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.
This video sheds light on the exploitation of children in orphanages in Cambodia.
Recent controversy around the accuracy of a famed Cambodian woman’s story of sex trafficking has shone a light on the current state of many Cambodian orphanages and their duplicitous practices.
Faith to Action's latest publication, "Children, Orphanages, and Families: A Summary of Research to Help Guide Faith-Based Action" is now available online
This article, produced by the BBC, reports on the growing number of unaccompanied children who immigrate to the United States from Mexico and Central America each year.
This article describes the research underway in the Bucharest Early Intervention Project, a study that examines the impacts of neglect and deprivation on child development and wellbeing.
Due to increasing incidents of violence, exploitation, neglect, and abuse of children, the government, NGOs, INGOs, and UN agencies have taken several steps to protect the children in the country.
This video describes the situation of orphanage “voluntourism” in Nepal and how it contributes to the exploitation of children and the growing orphan industry.
This video shines a light on the exploitation of children in orphanages in Nepal and how it can be perpetuated by well-meaning foreign visitors.
This article, and corresponding 11-minute video, shed light on the rise in orphanage volunteering in Nepal, describing it as “a business model built on a double deception: the exploitation of poor families in rural Nepal and the manipulation of wealthy foreigners.”
The video presents a news clip from NTV Kenya reporting on recent changes in Kenyan adoption policy.