able ▁children , ▁often ▁housing ▁children ▁whose ▁parent ( s ) ▁are ▁poor ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁those ▁who ▁are ▁abandoned , ▁neglect ed ▁or ▁ab used ▁by ▁family ▁guard ians . ▁Ne ither ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁children ▁or ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁institutions ▁is ▁officially ▁known , ▁but ▁Cham bre ▁de ▁L ' En f ance ▁N ec ess ite us se ▁H ait ienne ▁( C EN H ) ▁indicated ▁that ▁it ▁has ▁received ▁requests ▁for ▁assistance ▁from ▁nearly ▁ 2 0 0 ▁or phan ages ▁from ▁around ▁the ▁country ▁for ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁children . ▁Although ▁not ▁all ▁are ▁or ph ans , ▁many ▁are ▁vulner able ▁or ▁origin ate ▁in ▁vulner able ▁families ▁that ▁" h oped ▁to ▁increase ▁their ▁children ' s ▁opportun ities ▁by ▁sending ▁them ▁to ▁or phan ages . ▁Catholic ▁Rel ief ▁Services ▁provides ▁assistance ▁to ▁ 1 2 0 ▁or phan ages ▁with ▁ 9 , 0 0 0 ▁children ▁in ▁the ▁O uest , ▁Sud , ▁Sud - Est ▁and ▁Grand ' An se , ▁but ▁these ▁include ▁only ▁or phan ages ▁that ▁meet ▁their ▁criteria . ▁They ▁estimate ▁receiving ▁ten ▁requests ▁per ▁week ▁for ▁assistance ▁from ▁additional ▁or phan ages ▁and ▁children ' s ▁homes , ▁but ▁some ▁of ▁these ▁are ▁repeat ▁requests ." ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁UN ICE F ▁estimated ▁there ▁were ▁ 3 8 0 , 0 0 0 ▁or ph ans ▁in ▁H ait i , ▁which ▁has ▁a