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This animated video from Alternative Care Thailand tells the story of a boy in Thailand who is sent to live in an orphanage because his mother feels she is unable to care for him at home and his experiences with volunteers once he arrives at the orphanage. In the story, the leader of the orphanage attends a training where he learns about how to use donations to help the children's families and support children at home, instead of taking them into the orphanage. The orphanage slowly transitions to become a family support center.
With particular attention to lower income countries, Families, Not Orphanages examines the mismatch between children’s needs and the realities and long-term effects of residential institutions. Evidence presented in this paper indicates that orphanages have been allowed to proliferate, particularly in countries impacted by conflict, displacement, AIDS, or severe poverty, and that this results in negative outcomes for children. The paper examines available evidence on the typical reasons why children end up in institutions, and the consequences and costs of…
This report was commissioned by the Swedish network Schyst Resande and conducted by the Fair Trade Center, with the overall objective of raising awareness of children’s rights in relation to tourism and travel destinations which many Swedish tourists visit. It pays specific attention to booming tourism destinations in Thailand, Cambodia and South Africa and focuses on how children are directly and indirectly affected by tourism, and in particular on how their rights as children are affected in these countries.
The report includes a specific section on “orphan tourism,” with examples from…
"Child representatives and care leavers from South East Asia have called for increased support for continuing education, psychosocial care, finding jobs and affordable housing in the wake of COVID-19," according to this news article from SOS Children's Villages. Their recommendations were discussed with Asian government and civil society representatives in an online forum entitled COVID-19 Response towards the Alternative Care of Children in South East Asia, held on 28 July 2020. The forum, organized by SOS Children's Villages in association with the South East Asian member…