I-aggregator yezindaba i-Huffington Post (Huff Post) ehlanganisa i-voluntourism ibidlangile muva nje. Ngokusekelwe ezihlokweni, kusobala ukuthi i-Cambodia ihlonishwa njengembangi ephezulu phakathi kwezindawo ezibanga imakethe ekhulayo yamavolontiya.
Ku-Huff Post "Izindlela Eziyisi-7 Zokubuyisela Ngesikhathi Uhamba," #5 ohlwini "usekela amabhizinisi omphakathi." Ngokusobala, iCambodia isibeke isibonelo esihle. “Ezindaweni eziningi ezihanjwe umhlaba wonke, uthola izivakashi eziphenduke osomabhizinisi bezenhlalakahle ngenhloso yokuthuthukisa impilo yabantu bendawo. Imvamisa kuba ngamabhizinisi afana namahhotela noma izindawo zokudlela ezihamba phambili ngokwazo, kodwa ngaphansi kwazo zonke izimali zabo zinikeza umsebenzi wokuxhumana nabantu.”
Kwathi ngoMashi 25, 2014, iCambodia yaphinda yathola ukuvuma ngekhanda kukaHuff Post njengolunye “lweZihambo Eziyishumi Ezizokwenza Ube Umuntu Ongcono.” Lesi sihloko sathi umsebenzi wokuzithandela wasekhaya lezintandane eCambodia uhlanganisa ukuba “umeluleki nomngane wezingane ezikudingayo.” Ngenani lika-$10 umuntu ngamunye, izivakashi zingaba “yingxenye yomndeni onwetshiwe wesikhungo sezingane njengoba uhlala, usebenza, futhi udlala nezingane nabasebenzi bendawo ekhaya lezintandane elingaphandle nje kwe-Phnom Penh.”
Intengo eshibhile ikhokhiswa i-Global Service Corps “ngohlelo lokunakekela ikhaya lezintandane lwamasonto amabili” lapho izivakashi zokuzithandela “zizosiza ukuhlela imidlalo, ukufundisa isiNgisi, nokuhola amakilasi ezemidlalo, ezobuciko, nokudansa,” ngokusho kweHuff Post. .
Yize kubonakala sengathi u-Huff Post uyathanda ukuzenzela izinto, ucwaningo lokusekela izincomo zabo alukho. “Ababhali” kuwebhusayithi ehlanganisa izindaba ngokusobala abawenzanga umsebenzi wabo wesikole waseCambodia. Futhi kuthatha kancane nje ukumba (noma ukuthola iqiniso, njengoba sikubiza kanjalo emhlabeni wezindaba) ukwazi ukuthi iCambodia ibilokhu isesihlalweni esishisayo eminyakeni emithathu edlule ngenxa yezokuvakasha ezikhungweni zezintandane.
Njengoba ngike ngaphawula ezihlokweni zami ezidlule, ukuvakasha kwamakhaya ezintandane kuye kwasiza ekukhuthazeni ukwanda kwezokuvakasha eCambodia, njengoba abafika kwamanye amazwe benyukela ngamaphesenti angu-250 ngesikhathi esifanayo naleso izwe labona ukwanda ngamaphesenti angu-75 “kwemizi yezintandane.” Njengezwe elisathuthuka, lezi yizindaba ezinhle emnothweni waseCambodia. Okuwukuphela kwesidingo ukugcina ukunikezwa kuqhubeka ukuze kuhambisane nesidingo.
Kodwa-ke, ukwanda kwenani lamakhaya ezintandane kufake leli zwe laseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia emsamo wokukhathazeka ngamaqembu ahlukahlukene alwela amalungelo. Kusukela ngo-2011, i-United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) ibilokhu ihlaba umkhosi ezindlini zezintandane zaseCambodia. Njengoba kwenza i-Friends International ngohlelo lwayo lwe-ChildSafe, obekuhloswe ngalo ukuqwashisa abantu “lapho izingane ziba izindawo eziheha izivakashi.”
Ngo-2011 futhi, i-Al Jazeera News yaqala ukuphenya ngamakhaya ezintandane aseCambodia kulandela imibiko “yamakhaya ezintandane asebenzisa izingane ezinabazali ukuzenza izintandane, izivakashi ezicebile eziphuca izisebenzi zendawo ukuze zingayitholi imisebenzi eyayidingeka kakhulu, nezintandane ezakha ubuhlobo obungokomzwelo namavolontiya futhi zibhekana nokucindezeleka okwengeziwe. uma sebehamba.”
IForbes.com yango-May 24, 2013 yabika ukuthi “ezivakashini eziyizigidi ezimbili ezizodlula eCambodia kulo nyaka, abaningi abazi ukuthi amaphesenti angu-71 ezingane ezisemakhaya ezintandane asenabazali abaphilayo. Abazona izintandane empeleni, kodwa baqashwe yizikhungo ngezithembiso kubazali ukuze bathole imfundo nokunakekelwa okungcono.”
Abavakashi bathuthwa ngamabhasi ngobuningi babo beya kulawa makhaya okuthiwa yizintandane becabanga ukuthi kukhona abakwenzayo okuhle kanti empeleni maningi amathuba okuba kulimale. Ngisho noGeraldine Cox wase-Australia, esekelwa uNdunankulu waseCambodia u-Hun Sen, “Indlovukazi Yezokuvakasha Kwezintandane” uthe kunezindawo eziningi ezingamanga ezingenazo izinqubomgomo zokunakekela izingane ezisebenzayo. U-Cox, ophethe i-Children's Sunrise Villages, ebhaliswe uMnyango Wezindaba Zezenhlalakahle waseCambodia, uyavuma ukuthi akanazo iziqu zokunakekela izingane, kodwa ulandela lokho osekuyibhizinisi elichumayo nendlela engabazekayo yokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha zokuzithandela. Kuyimodeli yebhizinisi [ngisho nangaphezulu] abanye abangathembekile abalingisayo.
UMnyango Wezokuvakasha okwamanje awunayo indima ezinqubweni ezinjalo, njengoba kuqinisekiswe nguCox ngokwakhe phakathi nengxoxo yethu ngoJanuwari odlule. Ezokuvakasha zisezingeni eliphezulu futhi uMnyango Wezokuvakasha awunalo igunya eliqondile ezintweni ezikhangayo zezwe. Ngokufanayo, isimo sezulu esixegayo sisho ukuthi kunokwengamela okuncane “kwamakhaya ezintandane.” Ngempela, njengoba uCox avuma, iningi lezingane ezihlala emakhaya akhe (manje unezintathu) azizona ngisho izintandane nhlobo. Cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu kuphela eyizintandane zangempela. Sitshelwa ukuthi ezinye izingane ziphuma emindenini empofu engakwazi ukuzinakekela noma ukuzifundisa.
Inkinga ukuthi ubani oqinisekisa ulwazi olunjalo? Futhi ubani onquma ukuthi kuyinzuzo engcono kakhulu yengane ukuya ekunakekelweni kwesikhungo? Izivakashi eziningi zaseCambodia zivela emazweni lapho ukuhlukunyezwa kwezingane kuye kwagcina sekuvuna ukunakekelwa emphakathini. Enye yazo yi-Australia, okubikwa yi-Australian News, okwamanje ibambe ukulalelwa kweRoyal Commission edalula ama-akhawunti ashaqisayo okuhlukunyezwa iminyaka eminingi ezindlini zezingane zabo.
Izingane ziyaxhashazwa kanjalo namavolontiya anezisusa ezinhle. “UJohn Doe” waseHouston, eTexas, ufunda isihloko sikaHuff Post futhi unquma ukuthi uzimisele ukukhipha u-$2,356 ukuze aye eCambodia nomkakhe ngoba uzizwa ephoqelekile “ukubuyisela.” Ngenjabulo yakhe, wenza umkhankaso wokuletha abantu abaningi naye. Uyazethemba ukuthi angathola okungenani abantu abayisi-6 abazohamba nabo. Uyahamba abuye abuye ohambweni ejabule engazazi izibalo, ukuthi uphakathi kwamavolontiya angamaphesenti angama-71 angazi ukuthi iningi lezingane ahlangane nazo azizona izintandane ngempela futhi zineyodwa, uma kungezona zombili, eziphilisayo. umzali.
Izingane ziyabukiswa njengoba into ezingezona ezokuzuza ngemali ifana nohlelo lombhoshongo. Umkhiqizo ubukeka usemthethweni, kodwa ukuxhashazwa kuyadlalwa. Izingane ze-Third World ingabe zibi ngokwanele ukuba zizalwe zimpofu futhi, kwabanye, zixhashazwe ngokudayisa ngomzimba nangokushushumbiswa, kodwa ukuze zenze izintandane zazo zihehe izivakashi? Ingabe kunombuzo wokuthi ngabe umnotho kufanele unqobe inhlalakahle yezingane ezidinga ukunakekelwa ngokusemthethweni? Kulapho kulele khona ukuhlikihla. Ingabe i-voluntourism yezintandane ilungile noma cha? I-Huff Post icabanga ukuthi KULUNGILE, abanye abakwenzi. Noma kunjalo, izinhlangothi zombili zingavuma ukuthi iCambodia yenza ibhange. Izingane zidlala izikhathi ezihlekisayo zokuhlangana nabantu abaningi ezingabazi kwengeza okwengeziwe enhlekeleleni yokuba kude nomndeni wazo wangempela futhi ziphoqeleka ukuba zihlanganyele enguqulweni yomndeni mbumbulu, kodwa enesithombe esiphelele, esetshenziswa osomabhizinisi abahlangene kumawebhusayithi abo ukwenza umhlaba ucabange: Izintandane. ngiyakudinga! Odabeni lwaseCambodia, i-Huff Post ibonakala iwuthenga ngempela lo mbono.
Ngokujabulisayo, kunenqubekelaphambili ukubika ophikweni lwezokuvakasha nezokungcebeleka ngalolu daba. I-eTN ithole imibiko yokuthi ezokuvakasha ezikhungweni zezintandane zakhuliswa eMhlanganweni Wongqongqoshe obungonyaka odlule e-ITB Berlin, umbukiso waminyaka yonke wezokuvakasha omkhulu kunayo yonke emhlabeni, oba minyaka yonke eBerlin, eJalimane. Umhlangano Wongqongqoshe ungomunye wemicimbi ebaluleke kakhulu ngesikhathi se-ITB, njengoba uhlanganisa ndawonye ongqongqoshe bezokuvakasha abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba ukuze baxoxe ngezinto ezikhathaza kakhulu zosuku. Manje njengoba ezokuvakasha ezikhungweni zezintandane sezisohlwini lwezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke, iCambodia namanye amazwe ahlomulayo kwezokuvakasha ezintandaneni azosebenza kanjani? Ijaji liphumile.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- As I have pointed out in my previous articles, orphanage tourism has helped catapult the growth of tourism in Cambodia, with foreign arrivals skyrocketing to 250 percent in the same period as the country saw a 75 percent increase in “orphanages.
- And it only takes a little bit of digging (or fact-finding, as we call it in the news world) to know that Cambodia has been in the hot seat in the last three years because of orphanage tourism.
- Cox, who heads Children’s Sunrise Villages, registered by Cambodia’s Ministry of Social Affairs, confesses to no professional qualifications in child care, but she is trailblazing what has become a booming business and a questionable way of thriving voluntourism.
