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Good Intentions, Questionable Results: Uganda Cracks Down on Unlicensed Children’s Homes
This special report from the Global Press Journal explains Uganda's recent "crackdown" on children's homes, highlighting the transition of one institution in particular, Hope Center Uganda, from a residential care home to a community center.
How orphanages in Uganda profit from children’s misery
This report from Chatham House explains how foreign volunteers and donations fuel the orphanage industry in Uganda and the work of Hope and Homes for Children to deinstitutionalize children and stop them "being seen as valuable assets."
Why Orphanages Are on Their Way Out and What it Means for the Church
"Christian leaders who oversee programs that help orphans and vulnerable children say large orphanages are on the decline. What's in: holistic approaches that attempt to either re-unite children with their families or provide a family-like setting for children who cannot return to their biological families."
'I was raped': Compensation for modern slaves welcomed after victims speak out
The Australian parliament held a recent inquiry in preparation for a Modern Slavery Act which examined the connections between modern slavery and orphanage trafficking.
Help Kids This Giving Season: Don’t Give to Orphanages
In this piece for the Huffington Post, Dr. Shannon Senefeld, Senior Vice President for Overseas Operations at Catholic Relief Services, makes a case explaining why donors (particularly those from the U.S.) should not donate their money to orphanages.
Volunteer tourism: what’s wrong with it and how it can be changed
This opinion piece from the Conversation discusses many of the pitfalls of international "voluntourism," and the damage it can do in struggling communities, particularly in developing contexts.
Campaign against orphanage tourism builds, as second global agency quits business
Projects Abroad, "One of the biggest 'voluntourism' companies in the world," will be discontinuing its orphanage trips at the end of this year, according to the article.
J.K. Rowling's Lumos to help Ukraine transform orphans care system in Zhytomyr
Lumos "will help implement the reform of orphanages in Ukraine's Zhytomyr region under a pilot project, according to the Ukrainian media company NewWest Media."
ReThink Orphanages
This video from ReThink Orphanages illustrates how orphanage tourism perpetuates the continued institutionalization and exploitation of children.
How to volunteer responsibly: our top tips
Save the Children offers six tips on how to volunteer ethically overseas.
