Collected viewpoints on international volunteering in residential care centres Country focus: Guatemala

Better Volunteering, Better Care Initiative

This overview is intended to contribute to discussions on international volunteering in residential care centres as an anecdotal research piece on the situation in Guatemala. Guatemala was chosen as a focus country due to recommendations from a range of informants who raised concerns about the practice in centres in Guatemala. Availability of research and connections also contributed to the choice of Guatemala as a country focus. This overview was informed by online resources, academic and institutional literature, and interviews and email correspondence with informants. A limitation of this study is the limited input from in-country child protection specialists, who were not available during the period of research.

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