Better Care Network highlights recent news pieces related to the issue of children's care around the world. These pieces include newspaper articles, interviews, audio or video clips, campaign launches, and more.
Rachel Griffiths appeared in front of Australia's senate to support the establishment of a Modern Slavery Act, which would place legal restrictions on orphanage volunteering.
This blog post from Ecuador Eco Volunteer describes the issues associated with orphanage volunteering and the reasons the company does not connect volunteers with orphanage placements.
In this interview with ABC News, Kate van Doore talks about the trafficking and exploitation of children in overseas orphanages and how volunteering in and funding orphanages contributes to negative outcomes for children.
Award-winning actor Rachel Griffiths gives evidence to the Australian Modern Slavery Inquiry, speaking to the issues of orphanage tourism and trafficking into orphanages.
Many children living in today's orphanages have families, and organizations are addressing the issue by supporting families experiencing poverty and deinstitutionalizing orphanages.
Save the Children's submission to the Australian government inquiry into modern slavery explains how well-intentioned tourists and funders are inadvertently contributing to the growth of the orphanage industry and the exploitation of children in overseas orphanages.
In this Business of Giving podcast episode, Denver Frederick interviews Catholic Relief Services President and CEO Sean Callahan about "Changing the Way We Care," a collaborative project between CRS, Lumos, and Maestral International and semi-finalist for the MacArthur Foundation 100&Change competition.
Juvenile homes and other care insitutions discussed at plenary session of the State Conference on Juvenile Justice and Capacity Building in Bhopal, India, calling for the development of mechanisms in foster care and sponsorship due to the lacking capacity for institutions to care for children.
Thousands of children arrive at Kokata's Sealdah Station alone each year; unknown hundreds of those children are abducted and trafficked into slavery or the sex trade.
In this podcast episode of The Wire, Kate van Doore discusses the unintended, but harmful, impact of volunteering in orphanages.