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Chan was one child of an estimated 16,500 living in 406 residential care institutions in Cambodia, according to a survey released in April by the Cambodian government and the United Nations children’s fund (Unicef). The vast majority of those children are not orphans.
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.
31 mar 2023 · A child was wailing his heart out at an orphanage in Cambodia after his father, a soldier, left him for a better upbringing as he had to work and the child's mother was dead.
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.
21 lis 2021 · According to the Thomson Reuters Foundation, half of the orphanages in Cambodia are located in two cities—Phnom Penh and Siem Reap—which are both popular tourist destinations. While the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has temporarily suspended the flow of tourists to orphanages, the practice of orphanage tourism must be brought to an end.
With a new singular vision to dismantle the structural root causes of Cambodia's orphanage crisis, the Village Hive Project was launched. Today, CCT is working alongside local leadership to build a public social protection system, run by the community for the community, that will eradicate poverty and eliminate dependence on charity.
The participatory research reveals that poor Cambodian families often send their children to orphanages in the belief that it is the only way to access an education, food security and health...
