End Orphanage Child Trafficking
- Sinet Chan in Cambodia was beaten, raped, starved and forced to work on the orphanage director’s rice paddies and farms without pay.[3] Now, she is a strong ambassador for the Cambodian Children's Trust, raising awareness of conditions children face in institutions.[4]
- The government of Cambodia has set up a pilot program to reintegrate children into families. Last July, it tasked officials with identifying vulnerable children and overseeing their reintegration into families.[5]
- In Haiti, some families were paid 75 USD to give their children away to orphanages on false promises their children would receive an education, only for them to end up living in slave-like conditions.[6]
- Vulnerable children being separated from their families and placed in orphanages to attract funding, volunteers and donations from well-meaning tourists is an occurrence reported across Southeast Asia, as well as in Nepal and across Africa.[7][8]
Published August 16, 2018
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