Kate van Doore

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In the wake of the Nepal earthquake it’s important people don’t rush in to “rescue” kids who might not in fact be orphaned. AAP

Earthquake orphans: what Nepal can learn from Haiti

Kate van Doore, Griffith University

Following the earthquake in 2010, people flocked to Haiti to “rescue” orphaned and lost children. The problem that has since emerged is that many of the “orphans” placed in orphanages and sent for adoption, were not orphaned at all.
The number of orphanages in developing nations has dramatically increased in the past decade, driven by a fraudulent trade in ‘paper orphans’. IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation

The business of orphanages: where do ‘orphans’ come from?

Kate van Doore, Griffith University

The number of orphanages in developing nations has dramatically increased in the past decade, but where are the “orphans” coming from?

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