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The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed many families into difficulties. And it has increased the risk of children being lured or forced into different types of work that are hazardous for their health, wellbeing and development.
In this episode of the Protected! Podcast, Hani Mansourian from the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action talks to Selim Benaissa, Chief Technical Officer from the ILO on the…
In this piece from Radio Australia, Phil Kafcaloudes interviews Tara Winkler, an Australian woman who set up an orphanage in Cambodia at the age of 21. After meeting children who had been sexually abused by another orphanage director and seeing the effects of institutionalization on children, however, she decided to make a change. "I realised then, that no matter how good an orphanage is, the best place for a child is with his family,” she said. Her organization, Cambodian Children’s Trust (CCT), now provides education, health programs and support for poor families rather than…
In this episode of “Crossing Continents” from BBC Radio 4, Ed Butler reports on a cycle of abuse in the orphanages of Bali, Indonesia. According to the radio episode, there are about seventy orphanages on the Indonesian island of Bali, housing thousands of children. Many of these children have been recruited from poor families, on the promise of decent food, education, and healthcare. However, in many instances, these orphanages are turned into money-making operations and the children are not provided with the services promised. Instead, orphanage owners may abuse and exploit the children,…