Tourists discouraged from visiting orphanages
NGO Friends International launched a government-backed campaign yesterday to discourage visitors from participating in “orphanage tourism” in an effort to protect children from being exploited, organizers said yesterday… Citing an unreleased report by Unicef and the Ministry of Social Affairs, James Sutherland, international communications coordinator for Friends International, said short-term visits to orphanages hinder children’s development and have a negative impact on their emotional wellbeing…
