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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.

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Amy McLoughlin - Ayana Journeys

This blog post from Ayana Journeys offers alternatives to orphanage volunteering for those looking to "do good" while traveling. 

Juergen T Steinmetz - eTurboNews

The Headquarters of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) hosted international experts and officials at UNWTO headquarters in Madrid to discuss the persisting issue of the sexual exploitation of children in the tourism industry. 

Maricel Cruz - Manila Standard

Rep. Gloria Macapagal has filed a bill entitled "Act Codifying the Alternative Child Care Laws of the Philippines" to address the worsening problem of neglected and “overage children,” who are often labeled unfit for adoption.

The Texas Tribune & Reveal

This podcast episode of Reveal explores the sexual exploitation and trafficking of children involved in Texas's foster care system. 

Naomi Larsson - The Guardian

The Guardian discusses the repercussions of funding and volunteering in Haitian orphanages, based on the findings from Funding Haitian Orphanages at the Cost of Children’s Rights, a recent Lumos report. 

Libya Herald

Libyan municipalities have now begun banning militias from using children under the age of 18. 

You Soo-sun - The Korea Times

The recent death of a deported Korean adoptee ignites adoptee-led organizations to call on the Korean government to end the "industrialized international adoption" system in South Korea. 

Diane Taylor - The Guardian

Refugee Youth Service 8-week mapping project monitors 22 unaccompanied migrant children on the move in Europe.

Kok Xing Hui - Straits Times

Four new group homes with smaller staff to child ratios are being set up in Singapore for children with greater needs and especially challenging behaviors. Staff will be trained using new 'Training Framework for Residential Care,' in which Malaysian government has invested $7 million over four years.

Maya Sharma & Nehal Kidwai - NDTV

When three missing children living in an Bengaluru orphanage were brought to register for Aadhaar cards (India's resident identification card), it was discovered they already had cards issued in their names. Authorities were able to track their parents using the card, and the children were reunited with their families.