In his blog post, Harold Goodwin explains how learning about the unintended negative impacts of orphanage volunteering and how the decision was made to remove orphanage volunteering trips from responsibletravel.com’ offerings.

Illuminating many of the observations and conclusions from the UNICEF State of the World’s Children report on children with disabilities, the New Straits Times has published an article on the state of children with disabilities in Vietnam.

Statement by Mr. Makmur Sunusi, Senior Advisor to the Minister of Social Welfare of Indonesia on the occasion of the launch of the handbook ‘Moving Forward: Implementing the ‘Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children’ at UNICEF House in New York on the 11th April 2013.

In her entry on the Huffington Post Blog, Daniela Papi writes about the discussions that took place at the  World Travel Mart Responsible Tourism Day related to child protection and orphanage tourism.

This article sheds light on the money-making industry of orphanages and orphanage voluntourism in Cambodia.

Throughout Cambodia well-intentioned volunteers have helped to create a surge in the number of residential care homes as impoverished parents are tempted into giving up their children in response to promises of a Western-style upbringing and education. Despite a period of prosperity in the country, the number of children in orphanages has more than doubled in the past decade, and over 70 per cent of the estimated 10,000 'orphans' have at least one living parent.

This People & Power documentary from Al Jazeera investigates the orphanage tourism industry in Cambodia. 

This video showcases the Family-based care program of Save the Children and its partners in Indonesia.

In this episode of “Crossing Continents” from BBC Radio 4, Ed Butler reports on a cycle of abuse in the orphanages of Bali, Indonesia.

"In Cambodia, as in other parts of the globe, orphanages are a booming business trading on guilt," writes Ian Birrell in this article for the Guardian that discusses the harms of orphanage tourism.