By Rok Kern Team! | Rok Kern Team
Since the border is being opened, we are seeing an increase in the number of tourists flying into Cambodia for a variety of reasons, such as cultural experiences, holidays, or volunteering in orphanage as they want to give back to the community while spending time in the country. As we noticed, the number of tourists are returning to volunteer in orphanages here in the country is increasing lately after Covid-19.
Jumping into orphanages to volunteer is good, but don't you know that there are children being separated from their family members and communities due to illness, financial pressures, the economic crisis, or migration, and part of that was due to orphanage tourism?
There are organizations that are working on the ground to promote alternatives to orphanages' care for vulnerable children and try to prevent family separation and break the chains of putting children in orphanages. We are glad that Rok Kern is part of this system level change as well. Please help us join the force to keep children in families!
Trying to help vulnerable children by placing them in orphanages with good intention is well-meaning and generous, but failing to understand the underlying causes can result in serious harm to their development, including social, emotional, physical, and cognitive delays. If so, what is the best way you can help?
The Rok Kern Team would like to encourage you to:
Our Rok Kern Team is available onsite and offsite to support you and help you avoid the pitfall of short-term trips.
We, at Rok Kern, thank you so much for your support and generosity towards our work, which enables us to educate both outsiders and locals here in Phnom Penh.
In this quarter, Rok Kern was invited to run a full "Children Belong In Families" workshop at the Chabdai Learning Forum. We are delighted to see how people's perspectives changed after the workshop. 95% of participants would like to see children placed in families in their communities, as they believe that "family is the best" option to care for vulnerable children. Furthermore, 84 percent of 15 organizations discourage people from donating to orphanages but encourage them to donate to family.
Rok Kern also attended the ACCI regional conference in Phuket, Thailand, for networking and spreading the Rok Kern Learning Academy. Rok Kern also finished the "Good Aid and Development Presentation" in Khmer, which we are hoping to run and share with our partners as well.
The Rok Kern Team is encouraging you to continue your journey with us by either financially supporting our work, sharing our online learning resources with friends or family members, or joining our campaign to raise awareness around the crisis of orphanages or orphanage trafficking.
Again, we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to you and thank you for your generous donation; without you, this work would be impossible.
Sincerely thank you!
Rok Kern Team,
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