Martika Bigham
1:44am
The article I read this week was about an organization called the Christian Care Foundation for Children with Disabilities. This organization is focused on making a difference in the lives of children when and wherever they can. They recently went into Thailand and concentrated on working with children with disabilities, who were abandoned by their parents. Children in Thailand are often abandoned by their families due to poverty as well as cultural and religious stigmas about children with disabilities. A student from Oxford Brookes, named Susie, has been a volunteer with CCD for quite a while. She determined to graduate and return to Thailand and use her degree in occupational therapy to help the children. Her ultimate goal is to work with the children of Thailand and increase their independence and ultimately give them a better life.
When I read the beginning of this article I was shocked that parents in Thailand were giving up their children simply because they had disabilities, some that were as minor as a missing toe. It’s outrageous that stuff like this is going on; I don’t understand how someone could be so heartless that they give up a child, especially one that needs them like that. As I read on I was happy to find that people, like Susie, are making an effort to help the children of Thailand, who have disabilities and have been disowned by their families. I know it sounds cliché but its people like that who are the ones that give me hope.
http://www.leightonbuzzardonline.co.uk/news/Susi-returns-to-Thailand-to.4483287.jp
2 comments:
What I found interesting is that Susie became the focus of the article. The article mentions that the charity through which Susie worked in Thailand was founded by a Thai couple. Though the issue is one that Thai people are facing, it's still the white girl who gets all the attention because she: "is preparing to leave the comfort of her Linslade home [...] to work with some of the [...] most disadvantaged children in Thailand." It's a sad story honestly, and something I'd never heard about, but the framing of the article bugs me.
you're mean!! haha. jk. thanks for the feedback. i understand what you're saying.
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