This section includes news articles, blogs, and other media posts about orphanage volunteering.
Don't volunteer at an orphanage, do this instead
This post is part of the Better Volunteering Better Care Initiative’s month-long spread of articles aimed at raising awareness around the issues of orphanage volunteering. The post shines a light on orphanage voluntourism and the damage it does to children.
Why it is time to stop orphanage volunteering
This post is part of the Better Volunteering Better Care Initiative’s month-long spread of articles aimed at raising awareness around the issues of orphanage volunteering. In this post, the author shares her own experience of visiting an orphanage as a tourist in Tanzania and what she has learned since about the harms of orphanage tourism and orphanage volunteering.
Why you should think twice about volunteering abroad
This post is part of the Better Volunteering Better Care Initiative’s month-long spread of articles aimed at raising awareness around the issues of orphanage volunteering. The post explains why volunteering in orphanages is NOT in the best interest of children and asks readers to consider sustainable tourism instead.
Volunteering holidays for school children
This post is part of the Better Volunteering Better Care Initiative’s month-long spread of articles aimed at raising awareness around the issues of orphanage volunteering. In this post, the author questions a friend’s decision to send her two teenage sons on a voluntourism trip to Uganda to help “build an orphanage.”
One Orphan's View of International Volunteers
This post is part of the Better Volunteering Better Care Initiative’s month-long spread of articles aimed at raising awareness around the issues of orphanage volunteering. In this post, the author describes his experiences with international volunteers in the orphanage where he lived and the larger problem of orphanage volunteering.
Why we don't support orphanage volunteering
This post is part of the Better Volunteering Better Care Initiative’s month-long spread of articles aimed at raising awareness around the issues of orphanage volunteering. In this post, the author explains that, around the world, many orphanages are being run, not by government, but by church groups and individuals who start as volunteers. “The institutions are poorly regulated and they’re doing a job that could be done by the children’s families, with the right support,” says Smith.
How to be a responsible, child safe aware traveler
This post is part of the Better Volunteering Better Care Initiative’s month-long spread of articles aimed at raising awareness around the issues of orphanage volunteering. In this post, the author shares her top five tips for being a responsible, child safe aware traveller.
Family travel must stand up for families and #StopOrphanTrips
In this post, the author explains that when families volunteer at, or visit, orphanages, “rather than setting a good example for their children, parents are helping to perpetuate, and sometimes aggravate, serious problems.”
‘Why no one should desire to volunteer in orphanages’
This post is part of the Better Volunteering Better Care Initiative’s month-long spread of articles aimed at raising awareness around the issues of orphanage volunteering. In this post, the author shares four reasons why to categorically discourage all volunteering at ‘orphanages.’
Why We Don't Visit Orphanages
This post is part of the Better Volunteering Better Care Initiative’s month-long spread of articles aimed at raising awareness around the issues of orphanage volunteering. In this post, the author explains why Unquote Travel does not offer orphanage volunteering or orphanage tourism trips.