Artikel in The Guardian op 19 November 2018 over het werk van Stahili en HAART, twee organisaties die in Kenia werken aan de reintegratie van kinderen uit weeshuizen naar families en die slachtoffers van mensenhandel ondersteunen.
Sophie Otiende vertelt hoe moeilijk het soms is om geld op te halen voor haar werk, omdat zij geen vrijwilligers direct met kinderen laat werken: “A lot of funding comes from churches and small groups and someone will want to pay $1,200 to come and hug children for three months. I had someone offering me therapy for our girls. I asked: ‘What qualifications would you need in your country to help a trauma victim? You would need a masters degree.’ There are some great funders, UBS for example. Potential funders only want to support one child. They don’t want to hear work you are doing with a family. We get letters that say, ‘We would like to sponsor a little boy or girl so I can show my daughter how lucky she is.’ Well, why does teaching values have to be at the expense of a vulnerable person?”
