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From Orphanage Manager to Family-Based Care Advocate: The Cambodian Context [ES]

Working and volunteering in orphanages is a common story that you may have heard from people in your community or you may have even spent some time working in an orphanage. Over 1.5 million people every year around the globe volunteer in orphanages, pouring $2.6million into orphanages every year. While people may have a very positive experience of volunteering, unfortunately the reality of children’s lives can be very different. In this course we learn about personal journey of Caleb and Courtney, from orphanage managers to family-based care advocates.

Caleb and Courtney felt they were pursuing a noble and holy cause by moving to Cambodia to take over the management of an orphanage, but things didn’t go as planned. What they discovered at the orphanage taught them personally about the harms that growing up in orphanages can have on children.  It took them on a new pathway of understanding more about orphanages in Cambodia and what is being done to support families to raise their own children. 

Journey with Caleb as he shares their story, what they have learnt about orphanages, and particularly orphanages in Cambodia along the way. 

This lesson is designed to explore a specific case study of an orphanage in Cambodia.

Caleb and Courtney’s insights into the complexities of orphanage tourism prompts personal reflections of responding to poverty well.

Learning Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Curriculum Connections
Learning Objectives
  • Identify the current state of orphanages globally
  • Understand the current shift for organisations around the globe, from institutional care to family-based care 
Learning Outcomes
  • Participants will learn what is happening to care for vulnerable children around the globe
Curriculum Connections

Australian National Curriculum

Level 6 General Capabilities

  • Ethical Understanding
    • Explore ethical concepts in context
    • Reason and make ethical decisions
    • Reflect on ethical action

Course Content

What Do You Think Are the Reasons for Alternative Care?  20min
In this activity you rank what you think are the reasons why children are placed in alternative care in a well resourced nation (e.g. Australia) compared to a nation with limited resources (e.g. Cambodia)
Courtney and Caleb’s Story  20
In this activity you will watch the short film of Courtney and Caleb’s story.
From Orphanage Manager to Family-Based Care Advocate – Quiz Time  20
In this activity you engage with a Kahoot quiz about some orphanage and family-based care facts.
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