Tara Winkler: Why we need to end the era of orphanages
Tara Winkler: Varför barnhemmens tid måste vara över
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
på ett barnhem i Kambodja
when I was 19 years old
through Southeast Asia.
på semester omringad av sådan fattigdom
surrounded by so much poverty
and donated some clothes and books
och donerade kläder och böcker
was desperately poor.
var väldigt fattigt.
like that before in my life.
under hela mitt liv.
to do something more to help.
något mer för att hjälpa.
to Cambodia the following year
återvände nästa år
for a few months.
i några månader.
water filters and food
köpte vattenfilter och mat
för första gången i deras liv.
for the first time in their lives.
that I had been supporting
every cent donated to the orphanage,
alla donerade pengar,
barnen lämnats vind för våg
were suffering such gross neglect
to feed themselves.
att fånga möss till mat.
and sexually abusing the kids.
och utnyttjat barnen sexuellt.
to turn my back on children
vända ryggen till dessa barn
and the local authorities
och de lokala myndigheterna
and rescue the kids
för att rädda barnen
another unexpected turn.
åter en ny vändning.
running an orphanage in Cambodia,
som barnhemsföreståndarinna i Kambodja
to speak Khmer fluently,
flytande khmer,
to speak the Khmer language fluently.
tala flytande khmer.
properly with the kids,
ordentligt med barnen
from the orphanage
flyttat från barnhemmet
had other living relatives,
hade andra släktingar i liv,
living in an orphanage
of orphanages in Cambodia
barnhem i Kambodja
living in Cambodian orphanages
i barnhem i Kambodja
living in these orphanages
som bor i dessa barnhem
i den traditionella bemärkelsen.
living in orphanages
for a residential care institution.
by other names as well,
"children's homes," "children's villages,"
confined to Cambodia.
bara i Kambodja.
that have seen a dramatic increase
där antalet omsorgsboenden
care institutions
being institutionalized.
som institutionaliserats.
living in institutions
1,600 percent since 1992.
by putting kids into institutions
av att institutionalisera barn
and abusive institutions
och misshandlande institutionerna,
of residential care.
av lokala vårdanläggningar.
research has shown us
internationell forskning visar
of developing mental illnesses,
utveckla mentala sjukdomar,
with an inability to reintegrate
med att återintegreras
without any model of family
utan familjeförebilder
to parent their own children.
vara föräldrar åt sina egna barn.
large numbers of children,
ett stort antal barn
before in Australia.
to our "Stolen Generations,"
who were removed from their families
som togs bort från sina familjer
that we could do a better job
would be like for a child.
rotation of caregivers,
to the shift every eight hours.
i skift på åtta timmar var.
you have a steady stream of visitors
and affection you're craving
och omsorg de behöver
of abandonment,
in Australia, the USA, the UK anymore,
i Australien, USA eller Storbritannien,
raised in institutions
som vuxit upp i institutioner
to fall into sex work than their peers,
hamna i sexarbete än de andra,
to have a criminal record,
att hamna i brottsregistret.
eight million children around the world
80 percent of them are not orphans.
inte är föräldralösa.
who could be caring for them
som kunde ta hand om dem
of so many children:
from people like me back in 2006,
från människor som jag själv 2006,
and volunteer and donate,
och frivilligjobbar och donerar,
that exploits children
som utnyttjar barn
that these institutions are largely set up
att dessa institutioner ofta finns
can most easily be lured in
enklast kan lockas till
in exchange for donations.
i utbyte mot donationer.
in the most popular tourist hotspots.
turisterna besöker mest.
in support of these institutions,
till dessa institutioner,
are removed from their families
tas från sina familjer
lessons the hard way,
an orphanage in Cambodia.
ett barnhem i Kambodja.
of humble pie to admit
a part of the problem.
and facilitated orphanage tourism
och bidrog till barnhemsturismen
for my orphanage,
my orphanage was,
what they really needed:
det de verkligen behövde:
incredibly depressing
väldigt deprimerande
and overcoming poverty
för att övervinna fattigdom
been led to believe it should be.
and preventable,
in favor of family-based care.
till familjebaserad vård.
of Cambodian social workers,
av kambodjanska socialarbetare,
av komplexa sociala problem
families escape poverty.
att överkomma fattigdomen.
some of the most vulnerable families
att de mest sårbara familjerna
with its biological family,
med sin biologiska familj
that I showed you before?
som jag visade i början?
to catch the ball?
and fiercely intelligent girl.
och väldigt intelligent.
and abusive orphanage,
och misskötande barnhemmet,
with her family.
med sin familj.
her nursing degree at university.
sin vårdexamen vid universitet.
that we have developed at CCT
som vi utvecklat vid CCT
by UNICEF Cambodia
to keep children in families.
för att hålla barn i sina familjer.
that you can help to solve this problem
för dig att hjälpa till att lösa problemet
children a voice
åt dessa åtta miljoner barn
for family-based care.
för familjebaserad vård.
to the unnecessary institutionalization
på onödig institutionalisering
and our donations
and residential care institutions
familjebaserad vård
to keeping children in families.
och lokala vårdanstalter.
in our lifetime,
denna ändring under vår livstid,
developing communities thrive
under utveckling blomstra
children everywhere
att sårbara barn överallt
behöver och förtjänar:
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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