Her change of heart is part of a growing sentiment against the spread of orphanages in third world countries, where it has been labelled orphanage tourism. A UNICEF report in 2011 found that the number of orphanages in Cambodia had doubled in the space of five years – even though most children had parents. Families were putting their children into orphanages because they were too poor to look after them. I had these moments of mild despair thinking about it. We had inadvertently become yet another orphanage to add to that list, Ms Winkler said. The conclusion I came to was that no matter how good an orphanage is, the best place for a child is in a family.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 17:47:18 +0000
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