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This policy brief from the Elevate Children Funders Group describes how private donors add to "the pull factors drawing more vulnerable children into institutional care and away from family or community care" in Nepal.
This policy brief from the Elevate Children Funders Group describes how private donors add to "the pull factors drawing more vulnerable children into institutional care and away from family or community care" in Haiti.
INTRODUCTION
A recently released interim report on Modern Slavery and Global Supply chains indicates it is likely a Modern Slavery Act will be introduced in Australia and that the prevention of ‘orphanage tourism’ will be included in its scope. This will have implications for a range of Australian organisations and businesses, including Australian charities which currently fund overseas orphanages (or other forms of residential care) and/or facilitate volunteering and voluntourism (including short-term mission trips, or STM) to orphanages.
As such, this briefing note has been…
INTRODUCTION
A new piece of legislation is likely to be introduced by the Australian Government in 2017-2018 which will, in effect, ban the facilitation of ‘orphanage tourism’ and seek to address the links between Australian foreign aid funding and ‘orphanage trafficking’ overseas.
This briefing note has been written to give Australian churches an overview of the issue and an understanding of the likely ramifications of the legislation for churches which engage in short-term missions (STM) and/or are funding overseas ‘orphanages’ (any form of residential care for children, hereby called…