Orphanage
| Notice 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 Some pages listed below may be outdated, incomplete, or written before our current approach.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/ |
| Start here 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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