Tara Winkler: Why we need to end the era of orphanages
تارا وينكلر: لماذا نحتاج إلى إنهاء عصر دور الأيتام؟
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
في دار للأيتام في كومبوديا
when I was 19 years old
through Southeast Asia.
surrounded by so much poverty
ومحاطة بكثير من الفقر
and donated some clothes and books
وتبرعت ببعض الملابس والكتب
was desperately poor.
كان فقيرا للغاية.
like that before in my life.
الحزينة لهؤلاء الأطفال
to do something more to help.
من هذا لأساعدهم.
to Cambodia the following year
إلى كومبوديا في السنة التالية
for a few months.
water filters and food
مرشحات المياه والأكل
for the first time in their lives.
لأول مرة في حياتهم.
that I had been supporting
every cent donated to the orphanage,
يتبرع به لدار الأيتام،
were suffering such gross neglect
من إهمال فظيع
to feed themselves.
بالفئران لإطعام أنفسهم.
and sexually abusing the kids.
to turn my back on children
لأدير ظهري للأطفال
and the local authorities
and rescue the kids
another unexpected turn.
running an orphanage in Cambodia,
دارً للأيتام في كومبوديا،
to speak Khmer fluently,
to speak the Khmer language fluently.
باللغة الخميرية بطلاقة.
properly with the kids,
مع الأطفال بصورة صحيحة،
from the orphanage
من الدار الأيتام
had other living relatives,
كان لديهم أقرباء على قيد الحياة،
living in an orphanage
في دار للأيتام
of orphanages in Cambodia
الأيتام في كومبوديا
living in Cambodian orphanages
في دور الأيتام في كومبوديا
living in these orphanages
الذين يعيشون في دور الأيتام هذه
living in orphanages
الذين يعيشون في الدور
for a residential care institution.
by other names as well,
"children's homes," "children's villages,"
أو "منازل الأطفال" أو "قرى الأطفال"
confined to Cambodia.
that have seen a dramatic increase
شهدت زيادة مضطردة
care institutions
being institutionalized.
living in institutions
1,600 percent since 1992.
by putting kids into institutions
الأطفال في المؤسسات
and abusive institutions
of residential care.
العناية السكنية.
research has shown us
الدولية بينت لنا
of developing mental illnesses,
with an inability to reintegrate
من عدم القدرة على العودة
without any model of family
عن أي نموذج أو عائلة
to parent their own children.
large numbers of children,
before in Australia.
to our "Stolen Generations,"
who were removed from their families
الذين فرّق بينهم وبين عوائلهم
that we could do a better job
would be like for a child.
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,
أو أمريكا أو المملكة المتحدة،
raised in institutions
الذين تربوا في مؤسسات
to fall into sex work than their peers,
في أعمال جنسية من نظرائهم،
to have a criminal record,
لهم سجل جنائي،
eight million children around the world
في جميع أنحاء العالم
80 percent of them are not orphans.
who could be caring for them
أن تعتني بهم
of so many children:
للعديد من الأطفال.
from people like me back in 2006,
من أشخاص مثلي في 2006
and volunteer and donate,
that exploits children
التي تستغل الأطفال
that these institutions are largely set up
أنشئت على نحو كبير
can most easily be lured in
in exchange for donations.
بدور الأيتام في نيبال،
in the most popular tourist hotspots.
التي يرتادها السياح بكثرة.
in support of these institutions,
لدعم هذه المؤسسات،
are removed from their families
lessons the hard way,
بالطريقة الصعبة،
an orphanage in Cambodia.
of humble pie to admit
a part of the problem.
and facilitated orphanage tourism
في سياحة دور الأيتام
for my orphanage,
لدار الأيتام الخاص بي،
my orphanage was,
الأيتام الخاص بي جيدا،
what they really needed:
الأطفال ما يحتاجونه حقًا
incredibly depressing
and overcoming poverty
والتغلب على الفقر
been led to believe it should be.
and preventable,
in favor of family-based care.
لصالح العناية الأسرية.
of Cambodian social workers,
الاجتماعيين الكومبوديين،
families escape poverty.
في النجاة من الفقر.
some of the most vulnerable families
بعض الأسر الأكثر ضعفَا
with its biological family,
that I showed you before?
عليكم في البداية؟
to catch the ball?
أن تلتقط الكرة؟
and fiercely intelligent girl.
and abusive orphanage,
with her family.
her nursing degree at university.
التمريض في الجامعة.
that we have developed at CCT
في مؤسسة ثقة اطفال كومبوديا
by UNICEF Cambodia
يونسيف كومبودبا
to keep children in families.
that you can help to solve this problem
التي يمكن من خلالها حل المشكلة
children a voice
for family-based care.
to the unnecessary institutionalization
للمأساة غير الضرورية
and our donations
and residential care institutions
ومؤسسسات الرعاية الصحية
to keeping children in families.
الأطفال مع عوائلهم.
in our lifetime,
developing communities thrive
البدائية تزدهر
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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