Visiting an Orphanage
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Visiting an Orphanage
Hi all i have a friend that is coming from overseas and want to take they kids to visit an orphanage here in PP and let they kids see the other side of life and also donate some gifts. I know Sunrise are good any other recommendations?
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If you're determined to visit an orphanage then Sunrise* is no worse than most of it's kind.The Last Word wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2019 3:17 pm Hi all i have a friend that is coming from overseas and want to take they kids to visit an orphanage here in PP and let they kids see the other side of life and also donate some gifts. I know Sunrise are good any other recommendations?
Think ChildSafe - Children are not Tourist Attractions
(*not to be confused with Sunrise House, a facility of Awareness Cambodia - a highly recommended NGO)
Edit - made the link more obvious.
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Re: Visiting an Orphanage
Seriously!!! People still want to visit orphanages after all the negative publicity? Any decent orphanage will not allow visitors, period.
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The Australian government calls orphanage tourism what it is - modern day slavery - and is moving toward prosecuting Australian tourists who visit orphanages.
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You could consider not visiting:The Last Word wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2019 3:17 pm Hi all i have a friend that is coming from overseas and want to take they kids to visit an orphanage here in PP and let they kids see the other side of life and also donate some gifts. I know Sunrise are good any other recommendations?
Orphanages in Cambodia are Not Tourist Attractions https://www.tripsavvy.com/orphanages-in ... ia-1629144
"The recommendation of most childcare professionals would be that no tourist should be visiting an orphanage," Antoine tells us. "You couldn't do it in the West for very good and obvious reasons. Those reasons should also hold in the developing world."
Even if you only give your money instead of your time, you may actually be contributing to the unnecessary separation of families, or worse, outright corruption.
ChildSafe Network, "Children Are Not Tourist Attractions". An awareness raising campaign for travelers about the harm caused by these for-profit orphanages. https://www.thinkchildsafe.org/thinkbeforevisiting/
Al Jazeera News - "Cambodia's Orphan Business": the news network's "People & Power" show goes undercover to expose the flaws of Cambodia "voluntourism"https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/pe ... 38171.html
Save the Children, "Misguided Kindness: Making the right decisions for children in emergencies". This paper comprehensively explores the harm caused by institutionalization.https://blogs.savethechildren.org.uk/20 ... y-to-help/
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Re: Visiting an Orphanage
after the orphanage you could go to a petting zoo !
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Stroppy why give informaton to that poster on what place to visit and then agree in the next post that it is not a good idea?
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Apologies stroppy i just looked at the link you gave
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Re: Visiting an Orphanage
NO: orphanages are NOT tourist attractions!!!
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Re: Visiting an Orphanage
"The kids". You mean the kids of your friend? Just walk around the streets with them. There's plenty of 'the other side of life' to be seen, and they'll see the realities of those with money too.The Last Word wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2019 3:17 pm Hi all i have a friend that is coming from overseas and want to take they kids to visit an orphanage here in PP and let they kids see the other side of life and also donate some gifts. I know Sunrise are good any other recommendations?
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