geovalin Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Do you know how much it costs to send your daughter to volunteer in an orphanage in Cambodia, Vietnam or even parts of Africa? About $8000. That’s for 10 days and it doesn’t cover the airfares. She’ll sleep on a bunk in a shared room, she’ll eat noodles and she’ll plant vegetables surrounded by beaming, barefoot children. She will probably love it, so much so that you’ll get sick of hearing about how meaningful it all was. Sadly, in many cases, she will have been scammed. As tough as this is for Australian parents to accept, many of the orphanages in the Third World aren’t real. They’ve been set up like zoos, specifically to enable your cherished teenager to visit. The kids aren’t even orphans. They have parents, they’re just not allowed to see them. They have to smile and dance for delighted Western volunteers instead. And now, finally, it’s coming to an end. Much of the credit for peeling off the lid on the scam that is orphanage tourism goes to a young Australian advocate, Leigh Mathews. She’s older and wiser now, but at 22 she went to Cambodia as a backpacker and, like so many before her, she soon became a orphanage volunteer. Caroline Overington read more http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/inquirer/cambodian-orphanages-scam-western-children-and-hurt-locals/news-story/4848a75cc3d55e830c74511d0743dc4f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjaidee Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 You just get interested and you click on the link and what happens? Your faced with a Murdoch site blocked by a paywall. Why bother posting at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rijb Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 8 minutes ago, samjaidee said: You just get interested and you click on the link and what happens? Your faced with a Murdoch site blocked by a paywall. Why bother posting at all? Western crooks trying to out Eastern crooks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussie11950 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 geovalin, That's pathetic to post a news item that will require a payment to read it. Just incompetence by the poster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussie11950 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Actually you can find free news by googling "Cambodian orphanages scam Western children and hurt locals" It actually comes up with the same URL but no pay wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleble Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Only a French can be so smart ! But why posting anything in English ? Since when French can read and write English ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tryasimight Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 This s one of many scams to suck in the bleeding heart leftie liberals. And they fall for it every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 People are stupid , thats the problem . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyngai Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Volunteering in an elephant rescue camp is about the same, but I don't care because I like elephants. When I see happy elephants, I feel happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulic Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 If you are paying to volunteer you are being scammed. Unless you have special skills such as a Doctor there is no need for you to go. Send the 10 dollars a day it would cost to hire a local to do the work that you would do if you want. That will provide work for locals and whatever help you want to provide gets done. Many NGO's have slick fundraising packages to help you pay the cost. They will have you approach Rotary groups, church groups, school fundraisers etc.... etc. Of course the NGO heads have fat salaries and large expense accounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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