This article, and corresponding 11-minute video, shed light on the rise in orphanage volunteering in Nepal, describing it as “a business model built on a double deception: the exploitation of poor families in rural Nepal and the manipulation of wealthy foreigners.” The article explores the connections between orphanage volunteering and child trafficking and a recent investigation into one orphanage in Kathmandu which turned away one mother when she tried to remove her children from the home.
