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But, in places like Cambodia, orphanages are now replacing more traditional forms of kinship care and community-based care as a means of caring for orphaned children. To sustain the business, children are “recruited” from poor families with promises of education and a better life.
This thesis explores orphanage tourism within the context of Cambodia, adopting a critical geography approach to investigate the intricate and contentious aspects of tourism within this space.
15 wrz 2019 · Tourists volunteering in Cambodian orphanages may be unwittingly fuelling an industry that exploits children for profit.
3 wrz 2017 · When 19-year-old Australian Tara Winkler travelled to Cambodia more than a decade ago, all she wanted to do was help the poor orphans of an impoverished country.
In this article: Voluntourism. Should I volunteer in an orphanage? Why are there so many orphanages in Cambodia? The problems with short-term volunteering in Cambodian orphanages. How can I help without engaging in voluntourism? What can I do today? How can I support CCT?
The orphanage was perceived by poor Cambodians as the only opportunity for their children to access food and education and a place to care for children when parents migrated for work.
31 mar 2023 · Besides giving a history of the COC, she also highlights important concepts that have emerged in the scholarly and political discourse of childhood orphanages in Cambodia—voluntourism, orphanage tourism and the rising debate of the anti-orphanage tourism in 21st century.
