In this radio interview, Leigh Mathews of ReThink Orphanages discusses why orphanage volunteering is harmful to the development of children and provides tips for those seeking international volunteering opportunities. 

Overseas volunteering in orphanages has become a trend for tourists from Australia and other Western countries; this trend has fueled the recruitment and trafficking of poor children to fill orphanages as a means to profit off the donations of tourists.

Australia's education sector has agreed on the need for more regulation of the voluntourism industry to prevent students from engaging in programs exploitive to children overseas. 

In this month's "How to Give" column, Lansie Sylvia gives a variety of tips for those seeking to travel ethically. 

Australia's potential on orphanage tourism is now on the radar of academic institutions in the country, which often promote orphanage tourism as a volunteering option for their students. 

In this episode of BBC World Service Radio, Shannon Sennefield of Catholic Relief Services describes the importance of the 'Changing the Way We Care' project, a semi-finalist for the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change grant. 

The UN designated 2017 as the International Year of Tourism for Sustainable Development. Orphanage tourism, however, has not been noted as a protection concern in the World Tourism Organization's draft convention on tourism ethics. 

Russian children have been found in orphanages throughout Iraq after their parents moved to the country to join radicals of the Islamic State (IS).

A letter to Australia's Attorney General and Justice Minister is being drafted by the foreign affairs and aid subcommittee to recommend an immediate ban on Australia's involvement in orphanage tourism.

With Australia's recent efforts to end orphanage tourism, Education Minister Simon Birmingham has declared that he intends to reduce the involvement and support of Asutralian schools and universities in orphanage tourism.