Inside Cambodia's Fake Orphan Scam | Open Secrets
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2022
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This documentary was eye opening. Never, in my 62 years did I once think donating to orphanages that we were harming these children.
Anywhere there is money, there is some people who will take advantage of others, even if its using orphans.
@23:00 “it’s like being abandoned over and over again” 😞 vice interviewed a “voluntourist” and at least she admitted that she did voluntourism to make herself look and feel good. But think about bonding and abandoning children 😞 filling them with hope, then smiling and saying “bye!”. The amount of pain children in those homes felt 😞
vice is finally back doing real journalism again
This video is old asgy
Yep but I do miss the experimental drug documentaries.
They got too busy being woke to do any real reporting.
Annnnnnnnd they’re bankrupt.😂
@@SpaceGringos3Dprobably due to all the woke journalism the past few years. Good riddance
I did live in the city near orphanage. Even when I was angry I didn’t get something from parents, that place reminded me that I’m the most lucky person in the world as I have someone who cared about me.
Support the mothers, the families, the community. People only want to support something when it’s cute. Puppies, kittens, CHILDREN. Humanity isn’t always cute and the people who need the most help should get it no matter how it looks on the surface.
This is a human petting zoo. That's exactly what it is, and yes it's harmful to the children. From having strangers pawing at them to the fact someone broke up their family.
I thought people knew these kids had families….this isn’t new. The fact these elite people didn’t realize that is beyond me. I’m glad that one woman is talking about this and trying to inform the public. What they need to be doing is helping the parents of these children have better opportunities.
It's also not unique to Cambodia. Thousands of Irish kids grew up in "industrial schools" even though they had one or both parents living. Sometimes the parents brought them there voluntarily because they couldn't provide for them and sometimes authorities took the children away from parents deemed to be immoral or unfit. There was a whole industry around profitably adopting these kids out (often to the US). Australia also had its share of orphanages and industrial schools where children were dumped (one nicknamed the "Sunbury Slaughterhouse" because 10% of the children died. Then there's the history of the US and Canada taking native/first nations children from their families and forcing them into residential boarding schools where they were often traumatized and abused. I agree with you that the best way to help is to enable families to stay together by making it possible for parents to support and raise their children.
A bigger industry than tourism, i lived in Siem Reap, there were more orphans in orphanages than with their families they were being paid to use the kids as props to fool foreign tourists & charities…this was 15 years ago.
@@jaelzion exactly. Why everyone acted so shocked is beyond me and instead of doing anything they just acted like victims. Never fixing the issue
ye im a bit confused at what the 'scam' is? the orphanages asking for donationsa and getting volunteers even tho some of the kids have parents (which seems fair)...? or are they trying to say that a lot of them have been purposely decieving through other means and they maltreat the kids?? (still got like half the video left but its just confusing...)
Absolutely. In Peru, this is super common.
Wow. What an extremely well put together video. The ending was so powerful. I had tears in my eyes. 👏 for the producers/editors of this doc!
Well presented Vice Asia. This is very sad - humans are very talented at manipulation and exploitation.
Yep, it’s unfortunately what makes us human.
@@Brenzzymanipulation makes us human? Explain please.
@@Grim_Azrael manipulation, especially effective manipulation, is the attempt to gain some kind of power over another, usually done dishonestly. Can you give me any examples of non humans that do that? The key word is dishonestly.
My heart breaks for the orphaned children I can't even fathom what they endured by their so called superiors...
you keep donating money. That will help
Fantastic coverage on this issue! Cudos to the brave people who shared their traumatic experiences & prays for their life to heal to be better!
I’m from an orphanage in Cambodia sadly they closed a couple months after I was adopted but it’s sad hearing all of this. I had a feeling that’s why my orphanage closed idk but my heart ❤cares a lot about this and hope things get better.
Did you witness any abuse or neglect while you were living there?
In the U.S., parents who found themselves trying to raise a child or two too many could "sell" unwanted children to the state. It was like a bounty system, associated with the "eugenics" movement. The parents would contact the authorities, and, based upon the most arbitrary of reasons ("my child won't do his chores", etc.) the child would be taken to a mental health facility where they would be warehoused, usually for the remainder of their natural lives. And the parents would receive compensation from the state for each child that was "sold" in this manner- a bounty. To this day, you can still find victims of this cruel practice in most mental health facilities across the country, sitting in tray chairs, abandoned by society, heavily medicated, waiting to die.
woah! 😲
Why would the state want to have those children and give bounty to the parents? Does the state conduct eugenics experiment on the children to have research data?
I know what you say to be true from personal experience. People in the USA need to work on themselves, save our own people, before we go messing with others.
Help me understand! How does the State benefit? It’s a massive cost/undertaking to institutionalize someone for the remainder of their life and I’m trying to understand what was in it for the State…???
@@AJ-wo7qh Funding. It may cost, but they always make more money than they spend.
This makes me so sad I can't imagine how many orphanage that does this. Those who abuse the orphans dont even deserve to live.
one of th best stories lately from Vice. Bravo
There's so much horror in this world, sometimes I just wanna die and reborn in some other peaceful place if there is something like that.
My heart goes out for you, may you find peace someday.
reborn as crab snip snip
can i inherit your assets if you decide to do so?
it is the responsibility of people like us to make this place heaven
It's always the darkest under the lighthouse.
Thank you VICE for this great video.
Most people just opt for what is easy; instead of what is right - yes, that includes how to help, what to help. That said, the “right” way is often the Hard way, do your research, equip yourself with knowledge; not just doing it for self gratification; not doing it in an “easy and convenient” way.
Can’t believe this was only 1 month ago. It’s 2022 and this is still going on. Wow.
Start a White, Blue eyes and blonde hair Baby Factory you make millions.
@@johnsmith9493 I have blonde hair & green eyes.
If I just start busting in everybody, that is essentially the factory you mentioned.
@@pewpew9193 Just think about women will pay thousands to have a Baby like IVF clinic etc but Why Not body have started a White Baby Factory which pay women to have White babies these western European or Rich will pay thousands but do this Baby Factory in Africa and Asia or South American you will become a millionaire big massive business.
Thank you for educating me
From the music, to the shooting, this documentary is fucking MOVING
Thanks for the compliments - it was a powerful experience to tell this story, particularly Sinet
But not a single word about what their government is doing to stop it and regulate it. Hardly new that some organizations operate for profit and any mandate(s) they're supposed to be supporting is nothing more than a thin veneer. Human history, sociology and psychology should provide more than enough proof that the majority of human beings aren't empathetic.
This things hurt my feelings and cut me deeper than anything in this world 😢
A video about people suffering unimaginable horror, and there’s people in the comments talking about what order they made their comments in… 🤦🏾♀️
I guarantee you that you'll forget about this video and go on about your life not long after. It's easy to sound all serious and good person, but in reality, you're not going to do anything about this topic, and only commenting doesn't do anything so it'll be good if you do not judge others and let them be as they're not saying something good or bad. It's best to just ignore it and others like that.
3rd
@@unitedearthalliance the way you guranteed about a person and told about reality, you yourself judged the commenter because he/she commented a sensitive thing and advised him/her to not judge the people who is commentinh irrelevant things.. this is the problem why now a days none help others because people like you think talking sense is just "sounding good person",none can do anything in real, this is the reason scientists told this era is of low iq people , no wonder why tiktok is famous and why this generation is snowflakes gen.
@@lazlocamp8577 HAHAHAHAHA
It’s just disgusting as to the horrors that people face all over the world but yet we are here with people complaining about wearing masks & vaccines ….
As a Cambodian, I have no idea this is happening. This is very heart-broken.
An incredible journey, horrific deceit.
To be fair, most of the orphanage signs say, "Poor, street children, and orphans." And the fact that all the signs also encourage tourists to stop by and even have _gift shops_ makes it clear that it's about profits. Anyone who falls for their trap is just naive or ignoring the signs.
I have a friend who saw this and said to me "at least the children's are getting food,shelter,clothes,maybe a bright future, better opportunities...better than staying with the family suffering"
I literally have 0 comments after i heard that...
Really WTF 😑
Yes they have food and clothes but it’s at the detriment of their mental health. Mental health is just as important as physical health and can often have worse long term effects.
Maybe you could throw a bucket of cold water on them?
great vid. should have more views
We’re up against to evil 👿
But, nevertheless we’re also prevail from evil.
I am so overwhelmed with this courageous woman, and others.
I went to an orphanage in india, all the kids had parents, because we ask the director and he told us. But still it called an orphanage because this place was taking care of them way better than their family, they were obliged to go to school, do their homeworks they had food everyday, could take a shower. I think Americans and other have a " white saviors" complex and want so much to be passed as a "good person" than they forgot to ask the good question. Even though these kids had parents, what's the difference ? wouldn't you give them money ??
If they have parents then they are not orphans.
@@haroon4567when their parent abandons them, where will they go? On the street? They don't matter? No, they will (should) go to an orphanage/care home
Perhaps just genuinely help some rural schools or community services with all in needs, would achieve the same result with from an honest perspective.
that's true. I was volunteering also for kids in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
what took them so long to bring this up? such message should be shouted out loud in every possible way.
Blessings to all this young brave souls. How can I get in touch with Sinet Chan?
Go Tara!! You make us Aussies proud…keep up the good fight mate 👊
some of these volunteers don't even have criminal background checks
This! Very noticeable when I volunteered in Cambodia in 2008 and tried reporting an incident to the director, who was Australian, but got nowhere
Not much different from foster care adoption..
Exactly the same. America is not the good guy that does everything ethically and morally right. Don't think just because you're from here it makes what we do ok
Foster care is not perfect but it’s very different to this. At least in foster care the kids get parental figures that they can form a proper attachment to and the kids aren’t often being shoved in front of tourists to smile and thank them.
Greed makes humans monsters
this is so sad. 💔💔💔💔
It seems like a solution might be to help single parents individually so they don’t have to make the decision to give up their children. I’m sure it would also be exploited but it seems like it would be better for the children over all.
Us as foreigners should help provide school and food to these children and at the end of the day these children can go home with their family. The only way we can give these children a better future is to give the education and skills for them prepare fir their future.
Green Gecko organisation is in Cambodia trying to do exactly this
Better still, provide contraception to greatly reduce the number of kids living in severe poverty.
No we fucking shouldn't. We have our own kids to look after.
@@jway9097 that's called racism. if you didn't know you were racist, now you know
@@Snowneutrino652 if all else fails play the racist card.. you need to get an education... I would say grow up but in your case that is patently not possible.. and I bet you don't have a clue about Cambodia ???
Yesterday i was visiting my 1 year old nephew and his nanny was shouting at him😮. In front of his Mom. I cant even begin to imagine how the nanny treats him when his Mom is not around. Cant imagine the plight of these orphans without their parents to care and protect them😢. Lord help us!
How is it 'tearing families apart' though? All other things aside? If the parents give them to the orphanage because they would otherwise starve to death at home, why is that so wrong?
This!
Cause it shouldn't result to that and orphanages stealing the Money. There is no love
Exactly. Which is better; to be alive in a home where you are virtually an orphan and possibly abused or to die a slow, painful death in front of your family who is also dying? Would these people rather those children have died? Their families were doing the only thing they could to keep their children alive. It couldn't have been an easy decision.
Services should be available so parents can feed their own children, like a program such as food stamps.
@carissafisher7514 not everyone can afford or qualify to that. You would have to pay it back
Then how do we help reduce this commercialisation/monetisation of these orphanages apart from stopping volunteerism and donations? Especially as a foreigner who genuinely wants to help. Just got me thinking.
It hurty feeling
not me visiting an orphanage in Cambodia almost 20 years ago
Good short docu. Please chill with the background music. Its very hard to focus as someone with ADD.
9:20 for example.
There have been a lot of adoption scams
I've read about this problems, a couple of years ago, it was a book of Nicolò Govoni, it was, for me enlightening, I haven't idea, his experience as a volunteer was something new to me, the attachment disorder, the feeling of being abandoned again and again.... the corruption behind the "charity". I appreciate a lot his work, together with other ex volunteers, as the girl in this video, they created still I rise, they don't accept other donations a part from sj gle people, not ongs help as they want to stop the business they built with others difficulties, they opened a couple of schools for refugees, for kids, giving them a great opportunity to a better future, in a completely different way, they r doing amazing things, even if they were facing difficulties and also a cause for reporting the abuse of managers of one of the hostpot in Greece.
we need to keep this going so the rich people can get their photos
This is why i don't donate. You do not know who to believe or trust.
agreed.. a load of this BS is just to get more money for NGOs so they can have another junket on the pay of the gullible... if you want to help, you can deal with people directly.. it's not hard..
Human petting zoos...
I remember in 2005 when I was starting to look for work during my last year in university. There’s were always “job fairs” with opportunities like teaching English in China. It got to the point where it was so hyped up people were paying to volunteer thousands of dollars for 3-6 months of supposed experience. It sounded ridiculous and it sounds even worse now looking back.
The rich Cambodians are crazy chasing money.Driving big cars in dusty P Penh.Money pouring into Cambodia from Ngos.I hv been visiting Cambodia for the past 14 yrs.
Once in a while I watch something and feel ready for a comet to hit us so nature can heal and restart without us humans. Because the things we are doing in the name of survival to the most vulnerable in the society are deplorable.
Very good video. I think you should've gone more into the atrocities of pol pot. That directly would affect the parents decisions too I'd think. It's sad that even when you think you are helping, you aren't. Most agencies that claim to help keep most of the money and ultimately don't help.
When a human has experienced something so traumatic... Parts of the soul break, and die.
The world will never change...
Humankind is too selfish.
A giant billboard that reads in English: ORPHANAGE TOURISTS WELCOME... should have been a huge Red Flag 🚩
That's why I believe in kind contributions. I personally visit the centre and give by my own hands so that I know my hard earned money is used for right cause.
But they get attached to you and then you leave. It causes the kids damage.
The problem is worldwide. If you give your children somewhere else, there is a high chance of abuse. I wish organisations would work as they should, but they do not. Try to donate for war victims? Mostly money goes to weapons, tanks, and so on. Try to donate for children, well this happens. If you as a parent struggle and want to give your child somewhere else, this happens. It sucks, there are too many predators in this world
I have never been there. I don't have a clue
oh God please help 😭😭
Start a White Baby Factory in this country and you make millions.
What's the controversy? They didn't really go into depth as to why these were lies.
Wow hatsoff to all those who helped them. 😄😊
Governments action reduced the number from 465 to 235 so that's called the power of a Elected Leader.
Sorry. For those sentences.
But I am not bad.
So is this video the counter to Sound of Freedom? You’re saying that there is no sex trafficking? No kidnapping? No exploitation? Explain.
I mean, even in western countries didn’t orphanages have lots of children with living parents? They’re parents just couldn’t look after them properly and decided they would have a better life in an orphanage. It was the same system for kids with no parents and kids with parents who just couldn’t look after them. It doesn’t surprise me that they have living parents. Nowadays lots of countries have foster care and group homes but a group home is basically just a modern orphanage.
Great documentary. I've seen this voluntourism industry thriving these last decades in Cambodia. Young western volunteers as well as cambodian kids are both victims of this evil industry. Too bad the documentary doesn't show the young christian missionnaries pushing this khmer children to convert. This is also a big issue in this voluntourism business that has to be revealed.
glad I've never volunteer or donate them
Monks seem like crooks to me
Not far from the truth , I lived in Cambodia for the last 5 years you would hear some of the wildest stories about the monks exploits.
@@scrotumscruncher The truth is that many people that wear monk's robes are not true "monks" but people serving a karmic penance for a short period of time, a few months. Or in some cases I've experienced in SEA just dressing up as part of a scam, but those are generally roaming amid tourist areas and the locals just hate them knowing what they are.
@@SpamMouse yeah I feel you I have even saw a fat old British guy dressed as a monk there as well and this man frequented bars had a phone , and was quite popular with the local homeless children in Phnom pehn I always thought of him as an absolute pos.
How monster nowadays are people ...our god says the children is future of our country ..now if you are putting your child in orphanage then what is their future and how those child survive if you send them in orphanage
I never understood why people would try to help other people from ANOTHER country when there are people in their OWN country that needs help.
Cause they are doing it for attention. And attention right now is focused on blacks of different breeds
This is why I used to love Vice....stick to this instead of partisan propaganda and you'll be just fine
It surprises me how many people aren't aware that this is all GOVERMENT!!! ALL OF IT!!! GOVERMENT FUNDED!!!
It took me a min before I realized that the lady wasn't a Somali Mom 😇
This is very compelling, however I don't know what to do to help :
Volunteering doesn’t create an attachment disorder. Loving helps.
Explains why the US and other wealthier countries eliminated orphanages in favor of the foster system.
I don't fully agree with this documentary. This is not the solution to the problem, neither is having orphanages and stopping the foreign donations to civilians in need in Cambodia. Instead of orphanages they can build centres for poor kids to go and learn, eat but in the end of the day they have to return to their homes. Did you guys notice how happy and protective that kid was to her teddy bear that she left it back home because she felt it was one of the most valuable things she possessed. So in my opinion keep supporting and donation to poor families in Cambodia. Be the reason to bring a little bit of smile in their lives.
Love Camodia and miss my friends there ! i know they all suffer !!
Wasn’t there a similar situation happened with a woman from n.korea grifting similar thing
Instead your self in serious danger I see giving kids to the orphanage is far from the act of love.
So many kids in their own country suffered but they choice to help the one abroad, some of this people just doing it for publicity.
Is Vice now reposting old content and trying to pass it off as new?
Always
This is so heartbreaking 😢poor children it doesn’t stop with the the children the monkeys in Cambodia are abused there’s monkey moms crying for their babies that’s been kidnapped from poachers there are monkeys walking around with one arm or hands one foot from traps I watched a video where this man kicked a monkey so hard it was crying so loud the tourists come to donate money to feed the monkeys but instead they have new motorcycles new wristwatches new camera equipment, they are all Gods creatures,from the children to animals God so loved his creations they abuse for greed for money. Prayers for all children and animals this is so sad .
KETG
We're they ever bought to justice
too depressing, children, not orphans but made orphans.. orphanage ,used as residents but functions like a brothel, for pedophiles' and perverts, using their money or power/position to get this desires fulfilled. male children too are victims. ,
punished
The situation is worse in America
I feel like the old guy is attacking the wrong people, I know he frustrated but these people thought they were doing good. Get the word out there that they are not, they're doing the opposite and spread it.
Not everyone who helps and donates do it "for a selfie" there are genuine people who are trying to do good things. It's ridiculous to insult and be angry at people who aren't educated. Educate them.
Stop Christian mission trips to orphanages 😢
Always look into mutual aid you guys. Charities are all run by the rich and benefits them when they “give” money away and provides a tax break. It’s a loophole. Give money and supplies to people in need DIRECTLY when they ask and need it, not before it’s too late.
So.... its not a poor little orphan. Its a poor little child being enslaved.
Just the proselytizing by Christian esp. Evangelical Protestant missionaries alone is as bad as the abuses. Help is not help if you trade their culture and beliefs. Leave their culture alone!
Would they be better with parents who can barely feed themselves though, I don't see the answer for that.
Then don't have kids that you can't feed. Be responsible.
@@ronnelacido1711 1) A lot of people don't have access contraception. It's a luxury in many places. 2) Sometimes contraception fails. 3) You don't know if she consented to anything. One should be aware and mindful before casting judgement on someone else.
Yeah, they didn't really get into how to address the pressures that caused the families to surrender their children in the first place. To keep families together, they need a viable way to support and raise their kids.
There are organizations that support the child in place with their bio family. You can also support programs which provide the family with resources for self-sufficiency, like buying livestock or tools. Also, advocate for adoptions only from Hague countries to increase the likelihood that children will be legitimate orphans rather than trafficked or stolen.
It is best for biological parents to keep their own children. Let’s get money to help feed and educate children with the ones who already love them.
Some people do it in first world countries... Have a shit ton of kids for an easy pay check from the government or overly empathic people in society.
Where is this easy paycheck?
Was the mother also forced to birth her?
the road to hell is paved with good intentions
Maybe if america took care of america they wouldnt get SCAMMED.
Scam the Rich
Start a White Baby Factory in this country and you make millions from this.
what if this is another scam at it's infant stage ? i worry...