It is estimated that around 80% of children and young people living in orphanages and other institutional settings, have at least one parent alive. It is known now that institutional living is really damaging for children and young people. They are more vulnerable to abuse and very often forced to live in situations that are detrimental to emotional, social and educational development. Yet across the globe, people continue to travel to the global south, with the best of intentions, to volunteer in orphanages.
Focus speaks to Gerry O Donoghue from Maintain Hope and Gemma Kelly from Tearfund Ireland about the need to change how we think about volunteering on orphanages.
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