Wednesday, October 31, 2007

On the good intention and bad deeds of Zoe's Ark...

The good intention and bad deeds of Zoe's Ark is reminiscent of the lost generation of black/aboriginal children stolen in Australia, all in the name of bringing good to the children who were taken away from their families.

Both came out of good intention, that white/Caucasian hope to bring better welfare to the children who were taken. If the children have truly been orphans, I (or anyone else, for that matter) probably won't argue that they are likely to be in better hands, being brought up in a more normal family, rather than in an orphanage.

Problem comes when children are taken from their own families, if there's been no report of abuse or neglect. If money is involved (which is the case with Zoe's Ark), things could get out of hand very quickly and descent into trafficking of children (much like the case with the developing countries in Vietnam or China etc, when children are bought or taken by agents of adoption agencies in those countries which turn around and "sell" the children to adopting families in the Western countries, thinking that they're adopting orphans, in good faith).

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