Orphanage

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Voluntouring.org does not promote orphanage volunteering or visits to residential childcare institutions. Even well meant programs can create incentives that harm children and communities. This archive is being reviewed and progressively transformed into guidance focused on child safeguarding and ethical ways to support families and communities.
Content review notice
We are reviewing older posts to align the site with updated safeguarding and ethical standards. Some pages listed below may be outdated, incomplete, or written before our current approach. This archive should not be used as a directory to contact residential childcare institutions.If you notice content that appears unsafe, misleading, or inconsistent with responsible volunteering, please report it with the URL and a short explanation: https://voluntouring.org/report-a-listing-or-unsafe-content/
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Read this updated educational page before opening any older posts in this archive: https://voluntouring.org/2019/05/07/orphanage-how-to-detect-when-its-a-scam/ or https://voluntouring.org/volunteering-with-children-safer-alternatives/For official safeguarding guidance, UNICEF also explains why volunteering in orphanages is discouraged: https://www.unicef.org/rosa/what-we-do/child-protection/volunteering-orphanages
About this page
An orphanage is a residential facility where children without parental care live. The word comes from ancient Greek (orphanós, orphan, and tréphein, to nurture).

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A smiling group of PLANE Uganda volunteers with local women and a child in Fort Portal, wearing colorful patterned clothing and standing outdoors during a community project.

PLANE Uganda: Free Volunteering in Fort Portal

Group of children outside a community school in Bugembe, Jinja Uganda, part of Mothers and Children Uganda’s volunteer program

Empower women and children in the rural communities of Jinja

Volunteers and children at Green Village Hope Children Home in Vihiga, Kenya, group photo outside a thatched gazebo during a community day.

Volunteer in Kenya at Green Village Hope Children Home

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Volunteer at our charity organization in Mbita, Kenya 🇰🇪

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Volunteer at a nonprofit organization in Uganda helping school children stay in school 🇺🇬

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Volunteer at a community-based organization in Busia, Uganda, helping women and children 🇺🇬

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Volunteer at the nonprofit organization Child’s Life Foundation Uganda

Welcome overseas volunteers to our orphanage home in Kolkata, India 🇮🇳

Volunteer at KCCU to help us spread a message of hope and compassion in Uganda

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Join our mission to provide education and safety for children and girls in Tanzania 🇹🇿

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Volunteer in Sharon Children Home in India 🇮🇳

Four smiling medical and childcare volunteers standing with a local staff member beside an ambulance in rural Uganda.

Childcare Volunteer with abandoned babies in Uganda 🇺🇬

Asian smiling volunteer and a local child waving at the camera during a community project in Uganda.

Empower vulnerable communities by volunteering in Uganda 🇺🇬

A smiling volunteer takes a selfie with a joyful group of school children inside a classroom at Tabasamu Orphanage, Arusha, Tanzania.

Volunteer at Tabasamu NGO in Tanzania – culture, education & general help with kids 🇹🇿

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Volunteer at Hope Case Foundation, a non profit organization in Busia Uganda helping vulnerable Children and Women

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