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Most people who volunteer overseas genuinely want to do something meaningful and experience a new culture. But often they are doing more harm than good.
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Orphanages damage children by starving them of something just as vital as air and water – love
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Find out how many children are confined in orphanages around the world.
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Commonly used terms include ‘institutions’, ‘orphanages’, or ‘children’s homes’. Whatever they’re called, discover the 13 characteristics of institutional care
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Even if we know that in the right circumstances, volunteer tourism provides significant benefits for both the volunteers and the communities that receive them but we need to be absolutely clear: volunteering in an orphanage abroad is a bad idea.
It is increasingly important to address how volunteers and travellers tell their story on, to make sure that language and images are used to make a positive impact and break stereotypes, rather than reinforce them.
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How volunteering in an orphanage could be hurting the people you’re there to help.
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Orphanages are the problem. They cause family separation. Learn how.