What drives a young Sydney woman to drop her glamorous career in the film industry to open an orphanage in Cambodia?
Tara Winkler was just twenty-two when she established the Cambodian Children's Trust in Cambodia. She is now 'mother', mentor and older sister to twenty-seven orphans, some as young as two.
Her grandmother was a holocaust survivor and she strongly identified with the plight of children in a country still scarred by genocide.
Tara Winkler's work has helped her overcome her own demons. As a teenager, she suffered depression, now she says she simply 'doesn't have time' to be depressed...(end quote)
* i am starting to understand the motivation behind this young woman's kind of commitment...
i am starting to understand that by helping others, i help myself
i am starting to understand that by helping myself, i am helping others
and i am starting to understand how important it is to have this kind of
~understanding~
http://www.abc.net.au/austory/specials/childrenlessergod/default.htm
http://www.cambodianchildrenstrust.org/meet-the-team/p/15
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10 comments:
Thank you for inspiring us with the story of this amazing woman, Tara Winkler. Now there is someone with her values in the right order!
Amen. Truer words have never been said. xoxo
nolly, what a young age to contribute so much.
i understand this. i'm glad i do. and i'm glad you do.
make the world you want it to be. and what could be more important than loving and helping children (and animals...)
love love!
kj
I love you.
...and i love *you* back DeeDee <3
*Kisses* to Bonnie, Annie & kj <3
What an amazing young woman, and so hugely inspiring. I am glad you posted her story, thank you! xo
If only more people had this kind of commitment and understanding...kudos to such a brave lass :)
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What makes someone like Tara do this, and others do nothing? And why didn't I do something like this?
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