Georgette Mulheir
Child Rights Activist | Ending Global Orphanage Abuse
Most recently at TED in 2012.
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Georgette Mulheir is a global expert on child protection and deinstitutionalization. As CEO of Lumos, she led efforts to shut down orphanages in countries like Bulgaria and Moldova, safely reuniting over 35,000 children with families.
Mulheir's TEDx talks and advocacy work have made her a leading voice in the movement to end the institutionalization of children worldwide. Her keynotes provide a powerful call to action, showing how policymakers and organizations can build family-based care systems that give every child a loving home.
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The tragedy of orphanages
Orphanages are costly and can cause irreparable damage both mentally and physically for its charges -- so why are they still so ubiquitous? Georgette Mulheir gravely describes the tragedy of orphanages and urges us to end our reliance on them, by finding alternate ways of supporting children in need.
1 talk, all in 2012
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