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14. Family Preservation and the Complications of International Church Involvement with Megan Boudreaux
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Like many guests on this season, Megan Boudreaux found herself swept up into the church industry or orphanages. The longer she stayed in Haiti, the more she noticed that something was awry with the North American approach to placing children in institutionalized care. Megan and Lauren discuss the crisis of children aging out of orphanages with no connection to their city, their family, or their culture. This episode is an invitation for Christians to consider the large how the conversation around orphan care in the Global South needs to shift.
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Episode Highlights
- An introduction to Megan Boudreaux (1:53)
- Megan’s work and the truth about orphanages in Haiti (5:50)
- Why are American churches building and supporting orphanages? (17:58)
- What is the call as followers of Christ? (22:09)
- What does positive support look like? (24:43)
- Megan’s organization Respire Haiti (27:38)
- Response to Megan’s organization and continuing the conversation (31:02)
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- Think Orphan - Learn more and listen to the podcast
- Respire Haiti - Learn more about the work they are doing to empower the next generation of Haitians
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