Child Abuse in the Name of Voluntourism

Anas Aremeyaw Anas - ZAM

In this article, Anas Aremeyaw Anas continues his work of exposing abuses at the Bawjiase Countryside Orphanage in Ghana. This article addresses the particular issue of “orphanage voluntourism,” explaining how the director of the Bawjiase Countryside Orphanage made the children in the residential center sing and entertain visitors in order to encourage their financial sponsorship of the institution.