Cambodia’s invisible children: Government ‘unaware’ of half of orphanages

Alexandra Demetrianova - Asian Correspondent

Cambodia’s Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation (MoSVY) and UNICEF Cambodia have published a report on the country’s residential child care centers, finding that over half of these institutions are unregistered. “Tens of thousands of children are invisible to the system,” says this article from Asian Correspondent. The article highlights the findings of the report and discusses current programs and campaigns underway to enhance child protection and children’s rights in the country, including Friends International’s “Children are not tourist attractions” campaign which shines a light on the harm of orphanage volunteering.