Discussing ‘Volunteers Needed,’ the Film and Dismantling the Orphanage Trafficking Industry
WEBINAR
Discussing ‘Volunteers Needed,’ the Film and Dismantling the Orphanage Trafficking Industry
Children are being trafficked into orphanages. Listen to experts in child protection and anti-trafficking advocacy discuss how orphanage trafficking exploits vulnerable children and the urgent need to amend the US Trafficking Victims Protection Act.
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Dear Cynthia, Thanks for your message and for asking such an important question. While we can’t provide definitive answers on whether specific organizations are ethical or involved in orphanage trafficking, here are some tips to help you assess whether the organization is worth supporting. What to look for: • Lack of transparency about funding sources, operations, or how children end up in their care. • Volunteer tourism (voluntourism) models that allow short-term, untrained volunteers to interact with children. • No clear efforts to reunite children with families or support community-based care. Questions to ask: • How do they support family… Read more »
are you familiar with Tanzanian Children’s Fund. I have been donating to this for years. Are they considered an honest charity?
I just can’t believe it. It is terrible. Now it is going to be more difficult to do something since Trump use to be part of it and let criminals who did the same thing, out of jail. I am so angry.