Purpose-driven tourism and orphanage visits are increasingly linked to child abuse, exploitation, and trafficking. Experts warn that good intentions are not enough — and that unregulated voluntourism ...

Responsible tourism has an ugly side and you could very well be unknowingly feeding it. Picture this: You find yourself in a Third World country and you feel compelled to give something back.

A number of governments, including the U.K. and the U.S., have taken public stands against what critics call ''orphanage tourism." But some... There's a growing global campaign which may seem harsh ...

I smile at a round-cheeked, 2-year-old girl, sitting in the lap of Kim Martin, a mzungu — white person — like me. We are at the Calvary Zion Children’s Home in Kenya; the girl is one of 41 children, ...

One of the first things you notice when you walk into the Tam Binh orphanage’s reception area is a shrine on the backwall with a large, gold-colored bust of Ho Chi Minh, communist Vietnam’s founding ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Australia is cracking down on so-called orphanage tourism to prevent trafficking of children in Southeast Asia, trying to tame demand from tourists wanting to do ...

LONDON, Nov 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Millions of children around the world live in orphanages, but child rights experts say most are not orphans. Orphanages have become a lucrative business ...

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There's a growing global campaign which may seem harsh and heartless. The message: Don't visit orphanages. Last year, the British government updated its travel advice to discourage tourists from ...