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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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Broede Carmody - The Age

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. 

Ecuador Eco Volunteer

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. 

Denver Frederick -

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. 

The Free Press Journal

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. 

Mark Townsend - The Guardian

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. 

The Wire

In this podcast episode of The Wire, Kate van Doore discusses the unintended, but harmful, impact of volunteering in orphanages. 

Aishvarya Singh - HuffPost South Africa

This article from the HuffPost blog discusses the negative impact orphanages have on children's physical, mental and emotional development. 

Deborah Marshall - Griffith News

Kate van Doore describes how volunteering in orphanages is connected with child exploitation and why the establishment of a Modern Slavery Act is important. 

Janelle Retka and Chhorn Phearun - The Cambodia Daily

Cambodia's Battambang province will be the first to implement the country's new deinstitutionalization policy.

Michael Garcia Bochenek - Harvard International Review

This article describes the extreme psychological distress experienced by unaccompanied migrant children and the heightened adverse effects for those being detained and the reasons States are using immigrant detention despite its negative consequences.