funds coming from wealthy countries. Even though most kids have families, but they can’t afford school, so kids are sent to charitable institutions to get education, etc. Orphans in Sri Lanka and Liberia are usually governed by highly religious bodies. After the 2004 tsunami, hundreds of them moved to Indonesia so they could get an education. Even when very few of the children had been affected by the tsunami at all. Orphanages are mostly found in countries like Sri Lanka and Liberia, most of which are run by religious groups. Even though the vast majority of children have families, they like free food, health care, education, etc.

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Option 1: "Often orphanages are established in response to a crisis. But after the crisis is over, donations keep arriving, so the institution stays open providing children with quality health care and specialised services."
Explanation: This option incorrectly implies that orphanages primarily provide quality health care and specialized services, which is not the main focus of the text. The text emphasizes that orphanages are often established in response to crises but does not support the idea that they provide quality services. Additionally, it fails to mention that most children in these orphanages have living parents.
Option 2: "Orphanages are mostly found in poor countries, most of which are run by funds coming from wealthy countries. Even though most kids have families, but they can’t afford school, so kids are sent to charitable institutions to get education, etc."
Explanation: This option accurately summarizes the main idea of the text, which discusses how orphanages are prevalent in poor countries and funded by wealthy nations. It highlights that many children in these institutions have families but are sent there due to financial constraints, aligning with the text's emphasis on the reasons parents make such decisions.
Option 3: "Orphans in Sri Lanka and Liberia are usually governed by highly religious bodies. After the 2004 tsunami, hundreds of them moved to Indonesia so they could get an education. Even when very few of the children had been affected by the tsunami at all."
Explanation: This option misrepresents the text by suggesting that orphans moved to Indonesia after the tsunami, which is not stated. The text mentions that many children were brought to institutions by their families for education, not that they moved as orphans. Furthermore, it inaccurately implies governance by religious bodies without sufficient evidence from the text.
Option 4: "Orphanages are mostly found in countries like Sri Lanka and Liberia, most of which are run by religious groups. Even though the vast majority of children have families, they like free food, health care, education, etc."
Explanation: This option incorrectly suggests that children prefer to be in orphanages for free services, which misrepresents the text's focus on the economic reasons families send their children to these institutions. It also lacks the nuance that many children have living parents, which is a critical point made in the text.

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