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Support adoptees by supporting family-based care, not orphanages

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amazing speech. interesting details: * approx 80% of children in orphanages are not orphans * children raised in orphanages are 500x more likely to commit suicide, and 40x more likely to have a criminal record. * even assuming the very best orphanage, these children re-experience the cycle of abandonment every 8 hours when workers go off-shift With a happy ending involving family-based care. Cambodia won’t be faced with the false dilemma of leaving kids in […]