Teken de petitie: Volunteer travel organisations - Stop Orphanage Volunteering

Het internationale Better Volunteering Better Care initiatief is een petitie gestart om vrijwilligersorganisaties op te roepen te stoppen met het aanbieden van plekken in kinderhuizen. Bekijk de oproep (https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Volunteer_travel_organisations_Stop_Orphanage_Volunteering/?cwdzskb):

Why this is important

Volunteering or visiting orphanages can cause harm to vulnerable children. It is also driving an ”orphanage industry”, where children are being unnecessarily separated from their families. 

These concerns have been widely covered in international media, but volunteer placements in orphanages are still being offered by many travel and volunteering organisations. 

We are calling on these organisations to act in the best interests of the children and communities they are supposed to serve and STOP ORPHANAGE PLACEMENTS. 

#StopOrphanTrips

For more information on the negative impacts of volunteering on children and families, please visit http://bettervolunteeringbettercare.org. (http://bettervolunteeringbettercare.org)

For advice and support on responsible transition away from placements in orphanage, and ideas of responsible volunteering alternatives, please contactvolunteering@bettercarenetwork.org