Tara Winkler: Why we need to end the era of orphanages
塔菈溫克勒: 為什麼我們需要終結孤兒院時代?
Tara Winkler helps vulnerable children escape poverty and be cared for within their families. Full bio
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volunteering in a Cambodian orphanage
孤兒院當志工的照片,
when I was 19 years old
through Southeast Asia.
surrounded by so much poverty
身邊卻盡是貧困的人,
and donated some clothes and books
捐了一些衣服、書籍、
was desperately poor.
孤兒院是極度貧窮。
like that before in my life.
to do something more to help.
多做一點,來協助他們。
to Cambodia the following year
for a few months.
water filters and food
for the first time in their lives.
人生中的第一次牙醫。
that I had been supporting
every cent donated to the orphanage,
were suffering such gross neglect
to feed themselves.
and sexually abusing the kids.
身體虐待和性虐待。
to turn my back on children
and the local authorities
and rescue the kids
救出那些孩子,
another unexpected turn.
另一個未預期的轉折。
running an orphanage in Cambodia,
經營孤兒院的新生活,
to speak Khmer fluently,
我學會說流利的高棉語,
to speak the Khmer language fluently.
properly with the kids,
from the orphanage
孤兒院帶出來的孩子
had other living relatives,
也有其他活著的親人,
living in an orphanage
of orphanages in Cambodia
living in Cambodian orphanages
living in these orphanages
living in orphanages
for a residential care institution.
by other names as well,
"children's homes," "children's villages,"
「孩童之家」、「孩童村」、
confined to Cambodia.
that have seen a dramatic increase
care institutions
being institutionalized.
living in institutions
1,600 percent since 1992.
by putting kids into institutions
and abusive institutions
of residential care.
research has shown us
of developing mental illnesses,
with an inability to reintegrate
without any model of family
to parent their own children.
自己的孩子時會有困難。
large numbers of children,
孩子都送入機構中,
before in Australia.
to our "Stolen Generations,"
就是這個情況,
who were removed from their families
that we could do a better job
would be like for a child.
會是什麼樣子的。
rotation of caregivers,
to the shift every eight hours.
you have a steady stream of visitors
and affection you're craving
of abandonment,
in Australia, the USA, the UK anymore,
都沒有孤兒院了,
養育出來的年輕人
raised in institutions
to fall into sex work than their peers,
to have a criminal record,
eight million children around the world
80 percent of them are not orphans.
who could be caring for them
of so many children:
且人數暴增的原因,
from people like me back in 2006,
來自像 2006 年的我那樣的人、
and volunteer and donate,
做出捐贈的人,
that exploits children
支助了這個剝削孩童
that these institutions are largely set up
can most easily be lured in
in exchange for donations.
所謂的孤兒院中,
in the most popular tourist hotspots.
最熱門的觀光地點。
in support of these institutions,
are removed from their families
lessons the hard way,
an orphanage in Cambodia.
設立了孤兒院之後,
of humble pie to admit
a part of the problem.
也變成了問題的一部份。
and facilitated orphanage tourism
來促進孤兒院觀光,
for my orphanage,
my orphanage was,
what they really needed:
那些孩子真正所需要的:
incredibly depressing
and overcoming poverty
been led to believe it should be.
and preventable,
in favor of family-based care.
來支持以家庭為基礎的照顧。
of Cambodian social workers,
柬埔寨團隊,成員有社工、
families escape poverty.
some of the most vulnerable families
with its biological family,
that I showed you before?
展示的那張照片嗎?
to catch the ball?
and fiercely intelligent girl.
且非常聰明的女孩。
and abusive orphanage,
with her family.
與她的家人在一起。
her nursing degree at university.
that we have developed at CCT
以家庭為基礎之照顧模型
by UNICEF Cambodia
to keep children in families.
來讓孩子能待在家庭中。
that you can help to solve this problem
最好的方法之一,
children a voice
for family-based care.
之照顧的提倡者。
人們對此事的意識,
to the unnecessary institutionalization
在不必要的情況下
and our donations
and residential care institutions
to keeping children in families.
讓孩子留在家中的組織。
in our lifetime,
有生之年做到這一點,
developing communities thrive
發展中的社區更加茁壯,
children everywhere
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tara Winkler - Child protection leader, activist, authorTara Winkler helps vulnerable children escape poverty and be cared for within their families.
Why you should listen
Tara Winkler is the co-founder and managing director of the Cambodian Children's Trust (CCT), established with Jedtha Pon in 2007 to rescue fourteen children from a corrupt and abusive orphanage.
Winkler has led CCT through a number of significant organizational changes, including the closure of the initial CCT orphanage in favor of a family-based care model of programs and services.
Winkler is the co-founder of Born to Belong Foundation, which provides a unified solution to the global orphanage crisis. Born to Belong Foundation runs innovative and ground-breaking programs in Cambodia, India, Nepal and Uganda to strengthen vulnerable families, reunite institutionalized children with their families, and provide kinship care and foster families for children in need of alternative care.
Winkler has been featured twice on ABC's "Australian Story" and once on "60 Minutes Australia." Her book How (Not) to Start an Orphanage, published by Allen & Unwin in April 2016, is currently being turned into a feature film.
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