Ron Hawkins
ASIN: B00CR0N1JI
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 305
A must read for anyone thinking of volunteering in Cambodia. A useful insight to help people understand the truth about orphanages in Cambodia. - Review on Amazon Australia.This is the first book written from the viewpoint and experiences of an ‘orphanage tourist’. Framed by my time working at a HIV orphanage I look at the dangers of the current fad of orphanage tourism and the creation of an orphan culture which is being supported by this orphanage tourism. Cambodia has never recovered from the Khmer Rouge years. I review the wider problems within Cambodian society which are perpetuating the break down of an already torn social fabric: forced evictions, the impact of sex trafficking, the current state of the Kingdom under a dictatorship, violent crime and the ongoing exploitation of women and children.If you are interested in Cambodia, thinking about some kind of orphanage tourism, or ...