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28. The Other Side of the Story: Caregivers & Residents Share Their Experiences with Orphanage Tourism with David Sanon & Steph DeLuca Robinson
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It is critical to center the voices of lived experience experts in any human rights conversation. This episode is sure to give you pause at different moments, as David Sanon shares his experience growing up in a boarding school in Haiti, where American donors sponsored his education. After meeting Steph DeLuca Robinson and other trusted partners, he found an opportunity to lead and develop his fellow Haitians into independent, sustainable solutions that promoted their freedom from foreign money.
If you are currently sponsoring an ‘orphan’ or an ‘orphanage’ somewhere in the world, don’t listen to this episode unless you are open to having your perspective rattled by the childhood experience of institutionalized care.
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Episode Highlights
- How David and Steph met and eventually founded Konbit (4:35)
- What is misunderstood about Haiti + David’s story (10:00)
- How the phrase “White Saviors” relates to David’s Story (15:30)
- A formal apology from Lauren in the way she engaged with Haiti in the past (20:48)
- Attachment issues with institutionalized care (22:09)
- The cost of orphanages > Supporting parents (29:10)
- Sexual abuse in orphanages and sex trafficking once a kid ages out (33:18)
- Isolation and the prevalence of suicide after youth exit care (26:16)
- Why Konbit supports families instead of children (38:05)
- David’s hope for Haiti (42:43)
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Links
- Kindred Exchange - Become a monthly donor to support this show and our mission
- Emmaus House - Learn more about their work with orphaned youth in Haiti
- Konbit Haiti - See how a group of people is transforming communities in Haiti
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