Artikel: What’s the big deal with orphanages in Cambodia?
ingevoerd op 8-3-2013
Nieuw artikel over kinderhuizen en de inzet van vrijwilligers in deze kinderhuizen in Cambodja
Every year thousands of well-intentioned foreigners come to Cambodia with the goal of helping poor Cambodian children. The majority of them end up visiting or volunteering in Cambodian orphanages. Over the last year, orphanage tourism (as it is disparagingly called) has been getting a lot of negative publicity from child protection organizations. If you’ve wanted to come work with Cambodian children, you might have wondered what the big deal is–you’re just trying to help, right?
Het artikel gaat onder andere in op het feit dat bijna 75% van de kinderen in weeshuizen in Cambodja, geen weeskinderen zijn, maar nog 1 of beide ouders hebben. Wat is dan de reden dat ze in een weeshuis zitten?
Lees het hele artikel (http://www.movetocambodia.com/health-safety/whats-the-big-deal-with-orphanages-in-cambodia/)
Every year thousands of well-intentioned foreigners come to Cambodia with the goal of helping poor Cambodian children. The majority of them end up visiting or volunteering in Cambodian orphanages. Over the last year, orphanage tourism (as it is disparagingly called) has been getting a lot of negative publicity from child protection organizations. If you’ve wanted to come work with Cambodian children, you might have wondered what the big deal is–you’re just trying to help, right?
Het artikel gaat onder andere in op het feit dat bijna 75% van de kinderen in weeshuizen in Cambodja, geen weeskinderen zijn, maar nog 1 of beide ouders hebben. Wat is dan de reden dat ze in een weeshuis zitten?
Lees het hele artikel (http://www.movetocambodia.com/health-safety/whats-the-big-deal-with-orphanages-in-cambodia/)
