Nice blog!
Glad to see someone questioning the Friends of the Orphans/NPH connection to child trafficking. Even the lightest research would reveal they do not adopt out children from their orphanages -- it's against their whole philosophy. They keep kids together to live and learn as a family in the community. They fundraise by getting sponsors ("godparents") in the USA to support each child with a small monthly contribution. I know dozens of people who participate in this. They help thousands of kids.
It would be a crying shame if we inappropriately damaged the reputation of an organization that is ACTUALLY SAVING KIDS from trafficking.
We definitely don't want to unfairly accuse any organization of wrongdoing, but we should also keep in mind that it isn't necessary for an orphanage to adopt out children to engage in child trafficking. A great deal of child abuse occurs within institutional settings, and some orphanages have invited pedophiles in to abuse the children. Hypothetically speaking, if an NPH orphanage is engaging in that kind of behavior, whether they adopt children is irrelevant.
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Vindicator ago
Nice blog! Glad to see someone questioning the Friends of the Orphans/NPH connection to child trafficking. Even the lightest research would reveal they do not adopt out children from their orphanages -- it's against their whole philosophy. They keep kids together to live and learn as a family in the community. They fundraise by getting sponsors ("godparents") in the USA to support each child with a small monthly contribution. I know dozens of people who participate in this. They help thousands of kids.
It would be a crying shame if we inappropriately damaged the reputation of an organization that is ACTUALLY SAVING KIDS from trafficking.
zoltan907 ago
We definitely don't want to unfairly accuse any organization of wrongdoing, but we should also keep in mind that it isn't necessary for an orphanage to adopt out children to engage in child trafficking. A great deal of child abuse occurs within institutional settings, and some orphanages have invited pedophiles in to abuse the children. Hypothetically speaking, if an NPH orphanage is engaging in that kind of behavior, whether they adopt children is irrelevant.