Program battling orphanage tourism shortlisted for global award

Save the Children Australia

ReThink Orphanages Australia has been shortlisted as a finalist in the 2018 World Responsible Travel Awards, says this article from Save the Children Australia. The World Responsible Travel Awards celebrate initiatives that improve responsible tourism practices around the globe and the ReThink Orphanages network works to reduce the negative impacts of voluntourism on children and communities, particularly targeting Australia as a "sending country" of volunteers, tourists, and donors. The explore the harmful impacts of orphanage voluntourism and the need to keep families together.